FROM CALIFORNIA

G	
Uncommon amount of the time at home
C
Hardly a world on the telephone
D			Em	C
Finally find the time to get to know ya
G
Still mapping it out like a master plan
C
Something to do with my idle hands
D			Em	C
Write you a letter addressed from California

G
It's vivid and strong in my memory 
C
An absence that smacks of abandoning
D 			Em	C
Led to the battle that ultimately destroyed us
G
I'm nothing if I don’t know your mistakes 
C
The pill is as bitter as I can take
D			Em	C
It twists like a blade when I leave for California

G  F	Em	D    C	G/B   Am    G
La da  la da da  da da da da da da da
La da  la da da  da da da da da da da

G
I hope that you know this is killing me
C
It's all in the name of the family
D			Em	C
We only can play the cards the dealer dealt us
G
The end of the cycle is closing in
C
With you I see new hope begin again
D			Em	C
There suddenly seems to be promise in California 

G  F	Em	D    C	G/B   Am    G
La da  la da da  da da da da da da da 
La da  la da da  da da da da da da da 

G			F	     Em			  D
As heavy as all this is weighing me, believe in the words I am promising
C	G/B   Am    G
I'm still here for her
G			F
Distance is only an obstacle 
Em			  D
Hardly a match for a miracle 
C	G/B   Am    G
I'm finally ready to go to California


Transcribed by George Thomas