L.A. Blues Chords by Tom T. Hall

_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A#] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I got [G] off the airplane [A#] on about [C] 7.30 [F] in L.A.
_ _ What a [G] drag to [A#] realize that [C] everything's so different and so [F] same.
_ _ [A#] All my [C] California [F] friends are searching [Dm] for their minds [A#] and it's been right [C] there in their
heads [F] all the time.
_ [A#] L.A. blues, _ [F] L.A. [Dm] blues.
_ You want me to [D] be like you?
[F] There ain't no way.
[G] _ _ [A#] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ [G] California Charlie [A#] met me at [C] my room when I [F] got in.
_ We toasted [G] country picking [A#] and the help of all [C] our good and [F] mutual friends.
_ [A#] Before the [C] morning came we [F] put a handle [Dm] on the world [A#] and decided [C] that we'd give it to [F] the world.
_ [A#] L.A. blues, _ [F] L.A. [Dm] blues.
You want me to be like you?
[A] There ain't [F] no way.
[G] _ _ [A#] _ _
[C] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [B] _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Soaking up [G#] that sunshine [B] and eating [C#] eggs and bacon [F#] overnight.
_ _ Sleeping [G#] through the daytime [B] and [C#] contemplating sin [F#] throughout the night.
_ _ [B] Please hand [C#] me my hat and [F#] darling give me [D#m] back my thing.
[B] Oh, [C#] he's got a bunch of songs [F#] to sing.
[B] L.A. blues, L.A. [D#m] blues.
_ [D#] You want me to be like you?
There [F#] ain't no [G#] way.
_ [B] _ _
[C#] _ [F#] I like [G#] California, [G#m] I wouldn't [C#] want to put it down [F#] no way.
_ But I heard [G#] what you're thinking [B] and it ain't [C#] exactly what I [F#] want to say.
_ _ [B] Someday [C#] California [F#] I'll come roaring [D#m] back to you [B] if you don't fall [C#] in the ocean [F#] before I do.
_ [B] L.A. blues, _ L.A. [D#m] blues.
_ You [Cm] want me to be [D#] like you?
[F#] There ain't no way.
[G#] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [B] _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [B] _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _