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
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
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
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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)--
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
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