Intro: E A B A G#m F#m B
E G#m A E
Springtime, and the acacias are blooming
E A F#m B
Southern California will see one more day
E G#m A E
Dreamland, and bus'ness is booming,
E A B E B
The birds are a singing as I drift away
E G#m A E
She looks another year older,
E A F#m B
From too many lovers who used her and ran
E G#m A E
But some nights, oh, she looks like an angel
E A B E E7
And she's always willing to hold you again
A B
So give her this dance,
E A
She can't be forsaken
E A F#m B
Learn how to love her with all of her faults
E G#m A C#m
She gave more than she's taken,
E A B A E/G# F#m B
And I'll go down doing the Hollywood Waltz
[Solo]
E G#m7 A C#m E A B A E/G# F#m B
E G#m A E
Springtime and the lady is grieving
E A F#m B
The lovers just stand there with nothing to say
E G#m
They got what they wanted,
A E
They're packing and leaving
E A B E E7
To look for another to love the same way
A B
So give her this dance,
E A
She can't be forsaken
E A F#m B
Learn how to love her with all of her faults
E G#m A C#m
She gave more than she's taken,
E A B A E/G# F#m
And I'll go down doing the Hollywood Waltz
B A E/G# F#m
The Hollywood Waltz
B A E/G# F#m
The Hollywood Waltz
B A E/G# F#m
The Hollywood Waltz
B A E/G# F#m
The Hollywood Waltz
A E/G# F#m B (Repeat 4 times)
E A E/G# F#m E