Song Scale: A Major
Signature BPM: 4/4
Metronome: 75
Strumming Pattern: DU,DU,DU,DU
(Intro)
A Amaj7 F#m E D
Verse 1
A
What’s a heartland girl doin’ way out there
Amaj7
They say you’ll get tattooed and purple hair
F#m E D
You’ll miss the Friday night lights and the county fair and that’s a pity
A Amaj7
They say traffic there is a perfect mess, how you get around’s anybody’s guess
F#m E D
You gotta wheel and deal in stiletto heels in the city
A/C# Bm E
They say it’s beautiful but it ain’t always pretty
(Chorus)
D A
Nothing good comes out of California
Amaj7 F#m D
They’ll convert your heart and we’ll have to reform ya
A D
Dance with the devil in the city of angels
A D
They don’t know the words to the star spangled
A/C# E B7
Girl, you can’t say we didn’t try to warn ya
D E A Amaj7 A
That nothing good comes out of California
(Verse-2)
A
In motel off Heartache and Vine
Amaj7
The seat’s in the shadow of the Hollywood sign
F#m D
I see a few stars from time to time and take a picture
A
Oh, and I gotta dream burnin’ inside my heart
Amaj7
Songs to write on this guitar
F#m E D
No matter where I go I never get too far from their whispers
[CHORUS TWO]
D A
Nothing good comes out of California
Amaj7 F#m D
They’ll convert your heart and we’ll have to reform ya
A D
Can’t trust a place where the sun shines all the time
A D
With plastic smiles they sip their wine
A/C# E B7
Girl, you can’t say we didn’t try to warn ya
D E F#m E D A Amaj7
That nothing good comes out of California
(Bridge)
F#m B7
Guess I’ll have to write a song that makes my hometown sing along
D E
The cynics and critics, I’ll prove ’em wrong
(Chorus)
D A
Nothing good comes out of California
Amaj7 F#m D
They’ll convert your heart and we’ll have to reform ya
A D
Dance with the devil in the city of angels
A D
They don’t know the words to the star spangled
A/C# E Bm
Girl, you can’t say we didn’t try to warn ya (didn’t try to warn ya)
D E A Amaj7 F#m
That nothing good comes out, I tried to make you proud,
B7 E A D Amaj7 F#m E D
even if nothing good comes out of California
What’s a heartland girl doin’ way out there
They say you’ll get tattooed and purple hair
You’ll miss the Friday night lights
And the county fair and that’s a pity
They say traffic there is a perfect
Mess, how you get around’s anybody’s guess
You gotta wheel and deal in stiletto heels in the city
They say it’s beautiful but it ain’t always pretty
Nothing good comes out of California
They’ll convert your heart and we’ll have to reform ya
Dance with the devil in the city of angels
They don’t know the words to the star spangled
Girl, you can’t say we didn’t try to warn ya
That nothing good comes out of California
In motel off Heartache and Vine
The seat’s in the shadow of the Hollywood sign
I see a few stars from time to time and take a picture
Oh, and I gotta dream burnin’ inside my heart
Songs to write on this guitar
No matter where I go I never get too far from their whispers
Nothing good comes out of California
They’ll convert your heart and we’ll have to reform ya
Can’t trust a place where the sun shines all the time
With plastic smiles they sip their wine
Girl, you can’t say we didn’t try to warn ya
That nothing good comes out of California
Guess I’ll have to write a song that makes my hometown sing along
The cynics and critics, I’ll prove ’em wrong
Nothing good comes out of California
They’ll convert your heart and we’ll have to reform ya
Dance with the devil in the city of angels
They don’t know the words to the star spangled
Girl, you can’t say we didn’t try to warn ya (didn’t try to warn ya)
That nothing good comes out,
I tried to make you proud,
Even if nothing good comes out of California
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