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