Standard tuning Verse _______G___________________C_________________D__________________C________________ |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------0---0---0---0-----2---2---2---2-------0---0---0---0--| |-------0----0---0---0-----2---2---2---2-----4---4---4---4-------2---2---2---2---| |------2----2---2---2-----3---3---3---3-----5---5---5---5-------3---3---3---3----| |-----3----3---3---3-------------------------------------------------------------| Intro/solo |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------12-11-9-7-5-4--4-5-7-5-4-2--2-4-5-4-2-4-4/5-4-2-0-------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| G C Uncommon amount of the time at home, hardly a word on the telephone. D C Finally find the time to get to know you. G Still mapping it out like a master plan, C something to do with my idle hands. D C Write you a letter addressed from California. Solo G It's vivid and strong in my memory, C an absence that smacks of abandoning. D C It let to the battle that ultimately destroyed us. G I'm nothing if I don't know your mistakes, C the pill is as bitter as I can take. D C It twists like a blade when I leave for California. Strum these chords. G F Em D C B A G La da la la da da Back to verse style G I hope that you know this is killing me, C it's all in the name of the family. D C We only can play the cards the dealer dealt us. G C The end of the cycle is closing in, with you I see new hope begin again. D C There suddenly seems to be promise in California. Strum the rest of the song. G F Em D C B A G La da la la da da G F As heavy as all this is weighing me, Em D believe in the words I am promising. C B A G I'm still here for her. G F The distance is only an obstacle, Em D hardly a match for a miracle. C B A G I'm finally ready to go to California.