More songs by Gerry Rafferty

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- T-rev

"BAKER STREET" by Gerry Rafferty www.gerryrafferty.com
From his 1978 album City to City
Written by Gerry Rafferty
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net

F major harmonica has sax solo notes

INTRO:  A9sus4  F9sus4  G9sus4  (3×)

SOLO
|D5     |    G  |
|D5     |    G  |
|C      |A      |
|G      |       |

A                   A6sus4  A     A6su4
   Winding your way down on Baker Street
A                     A6sus4      A7  A6su4    A
   Light in your head and     dead on your feet
         Em                       G
   Well another crazy day, you'll drink the night away
          D
   And forget about everything

A              A6sus4         A             A6su4
   This city desert makes you feel so cold, it's got
A             A6sus4        A7     A6su4  A
   so many people, but it's got no soul
             Em                  G
   And it's taken you so long to find out you were wrong
            D
   When you thought it held everything

      Dm                               Am
         You used to think that it was so easy
      Dm                             Am
         You used to say that it was so easy
             C              G              D
         But you're trying, you're trying now

      Dm                             Am
         Another year and then you'd be happy
      Dm                                   Am
         Just one more year and then you'd be happy
             C              G              A   G
         But you're crying, you're crying now

REPEAT SOLO

A                      A6sus4    A                 A6su4
   Way down the street there's a light in his place
      A               A6sus4        A7      A6su4   A
   He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
          Em                          G
   And he asks you where you been you tell him who you've seen
           D
   And you talk about anything

A                      A6sus4  A                A6su4
   He's got this dream about   buying some land he's gonna
A               A6sus4           A7    A6su4   A
   Give up the booze and the one-night stands
        Em                            G
   And then he'll settle down in some quiet little town
          D
   And forget about everything

      Dm                           Am
         But you know he'll always keep moving
      Dm                           Am
         You know he's never gonna stop moving
                C             G                 D
         'Cause he's rolling, he's the rolling stone

      Dm                             Am
         And when you wake up it's a new morning
      Dm                           Am
         The sun is shining it's a new morning
             C             G            A     G
         And you're going, you're going home

REPEAT SOLO

Transcribed 2025-10-30 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net

x0000x A9sus4
x8888x F9sus4
xttttx G9sus4 (t = tenth fret)
xx023x D5     (00023x in drop-D tuning)
3x0003 G      (5x0003 in drop-D tuning)
x32010 C
x02220 A
x04230 A6sus4
x05050 A7no3
022000 Em     (222000 in drop-D tuning)
xx0232 D
xx0231 Dm
x02210 Am

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