Santa Maria Bay Chords
by Dear Audrey
Santa Maria Bay by Dear Audrey is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, A#, D#m, B and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F# A# D#m B (x5)
Verse
F# A#
There's a story about a man
D#m B
Came up with the same old plan
F# A# D#m B
Instead of saving his old soul
F# A#
Running out his back again
D#m B
Full of love and full of pain
F# A# D#m B
It might be bearing his whole world
Pre-Chorus
C# F# A# B
He wondered why he came alive
C# F# A#
Surrendering to the night
B F#
Let your soul grow old
C# D#m
And your pain come through
B F#
Take time on your own
C# D#m
You're hiding from the truth
B F#
Woah oh oh
A# D#m
If you go where Johnny goes
B F# A# D#m
Then you may know how this road ends
Interlude
F# A# D#m B
F# A# D#m B
Verse
F# A#
There's a tale about a girl
D#m B
She met Johnny in a boat
F# A# D#m B
Bound for Santa Maria Bay
F# A#
Why you run that fast my friend
D#m B
Life's too short to let it go
F# A# D#m B
Just lay down, hold on and ask yourself
Pre-Chorus
C# F# A# B
And wonder why you came upon
C# F# A#
Surrendering to the world
B F#
Let your soul grow old
C# D#m
And your pain come through
B F#
Take time on your own
C# D#m
You're hiding from the truth
B F#
Woah oh oh
A# D#m
If you go where Johnny goes
B F# A# D#m
Then you may know how this road ends
Break
F# A# D#m B
Woooah wooah wooah wooah
F# A# D#m B
Woooah wooah wooah wooah
F# A# D#m B
Woooah wooah wooah wooah
F# A# D#m B
Woooah wooah wooah wooah
Bridge
F# A#
There's a story about a man
D#m B
Came up with the same old plan
F# A# D#m B
Instead of saving his old soul
Interlude
C# F# A#
B F#
Let your soul grow old
C# D#m
And your pain come through
B F#
Take time on your own
C# D#m
You're hiding from the truth
B F#
Woah oh oh
A# D#m
If you go where Johnny goes
B F# A# D#m
Then you may know how this road ends
B F#
Let your soul grow old
C# D#m
And your pain come through
B F#
Take time on your own
C# D#m
You're hiding from the truth
B F#
Woah oh oh
A# D#m
If you go where Johnny goes
B F# A# D#m
Then you may know how this road ends