C C C Cadd2 C C C
There is a city by the sea
C Cadd2 Am Am
A gentle company
Am Asus2 Em F F G G
I don't suppose you want to?
C C C Cadd2 C C C
And as it tells its sorry tale
C Cadd2 Am Am
In harrowing detail
Am Asus2 Em F F G G
Its hollowness will haunt you
[Chorus]
Dm Dm Dm Dm
Its streets and boulevards
F F Fadd2 Am Am Asus2
Orphans and oligarchs it hears
Dm Dm Dm F F Fadd2
A plaintive melody, truncated symphony
Am G
An ocean's garbled vomit on the shore:
F F G G C
Los Angeles, I'm yours
C C C Cadd2 C (x3) C C F F G G
[Verse 2]
C C C Cadd2 C C C
O ladies, pleasant and demure
C Cadd2 Am Am
Hollow-cheek'd and sure
Am Asus2 Em F F G G
I can see your undies
C C C Cadd2 C C C
And all the boys you drag about
C Cadd2 Am Am
On empty, fallow fount
Am Asus2 Em F F G G
From Saturdays to Mondays.
[Chorus]
Dm Dm Dm Dm
You hill and valley crowd
F F Fadd2 Am Asus2
Hanging your trousers down at heel.
Dm Dm Dm F F Fadd2
This is the realest thing, as ancient choirs sing
Am G
A dozen blushing cherubs wheel above
F F G G C
Los Angeles, my love.
[Solo]
C C C Cadd2 C (x2)
[Verse 3]
D D D Dsus2 D D D
O what a rush of ripe elan!
D Dsus2 Bm Bm
Languor on divans
Bm Bsus2 F#m G G A A
Dalliant and dainty!
D D D Dsus2 D D D
But oh the smell of burnt cocaine,
D Dsus2 Bm Bm
The dolor and decay
Bm Bsus2 F#m G G A A
It only makes me cranky
[Chorus]
Dm Dm Dm
O great calamity,
F F Fadd2 Am Asus2
Ditch of iniquity and tears
Dm Dm Dm F F Fadd2
How I abhor this place, its sweet and bitter taste
Am G
Has left me wretched, wretching on all fours
F F G G C
Los Angeles, I'm yours
F F G G C
Los Angeles, I'm yours
F F G G C
Los Angeles, I'm yours
F F G G C
F F G G C
