leaving la chords by Tim Minchin
Intro 1
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Em
Bm
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C
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Verse 1
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Check
the locks and leave the keys
Em
Bm
G
Mouldy bath masked with
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G
Febreze
Something's dead behind
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Em
the refrigerator
Bm
C
G
Some poor fuck will deal with it later
Verse 2
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I've spent the last ten weeks
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Squeezing out the sponge
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G
of friendships plugging leaks
I've talked until there's
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G
no more to say
Verse 3
I'm going away
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C
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I'm leaving LA
C
I'm leaving LA
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And the tourists say Please
Verse 4
A
give me the directions
to the Hollywood sign
C
I always dreamt of coming here
to see the Hollywood sign
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A
But on their way back down we'll
ask did you have a good time
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They'll say it's just some
Verse 5
fucking letters on a hill
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G
Em
I wander through the Bronson Caves
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One more OK coffee at the Oaks Gourmet
I'll watch the players
Em
G
at the UCB
Trying to improvise their way
C
G
out of ennui
Verse 6
G
Walking trails in the creeping dark
Up to the observatory in Griffith Park
There's too much light for
Em
stars anyway
Bm
G
C
G
I'm getting out of this place
Verse 7
Em
Bm
I'm leaving LA
I'm leaving LA
Verse 8
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Hey
A
And the studio executives who
never made a thing
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Blaming others for their failures
taking credit for their wins
A
Wiping the blood of dumb artists
from their chins singing
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Kid you oughtn't take it personally
Verse 9
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Em
Bm
C
On Hollywood and Vine a dime-
store Spiderman
Em
B
Shouting at a stoned Emma Stone
C
dressed a la La La Land
Em
C
D
And in the distance in both
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D
Em
it s glorious dimensions
C
The sign projects its shadow on the hill
Verse 10
G
Rushing by machine- gunned cops
Gm
C
at LAX
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Malfunctioning departure board
C
says we're boarding next
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Belt off shoes off jacket off hat
C
G
Don't need that attitude but I quite
D
G
C
enjoy the subsequent pat down
And I'm sat down
Verse 11
G
As the A380 engine roars
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D
C
G
Pushed backwards as this tube of
C
monkeys rumbles forwards
Looking forward to
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C
An other twenty hours on a plane
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C
Nothing but shit films and my brain
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C
I've been going slowly insane
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I've seen your sport and I
C
don't wanna play
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D
Em
I'm getting out of this place
D
Bm
I'm getting out of this place
I'm leaving LA
Verse 12
C
A
And the actors at Gratitude
drinking undrinkable juice
C
And the agents taking ten percent
in their sneakers and suits
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A
And the writers in their Teslas trying
to punch up Act One
C
Driving home on the 101 in the
Cm
C
relentless fucking sun
A
And the needy and the greedy
and the homeless and horny
C
And the deals done on treadmills
at ten to six in the morning
Em
A
And the Captain's on the
PA saying look for the sign
C
But I find it's just some fucking
letters on the hill
Just some really ugly letters on
a pretty ugly hill
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Em
G
Verse 13
C
G
Em
G
I'm leaving LA
Em
I'm leaving L
leaving la
Tim Minchin
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