Chords with lyrics
Tuning: EADGBE
Intro:
Bb majorBb G minorGm DmDm Eb9Eb9
Verse:
Bb majorBb G minorGm
Check the locks and leave the keys
DmDm Eb9Eb9
Moldy bath masked with Febreeze
Bb majorBb G minorGm
Something's dead behind the refrigerator
DmDm Eb9Eb9
Some poor shmuck will deal with it later
Bb majorBb G minorGm
I've spent the last 10 weeks
DmDm Eb9Eb9
Squeezing out the sponge of friendships, plugging leaks
Prechorus:
Bb majorBb Eb9b5
I've talked until there's no more to say
DmDm Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
I'm going away
Chorus:
Bb majorBb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dm#5 Ebmaj7/6
I'm leaving LA, I'm leaving LA
N.C.
And the tourists say
C7(add9)
Please give me the directions to the Hollywood sign
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
I always dreamt of coming here to see the Hollywood sign
C7(add9)
But on their way back down they'll ask
C7(add9)
Did you have a good time
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
They'll say it's just some frickin' letters on a hill
But Still... (Interlude is Ebmaj7/Ebmaj9)
(Interlude ends on a Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 just before Tim goes back into the verse.)
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Verse:
Bb majorBb G minorGm
I wander through the Bronson Caves
DmDm Eb9Eb9
One more OK coffee at The Oak's Gourmet
Bb majorBb G minorGm
I'll watch the players at the UCB
DmDm Eb MajorEb (solo g note)
Trying to improvise their way out of on WE and on TV as you and me
Bb majorBb G minorGm
Walking trails in the creepin' dark
DmDm Eb9Eb9
Off to the observatory in Griffith Park
Prechorus:
Bb majorBb Eb9b5
There's too much light for stars anyway
DmDm Ebmaj7(add6) Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
I'm getting out of this place
Chorus:
Bb majorBb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dm#5 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
I'm leaving LA I'm leaving LA
C7(add9)
And the studio executives who never made a thing
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Blamin' others for their losses, taking credit for their wins
C7(add9)
Wipin' the blood of dumb artists from their chins
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Grinnin' kid you oughtn't take it personally
Bridge:
G minorGm
On Hollywood and Vine a dime store spiderman
G minorGm
Shouting at a stoned Emma Stone dressed a la La La Land
G minorGm Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Bb/DBb/D
And in the distance, in both its glorious dimensions
Eb9Eb9
The sign projects its shadow on a hill
Another rundown on Ebmaj7/Ebmaj9
Verse:
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
A augmentedA Russian bar, machine-gun cops at LAX
Bb majorBb Eb9Eb9
Malfunctionin' departure board says we're boarding next
Bb majorBb Ebmaj7b5
Belt off, shoes off, jacket off, hat
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Ebmaj9Ebmaj9
Don't need the attitude but I quite enjoy the subsequent patdown,
Bb majorBb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
And I'm sat down as the A380 engine roars
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Pushed backwards even as this tube of monkeys rumbles forwards
Prechorus:
Bb majorBb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
I'm looking forward to another twenty hours on a plane
Bb majorBb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Nothing but crap films on my brain
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
I've been going slowly insane
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
I've seen your sport and I don't wanna play
Bb majorBb F/AF/A G minorGm Bb/FBb/F Ebmaj9Ebmaj9
I'm getting out of this place, I'm getting out of this place
Chorus:
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
I'm leaving LA
C7(add9)
And the actors at gratitude drinking undrinkable juice
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
And the agents taking ten percent in their sneakers and suits
C7(add9)
And the writers in their Teslas trying to punch up Act 1
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Driving home on the 101 in the relentless SoCal sun
C7(add9)
And the greedy and the needy and the homeless and the horny
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
And the deals done on treadmills at 10-6 in the morning
C7(add9)
And the captain's on the PA saying look for the sign
Eb9Eb9
But I find it's just some frickin' letters on a hill
N.C.
Just some ugly, goddamn letters
Outro:
Bb majorBb G minorGm DmDm Eb9Eb9
I'm leaving L.A.