Capo: 3 Tuning: E A D G B E

When song switches from G to Em, he does a walkdown that goes like this. He does not let the G chord ring out. He only plays bass notes then lets the Em ring e|---3--3--3---3-----------| B|---3--3--3---3-----------| G|-------------------------| D|-------------2-----------| A|-------------2-----------| E|---3--2--0---------------| Chords: F# xx4320 Em 022033 A x02230 [Intro]

^DOh on the Westbound Bart, dove under water and ^Gmy ears ^Empopped and,^G your eyes ^Emwatered ^Gand mascara^Em ran down your fac^Ae

[Verse 1]

^DAnd you looked at me from three rows away ^GAs if to^Em say, ^Gplease stop staring at ^Emme and so I di^Ad

^DAnd you got off at 16th and Mission and ^GI did ^Emtoo, ^GI didn't want it to seem like I was ^Emfollowing you ^GIt was the same stop I was ^Emgetting off, I swea^Ar

^DAnd you walked on down the street, and I walked behind ^GBut you kept on making the ^Emsame turns, ^GI was gonna ma^Emke ^GTill finally you s^Emtepped in, ^Gthe same bar ^Emthat I was going t^Ao

^DAnd it was tuesday night karaoke ^GAnd I sang Lay, Lady, L^Emay, ^Gwith the funny voice and a^Emll ^GAnd you sang Bohemian Rhaps^Emody, ^Gand everybody sang al^Emong ^GEspecially on that pa^Emrt, ^GThat says I sometimes wish ^EmI'd never been born at a^All

[Harmonica] D G Em G Em G Em A [Verse 2]

^DAnd when you were done, and the crowd around you dispersed ^GI went up to te^Emll you, ^Gjust what a great j^Emob you had do^Ane

^DYou said I wonder if when Freddie Mercury ^GWrote Bohemian Rhapso^Emdy, ^Gif he knew it was going to ^Embe ^GThe ultimate so^Emng for karao^Ake

[Bridge]

^F#And I said "what about A^Gmerican Pie?" And you said ^F#"fuck A^Gmerican Pie" ^F#Our gene^Gration can ^Emnot identif^Ay with d^F#rove my chevy to the le^Gvee ^F#It ain't nothing when comp^Gared to I ^Emsometimes wish I'd never been born at al^Al

[Harmonica] D G Em G Em G Em A [Verse 3]

^DYou said well that was a great version of Lay, Lady, Lay ^GWith the funny voice and a^Emll, ^GBack from Bob Dylan's Nashville ^EmSkyline days if I do reca^All

^DI said yeah I don't normally do this karaoke thing But if I ^Gdo, I either sing that so^Emng or ^Geverybody must get sto^Emned Rainy Day ^GWomen number twelve and thir^Emty-five(technically t^Ahat's what that songs called)

^DAnd you said yeah what's with that song title, whats with the 12 and 35 I said well ^G12 times ^Em35 is ^Gfour hundred and t^Emwenty, and you know what they ^Gsay about four twen^Emty But maybe that's just the ^Gmath major in me talk^Eming I dont ^Gknow what it me^Emans, It just doe^As

^DBut girl you know I used to roam around ^GPlay my own gui^Emtar, ^GSing my own so^Emngs It's ^Gbeen a while sin^Emce I've been on the roa^Ad

^DSee I've lost my muse, and I have not written a song In ^Gabout a year or ^Emso, Im ^Gtaking a little br^Emeak My ^Gfriends call it retirem^Ement I don't kno^Aw

^DBut just today, the most amazing thing happened I s^Gaw something beautif^Emul and ^GI felt a sp^Emark Of a ^Gbrand new so^Emng, That ^GI have not fe^Emlt in so lon^Ag

[Bridge]

And you ^F#said Sing it to ^Gme, I said ^F#it's not ready to s^Ging Because ^F#all I ha^Gve is the ^Emvery first li^Ane She said if ^F#you don't sing me that f^Girst line now, there will ^F#never be a se^Gcond line ^EmGive me what you got boy or else go^A home

I said okay, here goes [Chorus]

^DOh on the Westbound Bart, dove under water and ^Gmy ears ^Empopped and,^G your eyes ^Emwatered ^Gand mascara^Em ran down your fac^Ae

John Craigie - Westbound bart