The best way to play this song is as follows:
Capo on the fourth fret and tune sixth string down two tones:
[Intro]
| C | C | C | C ||
[Verse 1]
G7/D F/C C
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last.
G7/D F/C C
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast.
Dm F/C C Csus4 C
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun,
Dm F/C C Csus4 C
Crying like a fire in the sun.
E F G7/D
Look out the saints are comin’ through
Dm Fadd9 C
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue.
[Verse 2]
G7/D F/C C
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.
G7/D F/C C
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
Dm F/C C Csus4 C
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Dm F/C C Csus4 C
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets.
E F G7/D
This sky, too, is folding under you
Dm Fadd9 C
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue.
[Verse 3]
G7/D F/C C
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home.
G/D F/C C
All your reindeer armies, are all going home.
Dm F/C C Csus4 C
The lover who just walked out your door
Dm F/C C Csus4 C
Has taken all his blankets from the floor.
E F G7/D
The carpet, too, is moving under you
Dm Fadd9 C
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue.
[Verse 4]
G7/D F/C C
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you.
G7/D F/C C
Forget the dead you’ve left, they will not follow you.
Dm F/C C Csus4 C
The vagabond who’s rapping at your door
Dm F/C C Csus4 C
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
E F G7/D
Strike another match, go start anew
Dm Fadd9 C Csus4 C
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue.
[Coda]
| G7/D | C |||