Santa Barbara
‘Santa
Barbara’ is from “Signals Through the Glass- The Songs of
John plays
it in Bb/C; F/G suits my voice. I owe the
(“Signals
Through the Glass” has been re-released as CD by Folk Era, 2004.)
(F) (F/E) (Dm7) (F/C) (F) (F/E) (Dm7) (F/C)
And(F)here
I (F/E)go, (Dm7)
Running,
(F/C)reaching through the (F)past,(F/E) (Dm7)
I cut my
(F/C)heart upon (F)some glass,(F/E) (Dm7)
Lying
(F/C)broken in the (F)grass.(F/E) (Dm7) (F/C)
He was a (F)boy
(F/E) (Dm7)
On the
(F/C)North Dakota (F)line, (F/E) (Dm7)
Reaching
(F/C)out for me (F)through time, (F/E) (Dm7)
How his (F/C)eyes were full of (F)mine. (F/E) (Dm7)
And as I
(Bb)leave(C) Santa (C7)Barbara
be(F)hind, (Dm)
Dakota
(Gm)roads(C) I will (F)find. (F7)
And as I
(Bb)leave(C) Santa (C7)Barbara
be(F)hind, (Dm)
Dakota
(Gm)roads,(C) please be (F)kind.(F/E)
(Dm7) (D7)
We had to
(G)move, (G/F#) (Em)
Mama
(G/D)wanted to be (G)free. (G/F#) (Em)
Cali(G/D)fornia
seemed (G)to me (G/F#) (Em)
As far as (G/D)any place could (G)be. (G/F#) (Em) (G/D)
And all his
(G)poems, (G/F#) (Em)
They are
(G/D)songs now of their (G)own, (G/F#) (Em)
And the
(G/D)melody a(G)lone (G/F#) (Em)
Sings,
"Are you (G/D)ever coming (G)home?"(G/F#) (Em)
And as I
(C)leave(D) Santa (D7)Barbara
be(G)hind,(Em)
Dakota
(Am)roads(D) I will (G)find. (G7)
And as I
(C)leave(D) Santa (D7)Barbara
be(G)hind, (Em)
Dakota
(Am)roads,(D) please be (G)kind.(G/F#) (Em) (G/D)
(G) (G/F#)
(Em) (G/D) (G) (G/F#) (Em) (G/D) (G) (G/F#) (Em) (G/D) (G)
© John
Stewart
2002