San Francisco _1

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

San Francisco
WORDS AND MUSIC BY JOHN PHILLIPS
PERFORMED BY SCOTT MCKENZIE

 

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If you're go-ing to San Fran-cis-co,

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be sure to wear some flow-ers in your hair.

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If you're go-ing to San Fran-cis-co,

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you're gon-na meet  some gen-tle peo-ple there.

verse 2.

All those who come to San Francisco,
summertime will be a love-in there.
In the streets of San Francisco,
gentle people with flowers in their hair.

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All a-cross the na-tion,

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such a strange vi-bra-tion,

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peo-ple in mo-tion,

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there's a whole gen-er-a-tion, 

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with a new ex-plan-a-tion,

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peo-ple in mo-tion, 

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peo-ple in mo-tion.

verse 3.
All those who come to San Francisco,
be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
If you come to San Francisco,
summertime will be a love-in there.

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