Tabbed by: Meredith
Tuning: Capo 1

***Note: This is tabbed novice but there are two Bm , you can play the barred Bm , 
or you can play the easy Bm. Since there are only two it doesn't really make a difference.

Intro: C9 D 

Verse 1:
G             C9       D
Met him on the edge of a goodbye
G                          C9          D
I was standing there with nowhere left to fly
C                D
I was young but ever grim
G                D      C9
A little wiser than my time had seen
Am                                     G
You told me about the places we could hide

G                 C9            D
Wild and kinda crazy most of the time
G                 C9           D
My heart was hangin' on his every line
C                D
I'd memorize his every thought
    G         D            C9
But the walls he had could never be brought down
Am               G
And now he's not around 
Am                                  D
I guess I'm just a face left in the crowd

Chorus:
C9     D
Oh, California
G           C9    G D
Please come back to me
C9     D
Oh, California
G          C9   Am
You're who I wanna be
C9   D      G 
Live inside of me

Verse 2:
G               C9           D
A vivid picture plays inside my head
G                       C9       D
Of things you swore we'd never do again
C                 D
Then he put on that LA face 
      G        D      C9
And he left me with a bittersweet taste of life
Am                            D
And that's enough to keep me alive

Chorus:
C9     D
Oh, California
G           C9    G D
Please come back to me
C9     D
Oh, California
G          C9   Am
You're who I wanna be
C9   D      G 
Live inside of me

Bridge:
Bm                  D                C9        G
I know you're lyin' somewhere in the arms of destiny
Bm                      D        
Your memory, it still lingers here
         C9         D
And I'll never set it free, Ohhh (continues into chorus)--

Chorus:
C9           D
--Ohhhh, (California)
G           C9    G D
Please come back to me
C9     D
Oh, California
G          C9   Am
You're who I wanna be
C9   D      Am 
Live inside of me
C9   D      G 
Live inside of me