Tono: C
Introducción:
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I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in L.A.
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What a drag to realize that everything's so different and so same
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All my California friends are searching for their minds
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And it's been right there in their heads all the time
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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
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Ha ha there ain't no way
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California Charlie met me at my room when I got in
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We toasted country picking
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And the help of all our good and mutual friends
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Before the morning came we put a handle on the world
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And decided that we'd give it to the squirrels
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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
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Ha ha there ain't no way
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Soaking up that sunshine and eating eggs and bacon over light
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Sleeping through the daytime and contemplating sin throughout the night
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Please hand me my hat and darling give me back my things
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Ole T's got a bunch of songs to sing
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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
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Ha ha there ain't no way
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I like California and I wouldn't want to put it down no way
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But I heard what you're thinking and it ain't exactly what I want to say
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Someday California I'll come roarin' back to you
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If you don't fall in the ocean before I do
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L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
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Ha ha there ain't no way