Key: G
Introduction:
Dm D
verse 1
D G Dm D
The headlights of my daddy's car are dimmer than the moon
D G D
And the radio is playin' low, it's Johnny Cash in June
A C G
I know these hills, these twisted roads, I know their every turn
D G F Dm
As the city sits below and like a distant fire it burns
D
Cause I'm a rebel to the one I love
G D
Her heart so far from me
F G D G
Yeah I'm a rebel to the one I love
G
Just a man who's lost at sea
D G Am Dm G
verse 2
D
I was born in east Los Angeles, my father walked the beach
G D
So, out of spite, I turned to petty crime upon the streets
A C G
'Til I met this girl at the pool home and you know she knocked me off my feet
D G
And I swore to change my wicked ways and win her heart to me
verse 3
D G Dm
So we married in the month of May and we moved up in the hills
D G
And like my old man I joined the police force to pay the bills
A Am C G
But when a crooked sargent called me in yeah and I wouldn't play the game
D G Dm
Well, he took my badge and he took my gun and he sent me off in shame
D F D
Cause I'm a rebel to the one I love
F G D
Her heart so far from me
F G
Yeah I'm a rebel to the one I love
G
Just a man who's lost at sea
Solo
D G D Am G Dm Am
verse 4
D G D
So I tried my hand at selling cars, but I couldn't make a poor man buy
D G
Then I drove a truck, but I hated all those long and dusty miles
A C G
So now I sell that cocaine honey yeah up in the hills of Hollywood
D G Dm
And the one I love, she left me, and in truth, I knew she would
G D
Cause I'm a rebel to the one I love
F G D
Her heart so far from me
G Gm
Yeah I'm a rebel to the one I love
Gm G D
Just a lover lost at sea
D
Cause I'm a rebel to the one I love
G D
Her heart so far from me
F G
Yeah I'm a rebel to the one I love
D
Just a man who's lost at sea