Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
DbDb C minorCm
I stretched myself across four states
BbmBbm F minorFm
New lands, west coast, where my dreams lay
DbDb C minorCm
I trade amber clay roads for the
BbmBbm F minorFm
Sea foam and the endless sun rays
Pre-Chorus:
DbDb
'Cause I was never told that I wasn't gonna get
F minorFm
The things I want the most
GbGb
But people always say, "If it hasn't happened yet
F minorFm
Then maybe you should go"
Chorus:
EbM7Ebm7
Come get me out of California
GbGb
No leaves are brown
DbDb
I miss the seasons in Missouri
Fm7Fm7
My dying town
EbM7Ebm7
Thought I'd be cool in California
GbGb
I'd make you proud
DbDb
To think I almost had it going
AbAb
But I let you down
EbM7Ebm7 FF GbGb (x2)
Verse 2:
DbDb C minorCm
Too hard, to find reasons to stay
DbDb F minorFm
Even true love could not persuade
Pre-Chorus:
DbDb
'Cause I was never told that I wasn't gonna get
F minorFm
The things I want the most
GbGb
But people always say, "If it hasn't happened yet
F minorFm
Then maybe you should go"
Chorus:
EbM7Ebm7
Come get me out of California
GbGb
No leaves are brown
DbDb
I miss the seasons in Missouri
Fm7Fm7
My dying town
EbM7Ebm7
Thought I'd be cool in California
GbGb
I'd make you proud
DbDb
To think I almost had it going
AbAb
But I let you down
EbM7Ebm7 F minorFm GbGb DbDb
Bridge:
EbM7Ebm7
Come get me out
GbGb
Come get me out
DbDb
Come get me out
F minorFm
Come get me out
Chorus:
EbM7Ebm7
Come get me out of California
GbGb
No leaves are brown
DbDb
I miss the seasons in Missouri
Fm7Fm7
My dying town
EbM7Ebm7
Thought I'd be cool in California
GbGb
I'd make you proud
DbDb
To think I almost had it going
AbAb
But I let you down