G 
hello california 
                             C       
sure is strange to be here today  
 
what?s a boy from down in austin 
                               G 
doin? in the city of angels anyway 
 
G 
so won?t you come on out here with me 
                                 C 
find out what you can and cannot see 
 
maybe gain a new perspective 
                               G 
of why were so infected by our dreams 
     Am       D             G 
and  ba  -    by ill be out here dreaming 
    Am                 D             G 
and thinking about the life we could have 
D 
yeah but your back home in texas 
                                                C                                
and im a wonderin when?s the next time i get to hold you  
             G 
i just wanna hold you
 
 
 
G 
its the sweetest kind of poison 
                              C 
tickle you and take away your faith 
 
whiskey for a lifetime 
                                       G 
wreck your soul in the smallest little taste 
 
Chorus 2 
 
         Am     D              G 
yeah and ba  -  by i?ll be out here dreamin? 
     Am                D                  G 
and thinkin about the life that we could have 
D                                                 
but im a stranded in los angeles 
                                        C 
wondering when?s the next time i get to hold ya  
             G 
i just wanna hold you 
 
Bridge: 
 
Em 
i am just a guitar man that fell in love with you 
C 
times are good and bad i take all the same 
Em 
you could have some nine to five man  comin home to take your hand 
F                         D 
you know he?s never gonna do 
 
G 
is this the life i dreamed of 
                                  C 
or is it just the way it all went down 
 
damn right i sure am happy  
                                       G 
of the crazy piece of life that i have found 
 
         Am    D                   G                             
yeah and ba -  by i?ll be out here dreamin? 
     Am                D                  G 
and thinkin about the life that we could have 
D 
yeah but your back home in texas 
D 
and i?m stranded in los angeles 
                                             C 
wondering when?s the next time i get to hold ya  
G 
i just wanna hold you 
 
 
 
-thanks, mammy, imofle