Intro
C# and Cadd4
(hammering onto the 4th string at the 2nd fret)
[Verse 1]
G# F# C#
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
G# F# C#
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
D#m F# C#
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
D#m F# C#
Crying like a fire in the sun
F7 F# G#
Look out the saints are coming through
D#m F# C#
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
[Verse 2]
G# F# C#
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.
G# F# C#
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
D#m F# C#
The empty-handed painter from your streets
D#m F# C#
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets.
F7 F# G#
The sky, too, is folding under you
D#m F# C#
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
[Verse 3]
G# F# C#
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home.
G# F# C#
Your empty handed armies, they're all going home.
D#m F# C#
The lover who just walked out your door
D#m F# C#
Has taken all his blankets from the floor.
F7 F# G#
The carpet, too, is moving under you
D#m F# C#
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
[Verse 4]
G# F# C#
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you.
G# F# C#
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.
D#m F# C#
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
D#m F# C#
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
F7 F# G#
Strike another match, go start anew
D#m F# C#
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.