Chords for Amazing story by Barry McGuire - Trippin' the 60's - about Scott McKenzie "San Francisco Song"
Tempo:
132.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Bm
A
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
So I pull over the curb and I said,
and there is Denny Doherty's house.
And she's looking, ooh, ooh, ooh, all impressed.
Well, right at that moment, Denny was looking out his little,
you know, the little window and the big door,
you know, it's a little
Speak-easy door, right? Speak-easy.
Or prohibition door, speak-easy door,
something like that?
That's so he could look out the,
you know, in prohibition when outlawed alcohol.
So they had these little windows
so he could see if it was a cop or a customer.
Or both. Or both.
Could be both, yeah.
Which was the best of both worlds, that's right.
So anyway, he was peeking out his little
speak-easy window there and he saw my yellow V-dub
out the curb.
Hey, McGuire, is that you?
I hear, yeah, that's me, man.
Well, he opened the door.
Well, come on in.
So I grabbed her by the hand and said,
come on, this is gonna be great.
We went into Denny's house, stayed 18 months.
We did a year and a half, lived there a year and a half.
It was incredible.
Who knew?
I mean, and Denny always just said, who knew?
But one afternoon, he, you know, John was over visiting
and he was sitting there.
They had Crown Royal and a bowl of marijuana.
I'm watching TV.
Oh, we didn't have clickers in those days, though.
Was that a bummer?
Remember those days?
You had to get up.
It was real tough.
Click, click, click.
Yeah.
Click, click.
You do it with your feet.
You do it with your feet, yeah.
If you had long legs.
So I was clicking the TV.
And John was sitting there rolling a joint
and passing the ball around.
And he's just, he can't believe,
I can't believe it seems like I can,
I can just write a hit song whenever I want to.
I just sit down, I'm trying to write it and say hit song.
And I said, I just write them anytime I want to.
And Denny, he's from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Irishman,
in your face, you can't either.
I could write a hit song right now if I wanted to.
Oh man, he said, I'll bet you $500.
You can't write a hit song right now.
I said, John, I'll take that bet.
Well, I stopped watching TV.
Whoa, what's happening here?
And Scott McKenzie, he's sitting at the piano.
He had a grand piano in Denny's living room.
So Scott, he's sitting there.
So John says, well, give me your guitar, Denny.
So he gave him his little slot head Martin,
you know, 12 string.
He says, let me see, what's your name right here?
Blinkity, blinkity, blinkity.
So Scott says, well, you know, hey, John,
how about all these kids coming from all
of the United States, coming out to [G] California,
looking to be free, looking for family.
You know, he says, you know,
and the people that live here, the citizens,
they're all kind of scared of these kids.
Why don't you write a song that'll let them know
that these are good kids.
So Justin, what a great idea.
Let me see, blinky, blinky, blinky.
[D]
If [G]
you're going [D] to San [A] Francisco,
[Am] [Bm] be sure [G] to wear, come on, [D] flowers in your [A] hair.
Oh yeah.
[Bm] And if [D] you go [G] to San [D] Francisco,
[F] you're [F#m] going to find [Bm] some gentle people [A] there.
Here we go.
[C] All across the nation, such a strange vibration.
[Am] People in motion,
[C] there's a whole generation
with a new explanation.
[D] People in motion, [Am] come on, [A] people in motion.
[C] [Bm] And if [G] you come [D] to San [A] Francisco,
[G] [B] be sure [G] to wear [D] flowers [A] in your hair.
[Bm] And if [D] you come [F] to [G] San [D] Francisco,
[F#m] summertime
[Bm] will be [A] a [F] loving [D] there.
[C] Flowers [Bm] in your hair, [F] gentle [D] people there.
Will be a loving, [C] [Bm] will be a loving, will be a loving.
[D] Come on, will be a loving, will be a [F] loving,
[Bm] will be a loving, will be a loving.
With flowers [N] in your [D]
hair.
Woo, [N]
what a song.
[G]
[C] Oh, there's no business like show business.
and there is Denny Doherty's house.
And she's looking, ooh, ooh, ooh, all impressed.
Well, right at that moment, Denny was looking out his little,
you know, the little window and the big door,
you know, it's a little
Speak-easy door, right? Speak-easy.
Or prohibition door, speak-easy door,
something like that?
That's so he could look out the,
you know, in prohibition when outlawed alcohol.
So they had these little windows
so he could see if it was a cop or a customer.
Or both. Or both.
Could be both, yeah.
Which was the best of both worlds, that's right.
So anyway, he was peeking out his little
speak-easy window there and he saw my yellow V-dub
out the curb.
Hey, McGuire, is that you?
I hear, yeah, that's me, man.
Well, he opened the door.
Well, come on in.
So I grabbed her by the hand and said,
come on, this is gonna be great.
We went into Denny's house, stayed 18 months.
We did a year and a half, lived there a year and a half.
It was incredible.
Who knew?
I mean, and Denny always just said, who knew?
But one afternoon, he, you know, John was over visiting
and he was sitting there.
They had Crown Royal and a bowl of marijuana.
I'm watching TV.
Oh, we didn't have clickers in those days, though.
Was that a bummer?
Remember those days?
You had to get up.
It was real tough.
Click, click, click.
Yeah.
Click, click.
You do it with your feet.
You do it with your feet, yeah.
If you had long legs.
So I was clicking the TV.
And John was sitting there rolling a joint
and passing the ball around.
And he's just, he can't believe,
I can't believe it seems like I can,
I can just write a hit song whenever I want to.
I just sit down, I'm trying to write it and say hit song.
And I said, I just write them anytime I want to.
And Denny, he's from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Irishman,
in your face, you can't either.
I could write a hit song right now if I wanted to.
Oh man, he said, I'll bet you $500.
You can't write a hit song right now.
I said, John, I'll take that bet.
Well, I stopped watching TV.
Whoa, what's happening here?
And Scott McKenzie, he's sitting at the piano.
He had a grand piano in Denny's living room.
So Scott, he's sitting there.
So John says, well, give me your guitar, Denny.
So he gave him his little slot head Martin,
you know, 12 string.
He says, let me see, what's your name right here?
Blinkity, blinkity, blinkity.
So Scott says, well, you know, hey, John,
how about all these kids coming from all
of the United States, coming out to [G] California,
looking to be free, looking for family.
You know, he says, you know,
and the people that live here, the citizens,
they're all kind of scared of these kids.
Why don't you write a song that'll let them know
that these are good kids.
So Justin, what a great idea.
Let me see, blinky, blinky, blinky.
[D]
If [G]
you're going [D] to San [A] Francisco,
[Am] [Bm] be sure [G] to wear, come on, [D] flowers in your [A] hair.
Oh yeah.
[Bm] And if [D] you go [G] to San [D] Francisco,
[F] you're [F#m] going to find [Bm] some gentle people [A] there.
Here we go.
[C] All across the nation, such a strange vibration.
[Am] People in motion,
[C] there's a whole generation
with a new explanation.
[D] People in motion, [Am] come on, [A] people in motion.
[C] [Bm] And if [G] you come [D] to San [A] Francisco,
[G] [B] be sure [G] to wear [D] flowers [A] in your hair.
[Bm] And if [D] you come [F] to [G] San [D] Francisco,
[F#m] summertime
[Bm] will be [A] a [F] loving [D] there.
[C] Flowers [Bm] in your hair, [F] gentle [D] people there.
Will be a loving, [C] [Bm] will be a loving, will be a loving.
[D] Come on, will be a loving, will be a [F] loving,
[Bm] will be a loving, will be a loving.
With flowers [N] in your [D]
hair.
Woo, [N]
what a song.
[G]
[C] Oh, there's no business like show business.
Key:
D
G
Bm
A
C
D
G
Bm
So I pull over the curb and _ I said,
and there is Denny Doherty's house.
And she's looking, ooh, ooh, ooh, all impressed.
Well, right at that moment, Denny was looking out his little,
you know, the little window and the big door,
you know, it's a little_
Speak-easy door, right? Speak-easy.
Or prohibition door, speak-easy door,
something like that?
That's so he could look out the,
you know, in prohibition when outlawed alcohol. _
So they had these little windows
so he could see if it was a cop or a customer.
Or both. Or both.
Could be both, yeah.
Which was the best of both worlds, that's right.
So anyway, he was peeking out his little
speak-easy window there and he saw my yellow V-dub
out the curb.
Hey, McGuire, is that you?
I hear, yeah, that's me, man.
Well, he opened the door.
Well, come on in.
So I grabbed her by the hand and said,
come on, this is gonna be great.
We went into Denny's house, stayed 18 months.
_ _ _ _ We did a year and a half, lived there a year and a half.
_ It was incredible.
Who knew?
I mean, and Denny always just said, who knew? _
But one afternoon, he, you know, John was over visiting
and he was sitting there.
They had Crown Royal and a bowl of marijuana.
I'm watching TV.
Oh, we didn't have clickers in those days, though.
Was that a bummer?
Remember those days?
You had to get up.
It was real tough.
Click, click, click.
Yeah.
Click, click.
You do it with your feet.
You do it with your feet, yeah.
If you had long legs.
_ So I was _ clicking the TV.
_ And John was sitting there rolling a joint
and passing the ball around. _ _
And he's just, he can't believe,
I can't believe it seems like I can,
I can just write a hit song whenever I want to.
I just sit down, I'm trying to write it and say hit song.
_ And I said, I just write them anytime I want to.
And Denny, he's from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Irishman,
in your face, you can't either.
I could write a hit song right now if I wanted to.
Oh man, he said, I'll bet you $500. _
You can't write a hit song right now.
I said, John, I'll take that bet.
Well, I stopped watching TV.
Whoa, what's happening here?
And Scott McKenzie, he's sitting at the piano.
He had a grand piano in Denny's living room.
So Scott, he's sitting there.
So John says, well, give me your guitar, Denny.
So he gave him his little slot head _ _ Martin,
you know, 12 _ string.
He says, let me see, what's your name right here?
Blinkity, blinkity, blinkity.
So Scott says, well, you know, hey, John,
how about all these kids coming from all
of the United States, coming out to [G] California,
looking to be free, looking for family.
You know, he says, you know,
and the people that live here, the citizens,
they're all kind of scared of these kids.
Why don't you write a song that'll let them know
that these are good kids.
So Justin, what a great idea.
Let me see, blinky, blinky, blinky.
_ _ [D] _ _
If [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
you're going _ [D] to _ San _ [A] Francisco,
_ [Am] _ [Bm] _ be sure [G] to wear, come on, _ [D] flowers in your [A] hair.
Oh yeah.
[Bm] _ And if [D] you go _ [G] to San _ [D] Francisco, _ _ _ _
[F] you're [F#m] going to find _ [Bm] some gentle people [A] there.
Here we go. _ _
_ [C] _ All across the nation, _ _ _ such a strange vibration. _
_ [Am] _ _ People in motion, _
_ [C] _ there's a whole generation _
_ _ with a new _ explanation.
_ [D] _ _ People in motion, [Am] come on, [A] _ _ people in motion. _
[C] _ [Bm] _ And if [G] you _ come [D] to San [A] _ Francisco, _
[G] _ [B] _ be sure [G] to _ wear [D] _ flowers [A] in your hair.
_ [Bm] _ And if [D] you come [F] to [G] San _ _ [D] Francisco, _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] summertime _ _
[Bm] will be [A] a [F] loving [D] there. _
_ _ _ [C] Flowers [Bm] in your hair, _ _ _ [F] gentle [D] people there.
_ Will be a loving, [C] _ [Bm] will be a loving, _ will be a loving.
[D] Come on, will be a loving, will be a [F] loving,
[Bm] will be a loving, will be a loving. _ _ _ _
With flowers _ [N] in your _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
hair. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Woo, _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ what a song. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ Oh, there's no business like show business. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and there is Denny Doherty's house.
And she's looking, ooh, ooh, ooh, all impressed.
Well, right at that moment, Denny was looking out his little,
you know, the little window and the big door,
you know, it's a little_
Speak-easy door, right? Speak-easy.
Or prohibition door, speak-easy door,
something like that?
That's so he could look out the,
you know, in prohibition when outlawed alcohol. _
So they had these little windows
so he could see if it was a cop or a customer.
Or both. Or both.
Could be both, yeah.
Which was the best of both worlds, that's right.
So anyway, he was peeking out his little
speak-easy window there and he saw my yellow V-dub
out the curb.
Hey, McGuire, is that you?
I hear, yeah, that's me, man.
Well, he opened the door.
Well, come on in.
So I grabbed her by the hand and said,
come on, this is gonna be great.
We went into Denny's house, stayed 18 months.
_ _ _ _ We did a year and a half, lived there a year and a half.
_ It was incredible.
Who knew?
I mean, and Denny always just said, who knew? _
But one afternoon, he, you know, John was over visiting
and he was sitting there.
They had Crown Royal and a bowl of marijuana.
I'm watching TV.
Oh, we didn't have clickers in those days, though.
Was that a bummer?
Remember those days?
You had to get up.
It was real tough.
Click, click, click.
Yeah.
Click, click.
You do it with your feet.
You do it with your feet, yeah.
If you had long legs.
_ So I was _ clicking the TV.
_ And John was sitting there rolling a joint
and passing the ball around. _ _
And he's just, he can't believe,
I can't believe it seems like I can,
I can just write a hit song whenever I want to.
I just sit down, I'm trying to write it and say hit song.
_ And I said, I just write them anytime I want to.
And Denny, he's from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Irishman,
in your face, you can't either.
I could write a hit song right now if I wanted to.
Oh man, he said, I'll bet you $500. _
You can't write a hit song right now.
I said, John, I'll take that bet.
Well, I stopped watching TV.
Whoa, what's happening here?
And Scott McKenzie, he's sitting at the piano.
He had a grand piano in Denny's living room.
So Scott, he's sitting there.
So John says, well, give me your guitar, Denny.
So he gave him his little slot head _ _ Martin,
you know, 12 _ string.
He says, let me see, what's your name right here?
Blinkity, blinkity, blinkity.
So Scott says, well, you know, hey, John,
how about all these kids coming from all
of the United States, coming out to [G] California,
looking to be free, looking for family.
You know, he says, you know,
and the people that live here, the citizens,
they're all kind of scared of these kids.
Why don't you write a song that'll let them know
that these are good kids.
So Justin, what a great idea.
Let me see, blinky, blinky, blinky.
_ _ [D] _ _
If [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
you're going _ [D] to _ San _ [A] Francisco,
_ [Am] _ [Bm] _ be sure [G] to wear, come on, _ [D] flowers in your [A] hair.
Oh yeah.
[Bm] _ And if [D] you go _ [G] to San _ [D] Francisco, _ _ _ _
[F] you're [F#m] going to find _ [Bm] some gentle people [A] there.
Here we go. _ _
_ [C] _ All across the nation, _ _ _ such a strange vibration. _
_ [Am] _ _ People in motion, _
_ [C] _ there's a whole generation _
_ _ with a new _ explanation.
_ [D] _ _ People in motion, [Am] come on, [A] _ _ people in motion. _
[C] _ [Bm] _ And if [G] you _ come [D] to San [A] _ Francisco, _
[G] _ [B] _ be sure [G] to _ wear [D] _ flowers [A] in your hair.
_ [Bm] _ And if [D] you come [F] to [G] San _ _ [D] Francisco, _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] summertime _ _
[Bm] will be [A] a [F] loving [D] there. _
_ _ _ [C] Flowers [Bm] in your hair, _ _ _ [F] gentle [D] people there.
_ Will be a loving, [C] _ [Bm] will be a loving, _ will be a loving.
[D] Come on, will be a loving, will be a [F] loving,
[Bm] will be a loving, will be a loving. _ _ _ _
With flowers _ [N] in your _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
hair. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Woo, _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ what a song. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ Oh, there's no business like show business. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _