Intro: A D A E A Step out on the pourin rain D Left out on the evening train A I was just a little boy thinking bout the E Memories father that you to be A San Jose it?s a sun drenched town D You?re road struck with the windows rolled down A Jerry Jeff ridin high on the radio E I wanna know why you had to go Bm Took a plane to California D End of summer 1970?s A Tellin you that you?re the man E That taught me how to sing Bm Why did you D Go and leave me so A Young so young so E Young B Tell me things that I wanna Know E Now I?m a man with a family of my own A Why?d you go and leave in the cold B With the face in the mirror of the man I didn?t know B In the desert where the warm wind blows E Where?d you go when I was so alone A Those California nights can be so cold B I wanna know the man I didn?t know A Now I?m the one with the radio song D A wife and kid so tell me what?s wrong A I need the man in my life who made me who I am E I don?t wanna lose you again Bm Took a plane to California D End of summer 1970?s A Tellin you that you?re the man E That taught me how to sing Bm Why did you D Go and leave me so A Young so long so E Young B Tell me things that I wanna Know E Now I?m a man with a family of my own A Why?d you go and leave in the cold B With the face in the mirror of the man I didn?t know B In the desert where the warm wind blows E Where?d you go when I was so alone A Those California nights can be so cold B I wanna know the man I didn?t know Solo 2x: Bm D A E B Tell me things that I wanna Know E Now I?m a man with a family of my own A Why?d you go and leave in the cold B With the face in the mirror of the man I didn?t know B In the desert where the warm wind blows E Where?d you go when I was so alone A Those California nights can be so cold B I wanna know the man I didn?t know