San Francisco
(Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)

Words & Music by John Phillips & Scott McKenzie
Recorded by Scott McKenzie, 1967 (#4)

           F         C       G      Am
If you're goin' to San Francisco,

            F         C               G     Am
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair;

          F     Em7 C       G      Am
If you're goin' to San Francisco,

C            Em         Am7          C     G     Am 
You're gonna meet some gentle peo - ple there.


Am             F       C       G        Am
For those who come to San Francisco,

       F         C             G      Am
Summertime will be a love-in there;

          F   Em7  C       G     Am
In the streets of San Francisco,

C       Em          Am7    C         G     Am
Gentle people with flowers in their hair.


Bridge:

Bb             Gm7    Bb                Gm7 
All across the nation, such a strange vibration --

C
People in motion.

Bb                 Gm7      Bb             Gm7 
There's a whole generation with a new explanation --

 C                G                 Am
People in motion, people in motion.


Am             F       C       G         Am
For those who come to San Francisco,

           F           C               G     Am
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair;

        F  Em7  C       G        Am
If you come to San Francisco,

  C     Em      Am7    G         C    Am    Bm7 
Summer time will be a love-in there.


    A7   D  DM7  G     D
 
If you come to San Francisco,

 D6     F#m     Bm7    A7      D    D9   Bm7   D9   D
Summer time will be a love-in there.


*Co-writer John Phillips' primary claim to fame was as a member of The Mamas And The Papas. McKenzie had been a member of the folk group The Journeymen. Although this tune reached #4 in the United Sates (and number one in Europe) McKenzie was never again able to score another hit as a vocalist. He did, however, co-write another: Kokomo, which reached number one for The Beach Boys in 1988. Phillips also named his daughter (TV actress McKenzie Phillips) after Scott.


 
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