Key: B
Introduction:
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I got the blues when my baby left me down by the Frisco Bay
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An ocean liner came and took her away.
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I didn't mean to treat her bad, she was the best gal I ever had
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She said good-bye, made me cry,
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Made me wanna lay down my head and die.
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Well I ain't got a nickel, and I ain't got a lousy dime?,
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She don't come back, I think I'm gonna lose my mind.
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She ever comes back to stay, it's gonna be another brand new day,
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Walkin' with my baby by the San Francisco Bay.
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Well, I'm sittin' here on the back porch, don't know which way to go
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The gal that I'm so crazy about, she don't love me anymore.
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Think I'm gonna take a freight train, 'cause I'm feelin' blue,
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Gonna ride it to the end of the line, thinkin' only of you.
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Well I ain't got a nickel, and I ain't got a lousy dime?,
A F#m G#7
She don't come back, I think I'm gonna lose my mind.
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She ever comes back to stay, it's gonna be another brand new day,
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Walkin' with my baby by the San Francisco Bay,
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Walkin' with my baby by the San Francisco Bay,
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Walkin' with my baby by the San Francisco Bay.