San Francisco Is A Lonely Town chords by Glen Campbell

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Flyinglibra51
• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

San Francisco Is A augmentedA Lonely Town
Glen Campbell
1976 Album Bloodline

Intro Cmaj7Cmaj7 DmDm Dm7Dm7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 FF Dm7Dm7

     C majorC   Cmaj7Cmaj7 FF        C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7  FF
Two happy people     on a Greyhound bus
Dm7Dm7     E minorEm   Am7Am7    D MajorD    G+G Dm7Dm7 G+G
We came here lookin`   for a life for us
G7G7     FF          E MajorE
Oh but the night life  is her new life
E7E7   A minorAm  G6G6     FF  F minorFm
And the only thing I`ve found
  C majorC       Am7Am7 Dm7Dm7   G+G   C majorC  FF Dm7Dm7
Is San Francisco     is a lonely town

DmDm       Cmaj7Cmaj7    FF       C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 FF
Now there were good times  for a little while
C majorC      E minorEm     Am7Am7 C majorC   Dm7Dm7    G+G   Dm7Dm7 G+G
But now her new friends   say I cramp her style
 G7G7    FF       E MajorE    E7E7
I guess I`m only  in the way now
     A minorAm   G+G    FF   F minorFm
She don`t need me hangin` round
   C majorC       Am7Am7 Dm7Dm7   G+G   C majorC  C7C7  Fmaj7Fmaj7
This San Francisco     is a lonely town....

          Cmaj7Cmaj7   FF
Now she`s out there somewhere
           C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 A minorAm
across San Francisco Bay
       Am7Am7       E minorEm  FF
And she`ll be wondering where I am
         G+G  C#6C#6 C#Maj7C#maj7
when she gets in today

             F#F#
She`ll find I`ve left her
            C#Maj7C#maj7 F#F#
Bought a one-way ticket home
       Fm7Fm7    BbM7Bbm7      D#m7D#m7  G#7G#7
And while she sits there   cryin` all alone
        F#F#         FF    F7F7
And while this Greyhound keeps on rollin`
   BbmBbm     G#G#     F#F# F# minorF#m
I`ll just pray the Lord she`s found
     C#C#  BbM7Bbm7 D#m7D#m7   F#F#   C#C#  C#Maj7C#maj7 F#F# C#Maj7C#maj7 F#F# C#Maj7C#maj7
That San Francisco    is a lonely town......  (fade)

San Francisco Is A Lonely Town chords

San Francisco Is a Lonely Town, is a song written in 1969 by Nashville songwriter Ben Peters. Two versions of the song charted in 1969, one by Ben Peters himself #46 country, Peters only charting hit, and the single by Joe Simon, which reached #79 on the US pop charts, #29 on the R&B charts.

Other versions of the song released in 1969 were by Roberta Sherwood single, Mel Carter single, Eddy Arnold on his album The Warmth of Eddy, Fred Hughes on his album Baby Boy, Charlie Rich on his album The Fabulous Charlie Rich, and O. C. Smith on his album O. C. Smith at Home. African American country artist Linda Martell covered the song on her 1970 album Color Me Country. Vicki Carr put the tune on her 1971 album The Ways to Love a Man. Glen Campbell covered it on his 1976 album Bloodline and Jimmy Orion Ellis on his 1979 album Sunrise. The most recent version to chart was that of Nick Nixon, a country musician whose cover hit #86 on the country charts in 1979. The Charlie Rich version was remixed by the French group Nouvelle Vague on the 2007 remix album Late Night Tales: Nouvelle Vague.