San Francisco Chords by Rufus Wainwright

Tempo:
126.55 bpm
Chords used:

D

B

A

G

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Rufus Wainwright - "San Francisco" chords
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[N] Thank you [C#] so much.
[F#]
[E] That's very ballsy.
[F#] [D] I must admit.
[D#]
[C#] Thank you.
[F] So, um, I'm gonna do this last song and [B] then you guys can go out into the lobby and drink and smoke, whatever you people do.
[A#] And then [F#] we'll come back for the second half of the show.
[C#] Ready?
[N]
[A]
[B] [D]
[E]
[A] I never will [D]
forget [F#]
Janet [B] [F#] McDonald.
[B]
[A] For those of [B] you who have, [D] Janet McDonald [D#m] was a fellow [G#] star in Hollywood.
[D] [F#] Not to me, [B] to Judy.
[A] And [E] she [D] was famous for singing in a [G#m] more, [Dm] kind of, in a very, in an operatic [B] style.
[G#m] As opposed to [B] Judy, who was more swing.
[F] I would [B] interpret this next line [G] as [B] a dig.
[E] Just to [B] think of her, it [E] gives my heart a [A]
pain.
[D] I [E]
[A] never [Am] will [A#]
forget [D] how that brave [G] Janet just [F#m] stood there in the [B] ruin and [E]
sang.
[D#] [E] And sang.
[A]
[D] San Francisco, [C]
open [G] your golden gates.
[Bm] You'll let nobody [Em] wait outside your door.
[D] San Francisco, [G] here comes your wandering [Bm] one saying [G] I'll wander no more.
[C#] [B] Other places [F#] only make me love you [A] best.
[B] Say that you're the [A] one in all the golden [D] west.
San [G] Francisco, I'm coming home [Bm] again.
[A] Never to roam [Dm] again.
Never to [G] roam again.
[C]
[G] San [C] Francisco, [Dm] right [F] when I arrive, I [D] really come [C] alive.
And [F] you [Em] will laugh to see [D] me perpendicular,
[Em] hanging on a cable [C] car.
San [G] [C] Francisco,
[Fm] let [Dm] me beat my feet up and [D] down Market Street.
I'm gonna [Dm] climb [G] Apple just [G#] to watch it get dark.
From the top [C] of the Market's [A] Brooklyn Bridge, London [B] Bridge, and [Em] the Bridge of Sand [A] will we raise.
[D] But the only bridge that's [A] a real [D] God bridge is [G] the bridge across the [D#]
bridge.
[C] San [Em]
[C] Francisco, [F]
I'm coming [Dm] home again.
[Am] Never to [Dm]
roam again.
But [E] God, [A] [D] [G]
[F] San [G]
Francisco, [Dm] I don't [G] make frisco.
[Dm] San Francisco, here [E] I come.
[Em] [F] [Dm] [F]
[E] [C]
[F#]
[F#m] [A#m]
[F]
Key:  
D
1321
B
12341112
A
1231
G
2131
E
2311
D
1321
B
12341112
A
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To start learning Rufus Wainwright - (Live At Carnegie Hall) San Francisco chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - A, D, E, Em, D, G and Bm in sequence. A good strategy is to initiate at 63 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 127 BPM. Given the song's key of A Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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[N] _ _ Thank you [C#] so much.
_ [F#] _
[E] That's very ballsy.
_ [F#] _ [D] I must admit.
[D#] _
_ _ [C#] Thank you. _ _ _ _
[F] So, um, I'm gonna do this last song and [B] then you guys can go out into the lobby and drink and smoke, whatever you people do.
[A#] _ And then [F#] we'll come back for the second half of the show.
[C#] Ready?
_ [N] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] I never _ will [D] _
forget _ _ _ _ [F#] _
Janet _ [B] _ [F#] McDonald. _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] For those of [B] you who have, _ _ [D] Janet McDonald [D#m] was a fellow [G#] star in Hollywood.
[D] [F#] Not to me, [B] to Judy.
[A] And [E] she [D] was famous for singing in a [G#m] more, [Dm] kind of, in a very, in an operatic [B] style.
[G#m] As opposed to [B] Judy, who was more swing.
_ _ _ [F] I would [B] interpret this next line [G] as [B] a dig.
_ _ _ [E] Just to [B] think of her, it [E] gives my heart a [A]
pain.
_ _ [D] _ _ I [E] _
_ [A] never _ [Am] will _ [A#]
forget _ _ _ _ _ [D] how that _ brave [G] Janet _ _ _ _ just _ _ [F#m] stood there _ in the [B] ruin _ _ _ _ and [E] _ _
_ sang. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ [E] And sang. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] San Francisco, [C]
open [G] your golden gates.
[Bm] You'll let nobody [Em] wait outside your door.
[D] San Francisco, [G] here comes your wandering [Bm] one saying [G] I'll wander no more. _
[C#] [B] Other places [F#] only make me love you [A] best.
[B] Say that you're the [A] one in all the golden [D] west.
San [G] Francisco, I'm coming home [Bm] again.
[A] Never to roam [Dm] again.
Never to [G] _ roam _ again.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] San [C] _ Francisco, _ _ _ [Dm] _ right [F] when I arrive, I [D] really come [C] alive.
And [F] you [Em] will laugh to see [D] me _ _ perpendicular, _
[Em] _ hanging on a cable [C] car.
San [G] _ _ [C] _ Francisco, _
_ _ [Fm] _ let [Dm] me beat my feet up and [D] down Market Street. _
I'm gonna _ [Dm] climb [G] Apple just [G#] to watch it get dark.
From the top [C] of the _ Market's [A] Brooklyn Bridge, _ _ London [B] _ Bridge, and [Em] the Bridge of Sand [A] will we raise.
[D] But the only bridge that's [A] a real [D] God bridge is [G] the _ bridge across the _ [D#] _
bridge.
[C] _ San [Em] _ _ _
[C] Francisco, _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
I'm coming [Dm] _ home again.
[Am] _ _ Never to [Dm] _
roam again.
But [E] _ God, [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ San _ _ [G] _
Francisco, _ _ _ [Dm] _ I don't _ [G] make frisco. _ _ _
[Dm] San _ Francisco, _ here [E] _ I _ come.
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was composed by Bronislau Kaper, Walter Jurmann and Gus Kahn.

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