Bad Directions
California
California (2016)
Tabbed by: Henry Hathaway
[Verse 1]
G
I always take the back roads
G
Leave the traffic to everyone else
Em D C
I can't take the clamor of the crowd
C C/B D
I'll take the scenic route
G
Talkin' on tomorrow
G
Tonight's only halfway done
Em D C
I never was to be hurried about
C C/B D
Please, just slow down
[Chorus]
C C/B Am
And I know we all start out with bad directions
C C/B Am
Don't give up, 'til now we've made it through
Bm Em
'Cause it makes you more like them
Bm Em
When you give them what they want
Bm A#m Am
The need to please them
D
Is to belong
[Verse 2]
G
Boom box on the dashboard
G
St. Christopher on a chain
Em D C
Head up north, back east, down south
C C/B D
Out West we'll drive it down
G
Roads turn to gravel
G
Some are paved quite well
Em D C
Some are even at odds with their address now
C C/B D
Caught in a roundabout
[Chorus]
C C/B Am
And I know we all start out with bad directions
C C/B Am
Don't give up, 'til now we've made it through
Bm Em
'Cause it makes you more like them
Bm Em
When you give them what they want
Bm A#m Am
The need to please them
D
Is just what they want
[Solo]
G G G G
Em D C
C C/B D
[Verse 3]
G
Take the road less traveled
G
And fold all the maps away
Em D C
Put it all in that unfinished novel someday
C C/B D
A postcard, anyway
D
Anyway...
[Chorus]
C C/B Am
And I know we all start out with bad directions
C C/B Am
We get lost, somehow we make it through
C C/B
'Cause I may not know my streets
Am
But I know my directions
C C/B D
Come on, we'll go out across these avenues
[Outro]
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© Henry Hathaway 2015