Key: C
Introduction:
C
Well I pulled off the gravel
F C
With my California dreams
G
Leaving everything I ever loved behind
C
Well I left Alabama
F C
But it never once left me
G C
And it's still the only refuge in my mind
C
Where you gonna be
F C
When half of California riots
Where you gonna run to when the
A# F G
Lights go out
C
Well I won't be hangin' out
F C
In California, I won't try it
G C
Buddy I'll be up and headed south
C
All the women here look perfect
F C
And it hardly ever rains
G
And for some folks here I'm sure it's paradise
C
Well I've dabbled with the fortune
F C
Rubbed elbows with the fame
G C
But I'll be damned if this is where I'm gonna die
C
Where you gonna be
F C
When half of California riots
Where you gonna run to when the
A# F G
Lights go out
C
Well I won't be hangin' out
F C
In California, I won't try it
G C
Buddy I'll be up and headed south
C
I never thought I'd get to see the
F C
Inside of a limousine
G
Or a beauty shop on south Rodeo Drive
C
Or being sucked into a world
F C
Where things are seldom what they seem
G C
Makes you wonder how you'll make it out alive
C
Where you gonna be
F C
When half of California riots
Where you gonna run to when the
A# F G
Lights go out
C
Well I won't be hangin' out
F C
In California, I won't try it
G C
Buddy I'll be up and headed south
G C
Ah buddy I'll be up and headed south