Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Nothing Good Comes Out of California - Maddie Poppe
Intro:
G+G E minorEm D MajorD C majorC G+G
Verse 1:
G+G
What's a heartland girl doin' way out there
B minorBm G+G
They say you'll get tattooed and purple hair
E minorEm
You'll miss the Friday night lights
E minorEm C majorC
And the county fair and that's a pity
C majorC G+G
They say traffic there is a perfect
G+G D MajorD G+G
Mess, how you get around's anybody's guess
G+G E minorEm C majorC
You gotta wheel and deal in stiletto heels in the city
C majorC A minorAm G+G DmDm
They say it's beautiful but it ain't always pretty
Chorus 1:
C majorC G+G
Nothing good comes out of California
G+G E minorEm C majorC
They'll convert your heart and we'll have to reform ya
G+G E minorEm
Dance with the devil in the city of angels
G+G C majorC
They don't know the words to the star spangled
C majorC G+G A augmentedA
Girl, you can't say we didn't try to warn ya
A augmentedA B minorBm G+G
That nothing good comes out of California
Verse 2:
G+G
In motel off Heartache and Vine
G+G D MajorD G+G
That sits in the shadow of the Hollywood sign
A augmentedA E minorEm C majorC
I see a few stars from time to time and take a picture
C majorC G+G
Oh, and I gotta dream burnin' inside my heart
G+G
Songs to write on this guitar
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
No matter where I go I never get too far from their whispers
Chorus 2:
C majorC G+G
They say nothing good comes out of California
E MajorE C majorC
They'll convert your heart and we'll have to reform ya
A minorAm G+G E minorEm
Can't trust a place where the sun shines all the time
G+G
With plastic smiles they sip their wine
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Girl, you can't say we didn't try to warn ya
A minorAm B minorBm G+G E minorEm D MajorD C majorC G+G
That nothing good comes out of California
Bridge:
E MajorE A augmentedA
Guess I'll have to write a song that makes my hometown sing along
A augmentedA A minorAm DmDm
The cynics and critics, I'll prove 'em wrong
Chorus 3:
C majorC E minorEm G+G
Nothing good comes out of California
G+G E minorEm E MajorE C majorC
They'll convert your heart and we'll have to reform ya
G+G
Dance with the devil in the city of angels
G+G C majorC
They don't know the words to the star spangled
C majorC E minorEm A augmentedA
Girl, you can't say we didn't try WE DIDN’T TRY to warn ya
A minorAm D MajorD
That nothing good comes out,
G+G E minorEm
I tried to make you proud,
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm G+G
Even if nothing good comes out of California
Outro:
G+G E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC