🎸 Intro: E 🎸 Verse 1: C#m You love the city C#m When you're knee-deep in confetti E One big hazy birthday party F# A On a Sunday C#m E I loved you plenty C#m Like I tried to love the city C# But my favorite's still the glittering F# Amaj7 From far away A C#m Okay, okay, okay
Em C#m 🎸 Verse 2: Bm7 I fled the county C#m7 Headed deep in the Mojave C#m7 Where the sky is wide and hungry F#m A When the sun's high C#m7 B I felt the desert dream C#m7 Of where an ocean used to be C#m7 I'm drowning in a memory F#m A Of high tide Amaj7 E Alright, alright, alright 🎸 Verse 3: E California aches E In her tectonic plates C# She waits to make a break into the sea E Crying for a quake E Mourning empty lakes C#m Crying without water isn't easy A C#m A C#m B C#m Aah Ooh Aah Ooh Aah Ooo-ooh F# A 🎸 Verse 4: C#m I love the city B C#m C#m7 Like a homemade house of holies F#m A Like the sidewalk shrine you only ever pass by C#m B And if some summer's eve C#m7 The tremors bring us to our knees F#m A You'll say you saw it coming in our fault lines E Alright, alright, alright E California coughs E The high is wearing off C#m She's trying to get by without the rain E And when I'm borne aloft E To somewhere green and soft C# I'll watch the wildfires from an airplane A C# A C#m Ah ooooh ah oooh B A I love you like a hillside up in flames
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