COUNTING CROWS
LOS ANGELES
CAPO 1
INTRO: C - F - C -F
VERSE 1:
C F
dancing like the nights are down in nashville
C F
but i seem to know the ghosts who like to run
G Am G F
i got a call to go to a late night picture show
Am G C F
so i traded in the darkness and i'm already there
C F
i'm already there
D F
and i'm tryin' to make some friends
Chorus:
Am G F
so if you see that movie star and me
Am G F
if you see my picture in a magazine
Am G F
or if you fall asleep by the bedroom TV
D F
well honey i'm just tryin' to make some sense
C F C F
outta me
VERSE 2:
C F
I left a lot of ghosts in San Francisco
C F
and now you wanna say you see through me
G Am G F
but what you wanna see ain't your memories of me
Am G C F
so why you turn around tonight but i'm already there
C F
i'm already there
D F
and i'm just tryin' to make some friends
Chorus:
Am G F
so if you see that movie star and me
Am G F
you should see my picture in a magazine
Am G F
or if you fall asleep when youre watching TV
D F
well honey i'm just tryin' to make some sense
Am
Los Angeles
Bridge:
(Am) C G F Am
boston gets cold this time of year
(Am) C G F Am
seems like each day just leaves me numb
(Am) C G F
i gotta get out of here
D F (Hold)
go walking in the sun
Chorus:
Am G F
so if you see that movie star and me
Am G F
you should my picture in a magazine
Am G F
or if you fall asleep by the bedroom TV
D F
but honey i'm just trying to make some sense
D F
honey i'm just trying to make some friends
D F(hold)
well baby i'm not trying to make amends
C F
for coming to Los Angeles
C F
oh Los Angeles
Outro:
C F
no more Boston, no more Nashville, no more Oakland
C F
oh baby come on out to the sea
C
come on take a walk down Sunset with me
F C F
oh we gonna get drunk, find up some skinny girls, and go street walking
C F C F
in Los Angeles!
End on C
*and man its a really good place to find yourself a taco