The Animals

The Animals - San Franciscan Nights guitar tab

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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^ doubled w/bass

repeat 8X w/narration:

guitar:

Em

v v v v v v v v

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-2---2---2-------|-2---2---2--0----

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v v v v v v v v

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(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

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-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

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guitar 2:

v v v v

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-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

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-13-15----15-13-15----15-12----------------------

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guitar 2:

v v v v

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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

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