Intro: A D A E

A
Step out on the pourin rain
D
Left out on the evening train
A
I was just a little boy thinking bout the
E
Memories father that you to be

A
San Jose it's a sun drenched town
D
You're road struck with the windows rolled down
A
Jerry Jeff ridin high on the radio
E
I wanna know why you had to go

Bm
Took a plane to California
D
End of summer 1970's
A
Tellin you that you're the man
E
That taught me how to sing
Bm
Why did you
D
Go and leave me so
A
Young so young so
E
Young

B
Tell me things that I wanna Know
E
Now I'm  a man with a family of my own
A
Why'd you go and leave in the cold
B
With the face in the mirror of the man I didn't know
B
In the desert where the warm wind blows
E
Where'd you go when I was so alone
A
Those California nights can be so cold
B
I wanna know the man I didn't know

A
Now I'm the one with the radio song
D
A wife and kid so tell me what's wrong
A
I need the man in my life who made me who I am
E
I don't wanna lose you again

Bm
Took a plane to California
D
End of summer 1970's
A
Tellin you that you're the man
E
That taught me how to sing
Bm
Why did you
D
Go and leave me so
A
Young so long so
E
Young

B
Tell me things that I wanna Know
E
Now I'm  a man with a family of my own
A
Why'd you go and leave in the cold
B
With the face in the mirror of the man I didn't know
B
In the desert where the warm wind blows
E
Where'd you go when I was so alone
A
Those California nights can be so cold
B
I wanna know the man I didn't know

Solo 2x: Bm D A E

B
Tell me things that I wanna Know
E
Now I'm  a man with a family of my own
A
Why'd you go and leave in the cold
B
With the face in the mirror of the man I didn't know
B
In the desert where the warm wind blows
E
Where'd you go when I was so alone
A
Those California nights can be so cold
B
I wanna know the man I didn't know