California chords by CHVRCHES

♫ Intro:

G




♫ Verse:
G
Waste a month, waste a year

Waste the time you could've been here
G
Count the debt, count the tears

Count the truths and all of my fears
D

I didn't want to be cynical

Passing place for the soul
Bm
You were never predictable

Now I need to let it go, ♫ Verse:
G
Found the song, played it back

Heard your voice under the feedback
G
Found a tape that was blank

Saw your face fading into black
D
I know love is delusional

And I hate when I'm wrong
Bm
Yours was never conditional

And now I need to get it gone

♫ Chorus:
  G
No one ever warns ya
    Em
You'll die in California
 D
Falling in a dream, you let, let go
Bm
No one ever seems to say, say so
G
No one ever tells ya,      Em
There's freedom in the failure
 D
Dying in a dream feels like home
Bm
No one ever seems to say, say so

♫ Instrumental:
G  Em  D  Bm
.....................

♫ Verse:
G
Close my eyes, close my heart

Close the book I never meant to start
G
Say your name in the dark

No one said it would be this hard
D
I didn't go to the funeral

Heard you cry on the phone
Bm
Your voice was so beautiful

And now I need to let it go

♫ Chorus:
  G
No one ever warns ya
    Em
You'll die in California
 D
Falling in a dream, you let, let go
Bm
No one ever seems to say, say so
G
No one ever tells ya
     Em
There's freedom in the failure
 D
Dying in a dream feels like home
Bm
No one ever seems to say, say so

♫ Instrumental:
G  Em  D  Bm
....................., ♫ Outro:
A                   Bm
God bless this mess that we made ourselves
          G
Pull me into the screen at the end and
A       F#m             Bm
God bless this mess that we made for ourselves

Pull me into the screen at the end
G  Em               D
....Pull me into the screen at the end
 Bm               G  Em
Pull me into the screen at the end.....
           D
To the screen at the end