Verse 1GDDsus4D
Spent my days with a woman unkind, Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
GD
Made up my mind to make a new start, Going To California with an aching in my heart.
GDDsus4D
Someone told me there's a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.
Verse 2GDDsus4D
Took my chances on a big jet plane, never let them tell you that they're all the same.
GD
The sea was red and the sky was grey, wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today.
G
The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake, as the children of the sun began to
D
awake.
ChorusDmDsus2D
Seems that the wrath of the Gods
Dsus4D
Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow;
Dsus2D
I think I might be sinking.
InterludeA7Asus4AsusAA7Asus4AsusADmDsus2D
Throw me a line if I reach it in time
Dsus4D
I'll meet you up there where the path
Dsus2
Runs straight and high.
Verse 3GDDsus4D
To find a queen without a king, They say she plays guitar and cries and sings... la la la
G
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn, Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never
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been born.
G
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams, Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it
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seems.
OutroDmDsus2DDsus4DDsus2DDmDsus2DDsus4DDsus2D
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.