Southern California chords by George Jones

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) [G.J.]
You always said someday
you'd go to live
C 
G 
(In (C major) Southern  (G major) California)
D 
G 
And  (D major) me I'd stay right here in Ten (G major) nessee

Verse 2
G 
You  (G major) always talked about the better days
C 
G 
 (C major) (InSouthern  (G major) California)
D 
But  (D major) if you'll stay in Tennessee
I promise there'll be
G 
D 
better days with  (G major) me  (D major) 
Em 
 (E minor) [T. W.] It's

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Verse 3

not that I don't love you

But I hear the call

(FromSouthern California)

There's something I can't

find in Tennessee

Verse 4

Silver screens and limousines

They wait for me in Southern

California

Verse 5

Though you've been so good to me

The time has come you'll have

to set me free

Verse 6
G 
[G.J.]  (G major) 
Tomorrow when you leave
You'll take my heart
C 
G 
(To Southern  (C major)  (G major) California)
D 
But  (D major) just remember I'll be here
G 
To keep your heart with me until you see  (G major) 
Eb 
Bbm 
Eb 
 (E flat major)  (B flat minor)  (E flat major) 

Verse 7
Ab 
 (A flat major) 
[T.W. speaks:]
Ab 
Well, it's been five  (A flat major) years
N' I guess I've cried
Db 
Ab 
 (D flat major) a million tears  (A flat major) 
Lookin' out the window
of this little room
Eb 
Right over that flashin' neon sign that says,  (E flat major) 
"Bar"
It's almost midnight,
An time to go downstairs
Ab 
and  (A flat major) go to work
E 
I wonder how  (E major) he's doin'
F#m 
E 
in, Tenness (F sharp minor) ee?    (E major) 

Verse 8
A 
 (A major) [G.J. spoken:]
Well, here I sit by the window
D 
Of this big old lonely man (D major) sion
A 
Lookin'  (A major) out over the Smokies
And on in everything I can see

Verse 9
E 
Oh, I guess by now  (E major) she's found
What she was lookin' for
And as I look at this old
faded photograph
A 
Of the  (A major) girl that I still love
I wonder if she ever, thinks of me