INTRO: | E | E | E | E | (3X)
VERSE I:
A B E
As usual, I'm in a tricky predicament
A B E
Weather in my thoughts, on the roof sneaking a cigarette
A B E C#m
Dear California, it's been nice to know ya
A B E (drop)
Tell me will you miss me when I'm gone?
CHORUS I:
A B E
Cause he loves me as I leave, so I'm gonna go
A B E
And I'm not in company's when you feel it most
A B E
And you keep my memory, I hope ya keep me close
A B E
Would you love me as I leave?
VERSE II:
A B E
This alchemy is making me suspicious (Oooh-oooh)
A B E
As if I slipped you some belladonna
C#m A
that I crossed town to get, don't you know?
B E (Drop)
Yes, my grand friend checks it
CHORUS I:
A B E
Oh he loves me as I leave, so I'm gonna go
A B E
And I'm not in company's when you feel it most
A B E
And you keep my memory, I hope ya keep me close
A B E
Would you love me as I leave?
CHORUS II:
A B E
Ever changing as the sea, it's my only hope
A B E
It's just me and my pup in the open road
A B E
But your face is like a paper cut to the heart
A B
Slip away while you sleep
BRIDGE:
A E
It's easy, it's easier
C#m B
Than it seems
A E
It's easy, it's easier
C#m B
Than it seems
A E C#m B
Just go, I'll go, don't cry
A E C#m B A (Drop)
Don't go, don't go, you still cry
A - B - E - E
A - B E -E A - B - E -E
I don't cry
A - B - E -E
CHORUS I:
A B E
Oh he loves me as I leave, so I'm gonna go
A B E
And I'm not in company's when you feel it most
A B E
And you keep my memory, I hope ya keep me close
A B E
Would you love me as I leave?
CODA:
A - B E
Ever changing as the sea
A - B E
Would you love me as I leave? (Dear California)
A - B E
Would you love me as I leave? (Dear California)
A - B E
Would you love me as I leave? (Dear California)
A - B E (Drop)
Would you love me as I leave? (Dear California)