Intro: Cadd9 D  

Verso 1: 
G             Cadd9       D 
Met him on the edge of a goodbye 
G                          Cadd9          D 
I was standing there with nowhere left to fly 
C                D 
I was young but ever grim 
G                D      Cadd9 
A little wiser than my time had seen 
Am                                     G 
You told me about the places we could hide 

G                 Cadd9            D 
Wild and kinda crazy most of the time 
G                 Cadd9           D 
My heart was hangin' on his every line 
C                D 
I'd memorize his every thought 
    G         D            Cadd9 
But the walls he had could never be brought down 
Am               G 
And now he's not around  
Am                                  D 
I guess I'm just a face left in the crowd 



[Refrão]
Cadd9     D 
Oh, California 
G           Cadd9    G D 
Please come back to me 
Cadd9     D 
Oh, California 
G          Cadd9   Am 
You're who I wanna be 
Cadd9   D      G  
Live inside of me 

Verso 2: 
G               Cadd9           D 
A vivid picture plays inside my head 
G                       Cadd9       D 
Of things you swore we'd never do again 
C                 D 
Then he put on that LA face  
      G        D      Cadd9 
And he left me with a bittersweet taste of life 
Am                            D 
And that's enough to keep me alive 



[Refrão]
Cadd9     D 
Oh, California 
G           Cadd9    G D 
Please come back to me 
Cadd9     D 
Oh, California 
G          Cadd9   Am 
You're who I wanna be 
Cadd9   D      G  
Live inside of me 

Ponte: 
Bm                  D                Cadd9        G 
I know you're lyin' somewhere in the arms of destiny 
Bm                      D         
Your memory, it still lingers here 
         Cadd9         D 
And I'll never set it free, Ohhh (continues into Chorus)-- 



[Refrão]
Cadd9           D 
--Ohhhh, (California) 
G           Cadd9    G D 
Please come back to me 
Cadd9     D 
Oh, California 
G          Cadd9   Am 
You're who I wanna be 
Cadd9   D      Am  
Live inside of me 
Cadd9   D      G  
Live inside of me