IntroC and Cadd4
(hammering onto the 4th string at the 2nd fret)
Verse 1GFC
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
GFC
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
DmFC
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
DmFC
Crying like a fire in the sun
E7FG
Look out the saints are coming through
DmFC
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
Verse 2GFC
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.
GFC
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
DmFC
The empty-handed painter from your streets
DmFC
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets.
E7FG
This sky, too, is folding over you
DmFC
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
Verse 3GFC
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home.
GFC
Your empty handed armies, they're all going home.
DmFC
The lover who just walked out your door
DmFC
Has taken all his blankets from the floor.
E7FG
The carpet, too, is moving under you
DmFC
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
Verse 4GFC
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you.
GFC
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.
DmFC
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
DmFC
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
E7FG
Strike another match, go start anew
DmFC
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.