Intro
B and Cadd4
(hammering onto the 4th string at the 2nd fret)
[Verse 1]
F# E B
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
F# E B
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
C#m E B
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
C#m E B
Crying like a fire in the sun
D#7 E F#
Look out the saints are coming through
C#m E B
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
[Verse 2]
F# E B
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.
F# E B
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
C#m E B
The empty-handed painter from your streets
C#m E B
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets.
D#7 E F#
The sky, too, is folding under you
C#m E B
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
[Verse 3]
F# E B
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home.
F# E B
Your empty handed armies, they're all going home.
C#m E B
The lover who just walked out your door
C#m E B
Has taken all his blankets from the floor.
D#7 E F#
The carpet, too, is moving under you
C#m E B
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
[Verse 4]
F# E B
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you.
F# E B
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.
C#m E B
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
C#m E B
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
D#7 E F#
Strike another match, go start anew
C#m E B
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.