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Tuning: E A D G B E
Title: San Francisco
Artist: Scott McKenzie, https://youtu.be/bch1_Ep5M1s
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Tempo: Q=110, Time: 4/4
Capo: 2, optionally for brightness
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes.
Eighths are marked '+'. All other beats are quarters. Emphasize the melody notes.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
[Chorus] (2x)
Am + + + + F + + + + C + + + + G + + + +
E|-------------------------|-5--5--------------5-\3--|-3-----------3-------p0--|-------------------------|
B|-------------1-----1-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|----3--------------------|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2--|----------5-----5--------|----0-----0-----0--------|----------0-----0-----0--|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-3-----------0-----------|-------------2-----------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
If you're going to San Francisco
For those who come to San Francisco
Am + + + + F + + + + C + + + + G + + + +
E|-------------------------|-5-----------------5-/7--|-3--------5-\3-p0--------|-------------------------|
B|----------1--1-----1-----|-------------------------|----------------------3--|-------------------------|
G|----2-----------2-----2--|----5-----5-----5--------|----0--------------------|---0------0-----0-----0--|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-3-----------0-----------|-------------2-----------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
Summer time will be a love-in there.
Am + + + + C + + + + F + + + + C + +
E|-------------------------|-3----p0-----------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
B|-------------1-h3-----1--|-------------------3-----|-1-----------1-----------|---------------------|
G|----2-----2--------------|----0-----0-----0-----0--|----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----0------0-----0--|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3-----|-----2---------2-----|
A|-0-----------0-----------|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|-3-------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------3-----------|-1-----------1-----------|---------3-----------|
If you're going to San Francisco
In the streets of San Francisco
+ + + + Em + + + + Am7 + + + + G + + + +
E|----------------------0--|----0--------------3-/5--|-3--------5-\3-p0--------|--------------------------|
B|----------------1-h3-----|-------------------------|----------------------3--|--------------------------|
G|----0-----0--------------|----------0-----0--------|----0--------------------|----0-----0------0-----0--|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0------------0-----|
A|-3-----------------------|-2-----------2-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-------------2------------|
E|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3------------------------|
You're gonna meet some gentle people there.
Gentle people with flowers in their hair.
[Bridge]
Bb + + + F + Gm + + + + Bb + + + F + Gm + + + F
E|-------6--6--6--\--5--5--|----3--------------------|-------6--6--6--\--5--5--|----3--------------1---|
B|-------------------------|----------------3--------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
G|----7-----------7--------|----------3-----------3--|----7-----------7--------|----------3-----3------|
D|-------8-----------7-----|-------5-----------5-----|-------8-----------7-----|-------5-----------3---|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
E|-6-----------6-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-6-----------6-----------|-3-----------3---------|
All across the nation such a strange vibration
Cmaj7 + + + + C + + + + Bb + + + F + Gm + + + +
E|-0-----------0-h1--0-h1--|----0--------------------|-------6--6--6--\--5--5--|----3--------------------|
B|----------0--------------|----------1-----------1--|-------------------------|----------------3--------|
G|----0--------------------|----------------0--------|----7-----------7--------|----------3-----------3--|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------8-----------7-----|-------5-----------5-----|
A|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-6-----------6-----------|-3-----------3-----------|
People in motion. There's a whole generation
Bb + + + F + Gm + + + F Cmaj7 + + + + C + + + +
E|-------6--6--6--\--5--5--|----3--------------1---|-0-----------0-h1--0-h1--|----0--------------------|
B|-------------------------|-----------------------|----------0--------------|----------1-----------1--|
G|----7-----------7--------|----------3-----3------|----0--------------------|----------------0--------|
D|-------8-----------7-----|-------5-----------3---|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|
A|-------------------------|-----------------------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|
E|-6-----------6-----------|-3-----------3---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
with a new explanation People in motion,
G + + + + + + + +
E|-3-----------3-h5--3-h5--|----3---------------------|
B|----------0--------------|----------0-----------0---|
G|----0--------------------|----------------0---------|
D|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0------|
A|-------------------------|-------------2------------|
E|-3-----------3-----------|-3------------------------|
People in motion.
[Reprise]
Am + + + + F + + + + C + + + + G + + + +
E|-------------------------|-5--5--------------5-\3--|-3-----------3-------p0--|-------------------------|
B|-------------1-----1-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|----3--------------------|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2--|----------5-----5--------|----0-----0-----0--------|----------0-----0-----0--|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-3-----------0-----------|-------------2-----------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
For those who come to San Francisco,
Am + + + + F + + + + C + + + + G + + + +
E|-------------------------|-5-----------------5-/7--|-3--------5-\3-p0--------|-------------------------|
B|----------1--1-----1-----|-------------------------|----------------------3--|-------------------------|
G|----2-----------2-----2--|----5-----5-----5--------|----0--------------------|----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-3-----------0-----------|-------------2-----------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
be sure to wear some flowers in your hair,
Am + + + + C + + + + F + + + + C + +
E|-------------------------|-3-----0-----------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------1--3-----1--|-------------------3-----|-1-----------1-----------|--------------------|
G|----2-----2--------------|----0-----0-----0-----0--|----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----0-----0-----0--|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3-----|-----2--------2-----|
A|-0-----------0-----------|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|-3------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------3-----------|-1-----------1-----------|--------3-----------|
If you come to San Francisco,
+ + + + Em + + + + Am7 + + + + C + + + +
E|----------------------0--|-------------------3-/5--|-3--------3/5-3-p0------|-------------------------|
B|----------------1-h3-----|-------------------------|--------------------3---|-1-----------------------|
G|----0-----0--------------|----0-----0-----0--------|----0-------------------|----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------0-----|-------2------------0---|-------2-----------2-----|
A|-3-----------------------|-2-----------2-----------|-0------------0---------|-3-----------------------|
E|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------3-----------|
Summer time will be a love-in there!
[Outro]
D + + + + + + + + G + + + + D + +
E|-------------------0-----|-2-----------------0-----|-------------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|-3-----------3--------0--|--------------------|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2--|----2-----2-----2-----2--|----0-----0-----0--------|----2------2-----2--|
D|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|----0---------0-----|
A|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-------------2-----------|--------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|3-------2-----------|
If you come to San Francisco,
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + a
E|----------------0-------|-5-\2--------------5-/7-|-5--------5/7-5-\2--0----|------------------------|-2---|
B|-------------3--------3-|------------------------|----0--------------------|-3----------------------|-3---|
G|----2-----2--------2----|----------2-----2-------|-----------------------0-|----2-----2-----2-----2-|-2---|
D|-------0----------------|-------0----------------|-------0------------0----|-------0-----------0----|-0---|
A|-0----------------------|-0-----------0----------|-0------------0----------|-0-----------0----------|-----|
E|-------------2----------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-----|
Summer- time will be a love-in there!
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| a Arpeggio (pick all strings in sequence, harp-like)
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
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