F      Dm
It's a mystery
F                 Dm                     F
   Dressing like a target, splitting the seams
          Dm
It's Sisyphene
F                     Dm                  Bb
With my dreams in the car from the grocery
                 C
It sucks me like a thrill
                 D
It takes me like a pill
               C
Climbing up this hill

Dm        G
California nation
Bb              F   Dm
Is bringin' me 'round
      G
One big invitation
Bb             
To get off the ground

[ F Dm F Dm ] x 2

F      Dm
I'm a lookie-lou
F                   Dm                   F
  I made it like an art form, I can see you
             Dm
You're wearing blue
F                 Dm                      Bb
I read you like a book that I can't get through
               C
Hide behind the lie
                  D
Squeeze until it's dry
                            C
Sing 'cause that's how we get by


Dm        G
California nation
Bb              F   Dm
Is bringin' me 'round
      G
One big invitation
Bb             
To get off the ground
Dm        G
California nation
Bb              F   Dm
Is bringin' me 'round
      G
One big invitation
Bb                  Dm
To get off the ground

               A
Life is profound
          Bb
Be who you wanna be
          G
It's no big mystery
                     F
That we're a bunch of freaks
                 A
Who hold up empty hands
                 G
Don't want no sympathy
          Bb
That's our philosophy

(I'm not gonna tab the solo xD)

F                 Dm
I'm done with the verse
F                     Dm                         F  
 You're living in the cause but it still needs work
       Dm
It's paper-thin
F                Dm                     Bb
The messages are clever if it's hidden within
                 C
Read between the lines
             D
Hug it if it cries
                            C
Sing 'cause that's how we get by

Dm        G
California nation
Bb              F   Dm
Is bringin' me 'round
      G
One big invitation
Bb             
To get off the ground
Dm         G
California nation
Bb              F    Dm
Is bringin' me 'round
          G                     Bb 
'Round and 'round and 'round and 'round
F           Dm
'Round and 'round