Chords with lyrics
Intro: Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
Verso 1:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
Met him on the edge of a goodbye
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
I was standing there with nowhere left to fly
C majorC D MajorD
I was young but ever grim
G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
A augmentedA little wiser than my time had seen
A minorAm G+G
You told me about the places we could hide
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
Wild and kinda crazy most of the time
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
My heart was hangin' on his every line
C majorC D MajorD
I'd memorize his every thought
G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
But the walls he had could never be brought down
A minorAm G+G
And now he's not around
A minorAm D MajorD
I guess I'm just a face left in the crowd
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
Oh, California
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD
Please come back to me
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
Oh, California
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 A minorAm
You're who I wanna be
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD G+G
Live inside of me
Verso 2:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
A augmentedA vivid picture plays inside my head
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
Of things you swore we'd never do again
C majorC D MajorD
Then he put on that LA face
G+G D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
And he left me with a bittersweet taste of life
A minorAm D MajorD
And that's enough to keep me alive
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
Oh, California
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD
Please come back to me
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
Oh, California
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 A minorAm
You're who I wanna be
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD G+G
Live inside of me
Ponte:
B minorBm D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
I know you're lyin' somewhere in the arms of destiny
B minorBm D MajorD
Your memory, it still lingers here
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
And I'll never set it free, Ohhh (continues into Chorus)--
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
--Ohhhh, (California)
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D MajorD
Please come back to me
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
Oh, California
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 A minorAm
You're who I wanna be
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD A minorAm
Live inside of me
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD G+G
Live inside of me