G C G C


[Verse 1]
        G                                       Cadd9
Now you rest amongst the rust of these roadside monuments.
   G
In all their former glories
             Cadd9
The drive in nights that came and went.
     Em
You fought on hard through rain beaten nights
             D
Out past the shadows of state lines
            Cadd9
Now this victory dance, it belongs to you and I.


[Interlude]
G D Em Cadd9


[Verse 2]
G                                       Cadd9
Ashtray serenade on these Indian summer nights.
    G
Out past the cold dark desert towns
          Cadd9
Under the neon veiled starlight.
   Em
We crossed the Mason-Dixon
          D
Sang with pastures gold and green
     Cadd9
Now darlin’ won’t you come on home to me.


[Chorus 1]
      G                         D
I was born in the blizzard of 1977
  Em                                       Cadd9
A southpaw heart with eyes that burned California.
       G
Lay me down under the night
        D
Under a veil of the pale starlight
      Em                              Cadd9
These Midwest kids got nothin' on California.


[Interlude]
G D Em Cadd9


[Verse 3]
    G
The winter sky is weeping
         Cadd9
The factories lie in their graves
     G
Like Cold War artifacts
         Cadd9
Marching in some ghost parade
   Em                                     D
We watched these streets of fire fall and crumble into the sea
    Cadd9
Now darlin' won’t you come on home to me.


[Chorus 2]
      G                         D
I was born in the blizzard of 1977
  Em                                        Cadd9
A car crash heart with eyes that burned California.
       G
Lay me down under the night
        D
Under a veil of the pale starlight
      Em                              C
These Midwest girls got nothin on California.


[Bridge]

After all the tears I cried for you

All the times I tried to let you go
       G
Lay me down beneath the night
          D
Under the sadness of this life

Darlin take me home, won’t you take me home?


[Interlude]
G C G C

[Verse 4]
        G                                       Cadd9
Now you rest amongst the rust of these roadside monuments.
   G
In all your former sadness
         Cadd9
The neon nights that came and went.
    Em
You fought on hard through rain beaten nights
             D
Out past the shadows of state lines
            Cadd9
Now this victory dance, it belongs to you and I.


[Chorus 3]
      G                         D
I was born in the blizzard of 1977
  Em                                       Cadd9
A Southpaw heart with eyes that burned California.
        G
Lay me down under the night
        D
Under a veil of the pale starlight
      Em                             Cadd9
These Midwest kids got nothin on California.