Counting Crows – Los Angeles (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Chords

INTRO: C - F - C -F VERSE 1:
C                                     F
  dancing like the nights are down in nashville

C                                           F
  but i seem to know the ghosts who like to run

G                  Am      G                  F
 i got a call to go   to a late night picture show

Am                  G                C       F
 so i traded in the darkness and i'm already there

    C       F
i'm already there

        D                   F
and i'm tryin' to make some friends
Chorus:
                   Am    G        F
so if you see that movie star and me

              Am           G   F
if you see my picture in a magazine

               Am            G       F
or if you fall asleep by the bedroom TV

                    D              F
well honey i'm just tryin' to make some sense

      C       F      C    F
outta me
VERSE 2:
C                              F
 I left a lot of ghosts in San Francisco

C                                      F
 and now you wanna say you see through me

G                   Am             G           F
 but what you wanna see ain't your memories of me

Am                  G                   C       F
 so why you turn around tonight but i'm already there

    C       F
i'm already there

             D                   F
and i'm just tryin' to make some friends
Chorus:
                   Am    G        F
so if you see that movie star and me

                  Am           G   F
you should see my picture in a magazine

               Am                G        F
or if you fall asleep when youre watching TV

                    D              F
well honey i'm just tryin' to make some sense

      Am
Los Angeles
Bridge:
(Am)   C        G         F       Am
    boston gets cold this time of year

(Am)  C             G           F      Am
    seems like each day just leaves me numb

(Am)  C         G      F
    i gotta get out of here

   D              F   (Hold)
go walking in the sun
Chorus:
                   Am    G        F
so if you see that movie star and me

              Am           G   F
you should my picture in a magazine

               Am            G        F
or if you fall asleep by the bedroom TV

                    D              F
but honey i'm just trying to make some sense

                D             F
honey i'm just trying to make some friends

                    D              F(hold)
well baby i'm not trying to make amends

                   C       F
for coming to Los Angeles

       C       F
oh Los Angeles
Outro:
                        C                           F
no more Boston, no more Nashville, no more Oakland

                            C       F
oh baby come on out to the sea

                                     C
come on take a walk down Sunset with me

                F                                               C        F
oh we gonna get drunk, find up some skinny girls, and go street walking

       C         F     C    F   
in Los Angeles!
End on C *and man its a really good place to find yourself a taco