The Airborne Toxic Event – California (Guitar)

C
Some day they’re gonna write about us

       G
Living here in the shadow of this gathering dust

       Am                 F
As the waves build up and drown the light

            C                           G
While we’re hanging from buildings on a Saturday night

        C
And the words she said, I could barely hear

         G
Over the blare of the speakers and the smell of beer

             Am              F
When she got up to speak she lifted her dress

  C                        G
I remember her face, but I forget the rest

        F          C
Here in California I was

                  G
Just a name and a number

            Am
A face on a tumbler

        F          C
Here in California we’re all

             G
Stuck in the same scene

                   Am
All nightmares and daydreams

   C   F G C
In California

    C
She said I got money, but I got no friends

      G
As we drove through the valley in her daddy’s Benz

               Am                      F
She said these pills wear off, but the pain don’t end

        C                          G
I never thought it would matter so much to pretend

        C
And the thing about her that haunts me still

       G
As her hands fell down to the steering wheel

      Am                  F
And a shock of light fell across her face

         C                          G
She said there’s only two ways out of this place

        F          C
Here in California I was

                  G
Just a name and a number

            Am
A face on a tumbler

        F          C
Here in California we’re all

             G
Stuck in the same scene

                   Am
All nightmares and daydreams

   C   F G C
In California

F               C
Oh, I hope it’s clear

           F                               C
There’s no room for us anymore in the atmosphere

    F                 G
But darling I always liked

          F             G
The desperation in your eyes

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The way you dance in the glow of the Hollywood freeway lights

C
Someday they’re gonna forget about us

          G
And we’ll wonder if we were ever good enough

   Am                         F
It hit me last night, in this song I heard

  C                        G
I remember the feeling but forget all the words

        F          C
Here in California I was

                  G
Just a name and a number

            Am
A face on a tumbler

        F          C
Here in California we’re all

             G
Stuck in the same scene

                   Am
All nightmares and daydreams

   C   F G C
In California

   C   F G C
In California