INTRO: C G C G VERSE: C Summer winds G Are calling in C Pacific tide G And western skies PRE-CHORUS: C D All these things hatched in your brain C D You didn't need another reason to dislocate C D You never were one for compromise Em You lied C You lied CHORUS: G C Em D So don't tell me this is all that's left G C Em 'Cause I walked around a half gone town D With a ship G C Em D And you left me on that California shore G C Em D And don't think I'm coming back anymore G D Em Where the water meets the land G D Em You know I'll understand G D Em You change your mind again D And if I can't D C C G G California can VERSE: C You never were G Quite the same C With what I become G What we became PRE-CHORUS: C D Expectations and parking lots C D Giving way to all the feelings that we forgot C D Things are never gonna be the same Em And I'm not C D I'm not to blame CHORUS: G C Em D And don't tell me this is all that's left G C Em 'Cause I walked around a half gone town D With a ship G C Em D And you left me on that California shore G C Em D And don't think I'm coming back anymore G D Em Where the water meets the land G D Em You know I'll understand G D Em You change your mind again D And if I can't D C California can OUTRO: C D California can D C Well, California can C D California C C D Em C C D Em C