Intro
A# and Cadd4
(hammering onto the 4th string at the 2nd fret)
[Verse 1]
F D# A#
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
F D# A#
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Cm D# A#
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Cm D# A#
Crying like a fire in the sun
D7 D# F
Look out the saints are coming through
Cm D# A#
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
[Verse 2]
F D# A#
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.
F D# A#
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
Cm D# A#
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Cm D# A#
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets.
D7 D# F
The sky, too, is folding under you
Cm D# A#
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
[Verse 3]
F D# A#
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home.
F D# A#
Your empty handed armies, they're all going home.
Cm D# A#
The lover who just walked out your door
Cm D# A#
Has taken all his blankets from the floor.
D7 D# F
The carpet, too, is moving under you
Cm D# A#
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
[Verse 4]
F D# A#
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you.
F D# A#
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.
Cm D# A#
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
Cm D# A#
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
D7 D# F
Strike another match, go start anew
Cm D# A#
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.