standard tuning
note: these are the basic chords for the song (probably not the variations he's playing).

2: 2x0033

intro: 

e | ---------------0------3--0------------- | 
B | -------0---3----------------3--0------- |   (aka X)
G | -0--0----------------------------2--0-- | 

C5  G5  C5  G5


G5                                C5
california girls they have a way
G5                              C5  
of moving their mouths just a certain way
G5                                 D5
saying things that always seem so right
             C5                      G5   
but when the shine wears off at the end of the day
    E5                          C5 
i'm left with the tab and not a word to say
          G5                  D5                G5   
because i see your face when they turn out my light
     C5                          G5        2          E5   
so i keep another night by this fire and drink some wine
X                                            C5  G5  C5  G5
it's the closest thing to you i'm gonna find
 

new york ladies, they drive men crazy
can't keep up, i'm from the south and lazy
this town stays open too late for this old bum
and maybe it's because it's got too many faces
crammed like fishes in compact places
this is why all of them seem desperate and alone
so i pick back up the cigarettes, but only for the night
X                                            C5  G5  C5  G5
it's the closest thing to you i'm gonna find

C5  G5  C5  G5
E5  C5  G5  2  E5
X  C5  G5  G5

georgia girls took all my pennies
every time i come back i fall from many
i wake up and wonder i ever left here
when they spend all night with a drink to the face
get caught up in politics and race
i just smile and shove the cotton further down my ear
and my hands are full of the sticky stuff from your backyard georgia pie
it's the closest thing to you i'm gonna find