C       G                  D            Am
A long December and there's reason to believe
      C                G               C
Maybe this year will be better than the last
  C      G                           D
I can't remember the last thing that you said
            Am
as you were leavin'
        G             C
Now the days go by so fast

         G                                      Am   C
And it's one more day up in the canyons
            C                             Am    
And it's one more night in Hollywood
       G                  C        Am -stop-                   C
If you think that I could be forgiven...I wish you would
  D   Am  C ....
nanananananananana..

C                     G                 D
The smell of hospitals in winter
Am                                      C                      G                         C
And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls
Am          C                    G                           D
All at once you look across a crowded room
                 Am                      G                       C
To see the way that light attaches to a girl

         G                                      Am    C
And it's one more day up in the canyons
             C                          Am    
And it's one more night in Hollywood
         G                  C        Am -stop-           C
If you think you might come to California...I think you should
  D   Am  C ....
nanananananananana..


C                         G                     D                       Am
Drove up to the Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m.
C                                 G                     C
And talked a little while about the year
Am                  C                           G                             D
I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower
D                                  Am
Makes you talk a little lower about
        C
the things you could not show her

                         C       G                              D            Am
And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
      C                G               C
Maybe this year will be better than the last
Am      C                       G                    D
I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself
Am                              G                       C
To hold on to these moments as they pass

         G                                              Am    C
And it's been one more day up in the canyon
             C                          Am    
And it's one more night in Hollywood
         G                  C        Am -stop-           C
It's been so long since I've seen the ocean...I guess I should
  D   Am  C ....
nanananananananana.... (Repeat)