Southern California
Southern California

Southern California easy guitar chords by Dan Hill

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Guitar
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E A D G B E

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    When 
    the sun 
    sets 

    beneath 
    the mountain 
    tops 

    And the wa
    ter 
    begins 
    to 
    rise 

    I try 
    to 
    contain 
    my 
    excitement 

    But the 
    force 
    of the 
    night 

    conquers 
    my 
    surprise 

    Kids 
    on 
    the street 
    corner 
    peddlin' 
    maps 

    On 
    how 
    to 
    meet 
    the stars 

    Prostitute 
    turns, 
    my 
    body 
    burns 

    She'll 
    cure 
    your loneli
    ness 
    for 
    half 
    an 
    hour 

    Verse 2
    Cars 
    breeze 
    dow- 
    own the 
    avenue 

    Rock 
    'n' 
    roll's 
    sus
    pended 
    in 
    mid 
    air 

    A girl 
    cha- anting 
    nonsense 

    takes 
    my 
    money 

    Puts 
    a flower 
    in 
    my 
    hair 

    Billboards 
    grin 
    and 
    my 
    head 
    spins 

    This 
    may 
    be 
    heaven 
    but 
    it's 
    not 
    my 
    home 

    All 
    the sunshine 
    and 
    beautiful 
    people 

    Make 
    me feel 
    more 
    and 
    more 
    alone 

    Verse 3
    Southern 
    Califor
    nia, 

    where 
    your 
    dream
    s 
    almost 
    come 
    true 

    Southern 
    Cali
    fornia, 

    where everyone's 
    a star 
    except 
    for you 

    Southern 
    Califor
    nia, 

    like 
    a 
    beautiful 
    girl 
    you 
    cannot 
    touch 

    Everyone 
    lives 
    forever 
    here, 

    those 
    were 
    my 
    thoughts 

    Verse 4
    And 
    I 
    don't 
    wanna 
    be 
    a part 

    of 
    that 
    all 
    American 
    dream 

    But 
    still 
    I 
    keep 
    on 
    comin' 
    back, 

    I 
    can't 
    let 
    it 
    get 
    the 
    best 
    of 
    me 

    (The best 
    of 
    me, 
    best 
    of 
    me) 

    Lord 
    give 
    me 
    the strength 
    to see 
    myself 
    clearly, 

    see 
    myself 
    clearly 

    Oh- oh- 
    oh- 
    oh, 

    and time 
    flies 
    by 
    like 
    a meteor 
    in 
    the sky- 
    y 

    And 
    I'm 
    wondering 
    is 
    it 
    just 
    me 

    Everything 
    seems 
    so 
    perfect 
    like 
    some 
    com

    mercial 
    on 
    TV 
    (on 
    TV, TV, TV) 

    Lord 
    give 
    us 
    the strength 
    to show 
    real 
    feel
    ings, 

    real 
    feelings 

    Verse 5

    In Southern 
    California, 

    where 
    your dream
    s almost 
    come 
    true 

    In Southern 
    Califor
    nia, 

    where 
    everyone's 
    a star 
    except 
    for 
    you 

    Southern 
    Califor
    nia, 

    like 
    a 
    beautiful 
    girl 
    you cannot 
    touch 

    Every
    one 
    lives 
    forever 
    here, 

    everyone 
    lives 
    forever 
    here 

    Everyone 
    lives 
    forever 
    here, 

    everyone 
    lives 
    forever 
    here 

    Everyone 
    lives 
    forever 
    here, 

    everyone 
    lives 
    forever 
    here 

    Everyone 
    lives 
    forever 
    here 

    Outro 1


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