ANIMALS - "San Franciscan Nights" Tablature

Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:32:19 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: a/animals/san_franciscan_nights.crd

"San Franciscan Nights"
(Burdon - Briggs - Weider - Jenkins - McCulloch)

Intro:

guitar w/snare drum:

v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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-----------------|---------|-----------------|-3-----------
-0-----3-2--0----|---------|-0-----3-2---0---|-------------
^ doubled w/bass

repeat 8X w/narration:

guitar:

Em
v v v v v v v v
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-----------------|-----------------
------------02--4|-----------------
-2---2---2-------|-2---2---2--0----
-----------------|-------------2--2
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v v v v v v v v
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-0---0---0---0--0|-0---0---0---0--0

(Spoken:)

This following program is dedicated to the city and people of San
Francisco
Who may not know it, but they are beautiful - and so is their city
This is a very personal song, so if the viewer cannot understand it -
particularly those of you who are European residents - save up
all your bread and fly Trans-Love Airways to San Francisco, USA
Then maybe you'll understand the song
It will be worth it - if not for the sake of this song
But for the sake of your own peace of mind

bass:

Em [N.C.] [slower]
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-------------0-2-
-0---------------|-----------3-----
(mind)

C Em/B Am G
/ / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

C Em/B Am G
Strobe light's beam creates dreams
C Em/B Am G
Walls move minds do too
D F C
On a warm San Franciscan night
C Dm F C
Old child, young child, feel all right
D F C
On a warm San Franciscan night

Verse 2:

Angels sing, leather wings
Jeans of blue, Harley-Davidsons too
On a warm San Franciscan night
Old angels, young angels feel all right
On a warm San Franciscan night

Bridge:

Fm
I wasn't born there
Em
Perhaps I'll die there
F G /F /D /B /G [N.C.]
There's noplace left to go

San Francisco...

Instrumental break:

guitar 1 [chords implied]:

C Em/B
v v v v
-12-13-15-13-12-13-15-13----12-13-12----12-13-12-
-------------------------15----------15----------
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guitar 2:

v v v v
-------12----------12----------------------------
-13-15----15-13-15----15-12-13-15-13-12-13-15-13-
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guitar 1:

Am G
v v v v
-------12----------12----------------------------
-13-15----15-13-15----15-12----------------------
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guitar 2:

v v v v
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----13-15-13----13----13-------------------------
-14----------14----------12----------------------
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D F C
/ / / / / / / /
C D* F C
/ / / / / / / /
Dm* F C
/ / / / / / / /

* note that the D and Dm are swapped from the verse

Verse 3:

Cop's face is filled with haight
Heavens above, he's on a street called Love
When will they ever learn
Old cop, young cop feel all right
On a warm San Franciscan Night

Bridge 2:

The children are cool
They don't raise fools
It's an American dream
Includes Indians, too

[repeat instrumental break; fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers