Why You'd Want To Live Here chords by Death Cab For Cutie

Chords with lyrics

G+G          D MajorD
I'm in Los Angeles today...
D MajorD              C majorC
It smells like an airport runway.
      BB       C majorC
Jet fuel stenches in the cabin
       Cmaj7Cmaj7         G+G
And lights flickering at random.


G+G            D MajorD
I'm in Los Angeles today...
             C majorC     BB        C majorC
Garbage cans comprise the medians of freeways always creaping
    Cmaj7Cmaj7          G+G
Even when the population's sleeping.

 D MajorD            BB     C majorC
And I can't see why you'd want to live here.

G+G            D MajorD
I'm in Los Angeles today...
           C majorC       BB        C majorC
Asked a gas station employee if he ever had trouble breathing
        Cmaj7Cmaj7             G+G
And he said "It varies from season to season, kid."

G+G             D MajorD
It's where our best are on display...
            C majorC
Motion picture actors' houses
      BB      C majorC
Maps are never ever current
      Cmaj7Cmaj7    G+G
So save your film and $15.

D MajorD            BB     C majorC     G+G
And I can't see why you'd want to live here.
D MajorD            BB    C majorC     G+G
Billboards reach past the tallest buildings,
D MajorD         BB     C majorC    G+G
"We are not perfect - but we sure try."
D MajorD          BB     C majorC     G+G
As UV rays "degraded" our youth with time.

Bridge:
G+G    G+G    G+G    G+G

E minorEm    G+G    A7A7    C majorC

E minorEm                    G+G
The vessel keeps pumping us through this zentropic place
    A7A7             C majorC
In the belly of the beast that is Californ-i-a,
 E minorEm             G+G
I drank from a faucet and I kept my receipts
        A7A7
For when the weigh me on my way out
C majorC
(Here nothing is free).
E minorEm
The greyhounds keep coming
    G+G
Dumping locusts into the street
     A7A7
Until the gutters overflow
    C majorC
And Los Angeles thinks,
(single percussive strums)
 C majorC C C majorC C    (let it ring)
"I might explode
someday soon."

G+G           D MajorD
It's a lovely summer's day
            C majorC         BB           C majorC
And I can almost see a skyline through a thickening shroud of egos.
       Cmaj7Cmaj7           G+G
(Is this the city of Angeles or demons?)
G+G              D MajorD
Here the names are what remain...
           C majorC
Stars encapsulate the golden age
     BB        C majorC         Cmaj7Cmaj7           G+G
And they need constant cleaning for when the tourists begin salivating.

D MajorD            BB     C majorC     G+G
And I can't see why you'd want to live here.
D MajorD             BB    C majorC     G+G
Billboards reach past the tallest buildings,
D MajorD         BB     C majorC    G+G
You can't swim in a town this shallow -
  D MajorD            BB   C majorC     G+G