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Westbound Bart by John Craigie
Westbound Bart
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:3rd fret
When song switches from G to Em, he does a walkdown that goes like this.
He does not let the G chord ring out. He only plays bass notes then lets the Em
ring
e|---3--3--3---3-----------|
B|---3--3--3---3-----------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------2-----------|
A|-------------2-----------|
E|---3--2--0---------------|
Chords:
F# xx4320
Em 022033
A x02230
[Intro]
D
Oh on the Westbound Bart, dove under water and
G Em G Em
my ears popped and, your eyes watered
G Em A
and mascara ran down your face
[Verse 1]
D
And you looked at me from three rows away
G Em G Em A
As if to say, please stop staring at me and so I did
D
And you got off at 16th and Mission and
G Em G Em
I did too, I didn't want it to seem like I was following you
G Em A
It was the same stop I was getting off, I swear
D
And you walked on down the street, and I walked behind
G Em G Em
But you kept on making the same turns, I was gonna make
G Em G Em A
Till finally you stepped in, the same bar that I was going to
D
And it was tuesday night karaoke
G Em G Em
And I sang Lay, Lady, Lay, with the funny voice and all
G Em G Em
And you sang Bohemian Rhapsody, and everybody sang along
G Em G Em A
Especially on that part, That says I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
[Harmonica]
D G Em G Em G Em A
[Verse 2]
D
And when you were done, and the crowd around you dispersed
G Em G Em A
I went up to tell you, just what a great job you had done
D
You said I wonder if when Freddie Mercury
G Em G Em
Wrote Bohemian Rhapsody, if he knew it was going to be
G Em A
The ultimate song for karaoke
[Bridge]
F# G
And I said "what about American Pie?"
F# G
And you said "fuck American Pie"
F# G Em A F# G
Our generation can not identify with drove my chevy to the levee
F# G Em A
It ain't nothing when compared to I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
[Harmonica]
D G Em G Em G Em A
[Verse 3]
D
You said well that was a great version of Lay, Lady, Lay
G Em G Em
With the funny voice and all, Back from Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline days if I
A
do recall
D
I said yeah I don't normally do this karaoke thing
G Em G Em
But if I do, I either sing that song or everybody must get stoned
G Em A
Rainy Day Women number twelve and thirty-five(technically that's what that songs
called)
D
And you said yeah what's with that song title, whats with the 12 and 35
G Em G Em G
I said well 12 times 35 is four hundred and twenty, and you know what they say
Em
about four twenty
G Em
But maybe that's just the math major in me talking
G Em A
I dont know what it means, It just does
D
But girl you know I used to roam around
G Em G Em
Play my own guitar, Sing my own songs
G Em A
It's been a while since I've been on the road
D
See I've lost my muse, and I have not written a song
G Em G Em
In about a year or so, Im taking a little break
G Em A
My friends call it retirement I don't know
D
But just today, the most amazing thing happened
G Em G Em
I saw something beautiful and I felt a spark
G Em G Em A
Of a brand new song, That I have not felt in so long
[Bridge]
F# G F# G
And you said Sing it to me, I said it's not ready to sing
F# G Em A
Because all I have is the very first line
F# G F# G
She said if you don't sing me that first line now, there will never be a second
line
Em A
Give me what you got boy or else go home
I said okay, here goes
[Chorus]
D
Oh on the Westbound Bart, dove under water and
G Em G Em
my ears popped and, your eyes watered
G Em A
and mascara ran down your face
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