Verse Chorus
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C x32010 F 133211
C/B x22010 G 320033
Am x02210 Am x02210
G 320033 E 022100
F 133211
C* 032013
Capo 3rd fret
[Verse 1]
C C/B Am G F G C
When you wake up, cobwebs on your eyelids, stuck in rigor mortis, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh
C C/B Am G F G C
Just get going, 'til you hit the ocean, and you turn Californian, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh
C* Am C* Am F G
You don't have to, have the answers, don't you worry, don't you worry
[Chorus 1]
F G Am E E
It's gonna be alright, if you're on a sinking ship
F G F F G
The California kids, will throw you a lifeline
F G Am E E
And if you're up all night, thinking 'bout something you did
F G F
The California kids, will show you the sunshine
[Verse 2]
C C/B Am G F G C
In your bare feet, in mid-January, swimming in the mystery, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh
C* Am C* Am F G
Second guessing, almost everything, don't you worry, don't you worry
[Chorus 2]
F G Am E E
It's gonna be alright, if you're on a sinking ship
F G F F G
The California kids, will throw you a lifeline
F G Am E E
And if you're up all night, thinking 'bout something you did
F G F
The California kids, will show you the starlight
[Solo]
[Verse 3]
C C/B Am G F G C
All your old friends, chilling back in Boston, you never forgot them, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh
[Chorus 3]
F G Am E
It's gonna be alright, if you're on a sinking ship
F G F F G
The California kids, will throw you a lifeline
F G Am E
And if you're up all night, thinking 'bout something you did
F G F F G
The California kids, will show you the sunshine
F G F F G F
The California kids, will show you the starlight