Key: C
Introduction: C9 D
G C9 D
Met him on the edge of a goodbye
G C9 D
I was standing there with nowhere left to fly
C D
I was young but ever grim
G D C9
A little wiser than my time had seen
Am G
You told me about the places we could hide
G C9 D
Wild and kinda crazy most of the time
G C9 D
My heart was hangin' on his every line
C D
I'd memorize his every thought
G D C9
But the walls he had could never be brought down
Am G
And now he's not around
Am D
I guess I'm just a face left in the crowd
C9 D
Oh, California
G C9 G D
Please come back to me
C9 D
Oh, California
G C9 Am
You're who I wanna be
C9 D G
Live inside of me
G C9 D
A vivid picture plays inside my head
G C9 D
Of things you swore we'd never do again
C D
Then he put on that LA face
G D C9
And he left me with a bittersweet taste of life
Am D
And that's enough to keep me alive
C9 D
Oh, California
G C9 G D
Please come back to me
C9 D
Oh, California
G C9 Am
You're who I wanna be
C9 D G
Live inside of me
Bm D C9 G
I know you're lyin' somewhere in the arms of destiny
Bm D
Your memory, it still lingers here
C9 D
And I'll never set it free, Ohhh (continues into Chorus)--
C9 D
--Ohhhh, (California)
G C9 G D
Please come back to me
C9 D
Oh, California
G C9 Am
You're who I wanna be
C9 D Am
Live inside of me
C9 D G
Live inside of me