Bb Gm Bb Gm
DF - Bb1 - Bb1 - Bb1 - Bb1 - A2 - Bb1 - Bb2 - D - Bb1 - F - Bb1 - Bb1 - Bb1 - Bb1 - F - Eb - D - C - D (this
last note is sometimes a Bb1, usually in the final line of a verse)
[Verse]
Bb Gm
Check the locks and leave the keys
Bb Gm
Moldy bath masked with Febreeze
Bb Gm
Something's dead behind the refrigerator
Bb Gm
Some poor fuck will deal with it later
Bb Gm
I've spent the last 10 weeks
Bb Gm
Squeezing out the sponge of friendships, plugging leaks
[Prechorus]
Bb Gm
I've talked until there's no more to say
Bb Gm
I'm going away
[Chorus]
Bb Gm
I'm leaving A , I'm leaving A
N.C.
And the tourists say
C C7 C C7
Please give me the directions to the Hollywood sign
Eb Ebmaj7 Eb Ebmaj7 Bb
I always dreamt of coming here to see the Hollywood sign
C
But on their way back down they'll ask
C7
Did you have a good time
Eb Ebmaj7
They'll say it's just some fucking letters on a hill
{(Interlude is this as the right hand on piano, notes-wise, - Bb2 - G2 - D2 - Bb1 - G1 - F1) and then the
main melody begins again.} Bb Gm
[Verse]
Bb Gm
I wander through the Bronson Caves
Bb Gm
One more OK coffee at The Oak's Gourmet
Bb Gm
I'll watch the players at the UCB
Bb Gm
Trying to improvise their way out of on WE
Bb Gm
Walking trails in the creepin' dark
Bb Gm
Up to the observatory in Griffith Park
[Prechorus]
Bb Gm
There's too much light for stars anyway
Bb Ebmaj7
I'm getting out of this place
[Chorus]
Bb Gm Bb Ebmaj7
I'm leaving A I'm leaving A , hey
C C7
And the studio executives who never made a thing
Eb Ebmaj7
Blamin' others for their failures, taking credit for their wins
Eb C7
Wipin' the blood of dumb artists from their chins
C Eb
Singin' kid you oughtn't take it personally
[Bridge]
Eb Dm Ebmaj7
On Hollywood and Vine a dime store spiderman
Eb D Ebmaj7
Shouting at a stoned Emma Stone dressed a la La La Land
Eb F Eb F Gm
And in the distance, in both its glorious dimensions
Ebmaj7
The sign projects its shadow on a hill
(INTERLUDE twice) - Then melody again throughout verse. Bb, Gm, Bb, Gm
[Verse]
Bb Eb
A Russian bar, machine-gun cops at A X
Bb Eb
Malfunctionin' departure board says we're boarding next
Bb Eb
Belt off, shoes off, jacket off, hat
Bb Eb
Don't need the attitude but I quite enjoy the subsequent patdown,
Bb F Eb
And I'm sat down as the A380 engine roars
Bb Eb
Pushed backwards as this tube of monkeys rumbles forwards
[Prechorus]
Bb Gm
I'm looking forward to another twenty hours on a plane
Bb Gm
Nothing but shit films and my brain
Bb Gm
I've been going slowly insane
Bb Eb
I've seen your sport and I don't wanna play
Bb F Gm F Dm
I'm getting out of this place, I'm getting out of this place
[Chorus]
Eb
I'm leaving A
C
And the actors at gratitude drinking undrinkable juice
Eb
And the agents taking ten percent in their sneakers and suits
Bb C
And the writers in their Teslas trying to punch up Act 1
Eb
Driving home on the 101 in the relentless fucking sun
C
And the needy and the greedy and the homeless and horny
Eb
And the deals done on treadmills at ten to six in the morning
C
And the captain's on the PA saying look for the sign
Eb
But I find it's just some fuckin' letters on a hill
N.C. Bb
Just some really ugly letters, on a pretty ugly hill
[Otro]
(Main Melody throughout outro) Bb Gm Bb Gm
Bb Gm
I'm leaving L.A.
N.C Bb (note)
I'm leaving 'ell