June on the West Coast chords by Bright Eyes

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Verse 1
G 
I spent a week drinking the sunlight
of Winnetka, California
Where they understand the weight
of human hearts
You see, sorrow gets too heavy
and joy it tends to hold you
With the fear that it eventually
departs
C 
D 
G 
And the truth is I've been dreaming of some tired tranquil

Verse 2
Em 
place
G 
Where the weather won't
D 
G 
get trapped inside my bones
C 
D 
And if all the years of searching find
G 
Em 
one sympathetic face
C 
D 
Then it's there I will plant these seeds
G 
and make my home

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Verse 3
G 
I spent a day dreaming of dying in Mesa,
Arizona
Where all the green of life
had turned to ash
And I felt I was on fire,
with the things I could have told you
I guess I just assumed that you eventually
would ask

Verse 4
C 
D 
And I wouldn't have to bring
G 
Em 
up my so badly broken heart
C 
D 
And all those months I just wanted
G 
to sleep
C 
D 
And though spring, it did come slowly,
G 
Em 
I guess it did it's part
C 
My heart has thawed
D 
G 
and continues to beat

Verse 5
G 
I visited my brother on the outskirts
of Olympia
Where the forest and the water
become one
And we talked about our childhood,
like a dream we were convinced of
That perfect peaceful street
where we came from
C 
And I know he heard

Verse 6
D 
me strumming all
G 
Em 
those sad and simple chords
C 
D 
G 
As I sat inside my room so long ago
C 
D 
An d it hurts that he's still shaking from
G 
Em 
those secrets that were told
C 
D 
By a car closed up too tight
G 
and a heart turned cold

Verse 7
G 
Em 
And I went to San Diego,
C 
D 
the birthplace of the summer
G 
And watched the ocean dance
D 
G 
under the moon
G 
And there was a girl I knew there,
one more potential lover
I guess that something's got
G 
G 
to happen soon
C 
Because I know I can't keep liv

Verse 8
D 
ing in
G 
Em 
this dead or dying dream
C 
And as I walked along the beach
D 
G 
and drank with her
C 
D 
I thought about my true love,
G 
Em 
the one I really need
C 
D 
With eyes that burn so bright,
G 
they make me pure