Surviving California chords by Lagwagon

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: F#F#

Difficulty: Advanced

Chords used:
F#F# -  244322
C#C# -  x46664
D#mD#m - x68876
BB -  x24442
G# minorG#m - 466444
G#G# -  466544
A#/D - x587xx
G#/C - x365xx
C#/F - 143xxx

Intro:
D#mD#m D#m BB C#C#
D#mD#m
BB G#/C C#C# A#/D
D#mD#m D#m BB C#C#
D#mD#m
BB G#/C C#C# A#/D


Verse 1:
D#mD#m   A#A# BB  G# minorG#m F#F#    BB    A#A# A#/D
  Skid row marginal Some will call it home
D#mD#m  A#A# BB    G# minorG#m   F#F#    BB    A#A#  A#/D
  Emptied for the art walk while the missions close
D#mD#m C#C# BB A#A# G# minorG#m BB A#A# A#/D D#mD#m A#A# BB  G# minorG#m
Pop----up  tent cities  aboun---ding
F#F#    BB    A#A#
Birthing scant displaced


Chorus 1:
   BB     D#mD#m
Humanity As we diversify
BB       C#C# D#mD#m A#A#
We spill from ci-ties
BB      D#mD#m
 Beyond the wealth crest
  BB    C#C#  A#A# C#C#
Traditional boundaries


Post Chorus:
D#mD#m D#m BB C#C#
D#mD#m
BB G#/C C#C# A#/D

Breakdown:
D#mD#m C#C# BB A#A#
G# minorG#m BB A#A# A#/D


Verse 2:
D#mD#m   A#A#  BB    G# minorG#m F#F#   BB   A#A# A#/C
  Everything meant to burn Thirty-year cycles
D#mD#m  A#A#  BB     G# minorG#m  F#F#   BB  A#A# A#/C
  Mud pots sandstone bluffs crumble and erode
D#mD#m C#C# BB  A augmentedA G# minorG#m BB A#A# A#/D
Fault  lines for-titude
 D#mD#m A#A# BB   G# minorG#m F#F#   BB A#A#
Small streets  swell into grand


Chorus 2:
  BB      D#mD#m
Avenues As we devalue
BB     C#C# D#mD#m A#A#
Debtors of the dream
BB     D#mD#m
 Living oblivion
 BB      C#C# A#A# C#C#
Skin-deep sun-seeking


Guitar Solo:
D#mD#m C#C# G#G# A#A# x2


Bridge:
D#mD#m          C#/F  F#F#
Life in the construct that's sold
F#F#
Promised land golden
F#F#
state sunny blissful
G#G#       BB A#A#
No longer affordable
A#A#
 Surviving California


Outro:
D#mD#m D#m BB C#C#
D#mD#m
BB G#/C C#C# A#/D D#mD#m