Surviving California chords by Lagwagon

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F#

Difficulty: Advanced

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

Intro:
D#m D#m B C#
D#m
B G#/C C# A#/D
D#m D#m B C#
D#m
B G#/C C# A#/D


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


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


Post Chorus:
D#m D#m B C#
D#m
B G#/C C# A#/D


Breakdown:
D#m C# B A#
G#m B A# A#/D


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


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


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


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


Outro:
D#m D#m B C#
D#m
B G#/C C# A#/D D#m