Childish Gambino – Telegraph Ave Oakland By Lloyd (Guitar)

Capo 8
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

D : x5403x [Intro]
For the intro, first verse and the last verse use this pattern:
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B|----1----1---------------1----1----3--|
G|---2----2----0----0-----0----0----0---|
D|--2----2----2-----2----2----2----4----|
A|-0----0----2-----2---3----3-----5-----|
E|----------0-----0---------------------|
Am Em C D [Verse 1]
Am 
I was making Japanese

          Em
And she's watching DVDs

   C           D
In Oakland, in Oakland

        Am
Now I'm driving up the 5

        Em
And she waits till I arrive

   C           D
In Oakland, in Oakland

Am          
Everything, that I wanted

Em
Only gotta drive for the moment

C    
If you tell me "turn around," then I'm on it

D
For the moment, but you know me

Am
You know how I get when I'm lonely

Em
I think about you and the moments

C                                    D
But everything you do is so Oakland, so Oakland
[Chorus]
Am
Foot on the gas

         Em
I'm just trying to pass

        C
All the red lights

        D
And the stop signs

    Am
I'm ready to go

         Em
Before I get to The Bay, Babe, that's a problem

C
Because I'm way too scared to call

       D
And you might get me to stay, no
[Verse 2]
        Am
I don't really want to drive

      Em
But I think I'd rather die

   C           D
In Oakland, in Oakland

        Am
With my hands on two and ten

     Em
So I guess it all depends

   C           D
On Oakland, on Oakland

        Am
And I'm nervous, truth be told

        Em
I never saw me growing old

   C           D
In Oakland, in Oakland

         Am
And if I married you tonight

         Em
It would probably start a riot

   C           D
In Oakland, in Oakland
[Verse 3]
Am
Everything, that I needed

      Em
Now I finally got you in your feelings

C
Everything you won't say, you tweet it

D                                Am
And a nigga don’t like that shit at all

Am
So retreating

Em
Can we just roll with the feeling?

C
Can we just roll for a minute?

D
Wait a minute
[Chorus 2]
     Am
Foot on the gas

         Em
I'm just trying to pass

        C
All the red lights

        D
And the stop signs

    Am
I'm ready to go

        Em
And I'm really not ready girl, that's a problem

C
Because I'm way too scared to call

        D
And you might get me to stay, no
[Bridge]
Am
All the girlfriends saying "here we go again"

Em
Rich kid but he act like a gentleman

C
Last one didn't end like it should've been

D
Two dates and he still wanna get it in

Am
And you're saying it's because of the Internet

Em
Try once and it's on to the next chick

C                             D
X-O the O face on your exes...right?
And we can do the same
Am
thing if you wanna have better

                         Em
When your thoughts can't breathe and you thinking asthmatic

                   C
And you wanna be a mom and I wasn't mad at her

                     D              
I was thinking 'bout me, I'd be really bad at it

                         Am
Cause I'm thinking 'bout me, weeks in Dubai

          Em                                C
Fourth of July, house in Kauai, yeah we can try

         D
So let's try
[Verse 4] (Intro x2)
       Am
I took off my nine to five

         Em
But you still don't have the time to 

C             D
kiss me (just hit me)

         Am
And if I left you all alone, 

          Em
would you still pick up the phone

     C         D
It's iffy, you miss me

      Am                                 Em
I got furniture to move, and we'll both be thirty soon  

   C           D
In Oakland, in Oakland

         Am
The only one I know is you, 

       Em
so the fuck I'm supposed to do?

   C           D
In Oakland, in Oakland 

   Am          Em
In Oakland, in Oakland [x8]
Am