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California Skies - Mikey Wax
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Transcribed by: Don McCurdy
Email: music@brazenglass.com
Tuning: Standard
Note: Most of the chords in the chorus should be played a split second after the
word they're next to.
(Intro: Bm F#m A E )
Verse I:
F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) Faster than a plane
EFlies (022100@1)over your head
Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) DFaster (xx0232@1)than the autumn leaves turn snow under your sled
A (x02220@1) EI'm (022100@1)suddenly alive, as California skies
Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) DMelt (xx0232@1)away the thoughts that have been frozen in my mind
Chorus:
F#m (244222@1) AAre (x02220@1)you running from the pain?
EI (022100@1)Am,
E7 (020130@1) DI (xx0232@1)hope that love will save the day
F#m (244222@1) AHow (x02220@1)much longer will you wait?
E (022100@1) DI (xx0232@1)don't know, as long as it takes
F#m (244222@1) AAnd (x02220@1)what if everything's the same?
EI (022100@1)don't know
E7 (020130@1) DI (xx0232@1)hope that love will save the day
( D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) C#) (x43121@1)
Verse II:
F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) Faster than her words
EGet (022100@1)tangled up in lies
Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) DFaster (xx0232@1)than the wind can blow her hair over her eyes
A (x02220@1) EI'm (022100@1)suddenly alive as California skies
Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) DMelt (xx0232@1)away the thoughts that have been frozen in my mind
Chorus II:
F#m (244222@1) AAre (x02220@1)you running from the pain?
EI (022100@1)may,
E7 (020130@1) DI (xx0232@1)hope that love will save the day
F#m (244222@1) AHow (x02220@1)much longer will you wait?
E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) DI (xx0232@1)don't know, as long as it takes
F#m (244222@1) AAnd (x02220@1)what if everything's the same?
E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) DOh (xx0232@1)well,
I hope that love will save the day
Instrumental:
( D (xx0232@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m E (022100@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C# D) (xx0232@1)(F#m A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) C#) (x43121@1)
D (xx0232@1)F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) And what if everything's the same?
E (022100@1) E7I (020130@1)don't care, I hope that love will
Dsave (xx0232@1)the day
( D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) C#) (x43121@1)
Verse I:
F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) Faster than a plane
EFlies (022100@1)on overhead
Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) DFaster (xx0232@1)than the autumn leaves turn snow under your sled
AI'm (x02220@1)suddenly alive,
E (022100@1)As California skies
Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) DMelt (xx0232@1)away the thoughts that have Been frozen in my mind
(Repeats and fades out:)
( D (xx0232@1)F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) E) (022100@1)
I think that love will save the day
Love will save the day
