Blue Jay Way
(Music and Words
by George Harrison)
Copyright 1967 Northern Songs
Slowly C C' (actually it's C with a small o
next
to it, but I'll mark it like
this.
Scroll to the bottom to see how
it's played)
|---------------------|-7-------------|-7---------------------------------| 4|---------------------|-5--5--5--5----|-5-----5-------5--------5----------| 4|---------------------|---------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------|---------------|-----------------------------------| There's a fog up on L. A. And my friends have lost their
C C'|-7-------------|-7-------------------------|-7------------------||-5--5--5--5----|-5-----5-----5-----5-------|-5-----5----5----5--||---------------|---------------------------|--------------------||---------------|---------------------------|--------------------| way. We'll be over soon they said,
C|--7--------------------------------|---6-7-6-7-6----------| |--3------||--5------5-------5-------5---------|---5------------------|3|--5------||-----------------------------------|----------------------|4|---------||-----------------------------------|----------------------| |---------| Now they've lost themselves in - stead
(Faster)
|-0------0---------|-0--------0-------|---0-----------0--------| 4|------------------|------------------|------------------------| 4|------------------|------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------------| Please don't be long please don't you
|--0---------0-----|-8-----7----6----3-----|--6-7-6--3-------||------------------|-5-----5----5----5-----|--5---5--5---5---||------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------------|-----------------| be very long Please don't be long or
|--5-----------------|-12--10---8---7-------||--5----5----5--5----|-5--------------------||--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------| I may be a - sleep
(verse 2, continue with the same bass rhythm as in the first verse, except
for the first bar)
C' C C'|-0-------------------|-----------|-------------------------------||---------------------|-----------|-------------------------------||---------------------|-----------|-------------------------------||---------------------|-----------|-------------------------------| well it only goes to show, And I told them where to
C C'|-----------|-----------------------|----------------||-----------|-----------------------|----------------||-----------|-----------------------|----------------||-----------|-----------------------|----------------| go. Ask a policeman on the street,
C|-------------------------------|-----------------| |--------||-------------------------------|-----------------|3|--------||-------------------------------|-----------------|4|--------||-------------------------------|-----------------| |--------| There's so many there to meet
(Faster)
|----------------|----------------|----------------------| 4|----------------|----------------|----------------------| 4|----------------|----------------|----------------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------------| Please don't be long please don't you
|----------------|-------------------------|----------------||----------------|-------------------------|----------------||----------------|-------------------------|----------------||----------------|-------------------------|----------------| be very long Please don't be long or
|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------| I may be a-sleep
(verse 3)
C' C C' (cont. with same bass rhythm)|--0-------------------|--7-------------------|--s----------------------||----------------------|--5--5--5-5-5--5--5--5|--a----------------------||----------------------|----------------------|--m----------------------||----------------------|----------------------|--e----------------------| Now it's past my bed I know And I'd really like to
C C' |--s---------|--s-----------------------|-s---------------||--a---------|--a-----------------------|-a---------------||--m---------|--m-----------------------|-m---------------||--e---------|--e-----------------------|-e---------------| go. Soon will be the break of day
C|-7-----------------------------|--7-------------------|-7-------||-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|--5--5--5-5-5--5--5--5|-5-------||-------------------------------|----------------------|---------||-------------------------------|----------------------|---------| Sitting here in Blue Jay Way
(Faster)
|-7--------------|-7--------------|-7--------------------||-5---5---5---5--|-5---5---5---5--|-5---5-----5----5-----||----------------|----------------|----------------------||----------------|----------------|----------------------| Please don't be long please don't you
|-7--------------| |-7-----------------------||-5---5----5---5-|6|-5---5---5---5---5---5---||----------------|4|-------------------------||----------------| |-------------------------| be very long Please don't be long or
|---8--7--6--3----|--6--3--2--0--------| 4|---5--5--5--5----|--5--5--5-----------| 4|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| I may be a - sleep
|--0-----0-----|---0----0-----|-7--------------||--------------|--------------|-5--------------||--------------|--------------|----------------||--------------|--------------|----------------| Please don't be long Please don't you
|------------| |--7------------------|-12--12--10--10--8--8--7--7--||------------|6|--5--------5--5-5--5-|-5---------------------------||------------|4|---------------------|-----------------------------||------------| |---------------------|-----------------------------| be very long Please don't be long
|-6--6--3--3--2--2--0--0--||-------------------------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--0-----0-----|---0----0-----|-7---------------||--------------|--------------|-5---------------||--------------|--------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|-----------------| Please don't be long Please don't you
|------------| |--7------------------|-12--12--10--10--8--8--7--7--||------------|6|--5--------5--5-5--5-|-5---------------------------||------------|4|---------------------|-----------------------------||------------| |---------------------|-----------------------------| be very long Please don't be long
|-6--6--3--3--2--2--0--0--||-------------------------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
|--0-----0-----|---0----0-----|-7--------------||--------------|--------------|-5--------------||--------------|--------------|----------------||--------------|--------------|----------------| Please don't be long Please don't you
|------------|-7------------------|-7-----------||------------|-5------------------|-5-----------||------------|--------------------|-------------||------------|--------------------|-------------| be very long.Please don't be long
|-7---7-----7---|-7---7-----7---|-7----------||-5-------------|-5-------------|-5----------||---------------|---------------|------------||---------------|---------------|------------| Don't be long, don't be long
|-7---------------------------|-7-6-7-6-7--7-5-6-5-6--6-5-6--|5|-5---------------------------|-5----------------------------|4|-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------|------------------------------| Don't be long, don't be long
|-0-----------| |-7-------------| |-7-----------|4|-------------|6|-5-------------|5|-5-----------|4|-------------|4|---------------|4|-------------| |-------------| |---------------| |-------------| Don't be long, don't be long
|-7-6-7-6-7--7-5-6-5-6--6-5-6--| |------------|||-5----------------------------|4|------------|||------------------------------|4|------------|||------------------------------| |------------||
Chords used:
C C'
E|-0-| |---|B|-1-| |-4-|G|-0-| |-2-|D|-2-| |-4-|A|-3-| |-3-|E|---| |---|