C
D7
F
G7
C
I got off the airplane ‘long about 7:30 in L.A.
D7
F
G7
C
What a drag to realize that everything’s so different and so same
F
G7
C
Am
All my California friends are searching for their minds
F
G7
C
And it’s been right there in their heads all the time
F
C
Am
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
C
Ha ha there ain’t no way
D7
F
G7
C
California Charlie met me at my room when I got in
D7
We toasted country picking
F
G7
C
And the help of all our good and mutual friends
F
G7
C
Am
Before the morning came we put a handle on the world
F
G7
C
And decided that we’d give it to the squirrels
F
C
Am
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
C
Ha ha there ain’t no way
D7
F
G7
C
Soaking up that sunshine and eating eggs and bacon over light
D7
F
G7
C
Sleeping through the daytime and contemplating sin throughout the night
F
G7
C
Am
Please hand me my hat and darling give me back my things
F
G7
C
Ole T’s got a bunch of songs to sing
F
C
Am
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
C
Ha ha there ain’t no way
D7
F
G7
C
I like California and I wouldn’t want to put it down no way
D7
F
G7
C
But I heard what you’re thinking and it ain’t exactly what I want to say
F
G7
C
Am
Someday California I’ll come roarin’ back to you
F
G7
C
If you don’t fall in the ocean before I do
F
C
Am
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you
C
Ha ha there ain’t no way
D7
F
C
G7
Am
