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{title: Baker Street} {artist: Gerry Rafferty} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 117} {key: D} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [G] [Eb] [F] [G] [Eb] [F] [G] [Eb] [F] {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus (sax)} [D] [F] [D] [F] [C] [Am] [G] [D] [F] [D] [F] [C] [Am] [G] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [A] winding your way down on Baker Street, light in your head and dead on your feet well an[Em]other crazy day, you'll [G]drink the night away, and for[D]get about everything [A] this city desert makes you feel so cold, it's got so many people but it's got no soul and it's [Em]taken you so long to [G]find out you were wrong, when you [D]thought it held everything {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge} [Dm] you used to think that it was [Am]so easy, [Dm] you used to say that it was [Am]so easy but [C]you're tryin', [G]you're tryin' [D]now [Dm] another year and then you'd [Am]be happy, [Dm] just one more year and then you'd [Am]be happy but [C]you're cryin', [G]you're cryin' [A]now [F] {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus (sax)} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [A]way down the street there's a light in his place, he opens the door, he's got that look on his face and he [Em]asks you where you've been, you [G]tell him who you've seen, and you [D]talk about anything [A] he's got this dream about buyin' some land, he's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands and [Em]then he'll settle down, it's a [G]quiet little town, and for[D]get about everything {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge} [Dm] but you know he'll always [Am]keep movin',[Dm] you know he's never gonna [Am]stop movin' cause [C]he's rollin', [G]he's the rollin' [D]stone [Dm] and when you wake up it's a [Am]new morning,[Dm] the sun is shining, it's a [Am]new morning but [C]you're going, [G]you're going [A]home [F] {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus (sax)} {start_of_part: Intro} [G] [Eb] [F] [G] [Eb] [F] [G] [Eb] [F] {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus (guitar, repeat)}