Intro: G5  C5  D5  G5 
 

Verse 1: 
             G5                           D5 
Well there's no more smokey bars in California 
                                        G5 
There ain't no wild life left in Tennessee 
                                     D5 
But I keep on livin' every song I'm singing 
                                              G5 
And they're tryin' to put an end to guys like me 
 
Verse 2: 

All that's left in Bakersfield is a jukebox 

And it's haunted by old songs and memories 

It's getting hard to find a place to play my guitar 

And they're tryin' to put an end to guys like me 
 

    E5                                  G5 
I'd like to find a place where love surrounds me 
      E5                                     G5 
Some town where they don't mind me hangin' around 
   C5 
A place where life don't move too fast 
     G5 
And what you are is not a thing of the past 
      A5                                  D5 
Where you can land your dreams on solid ground  
 
Verse 3: 

Well I'm sittin' on a barstool down on Broadway 

Waitin' for my turn to sing my dreams 

I'm just a California boy with my old guitar 

And they're tryin' to put an end to guys like me 
 
Solo: 
G5  G5  D5  D5  D5  D5  G5  G5  G5  G5  D5  D5  D5  D5  G5  G5 
 

REPEAT CHORUS 
 
REPEAT VERSE 3 
 

              D5                                G5 
Yeah they're tryin' to put an end to guys like me 
G5  C5  D5   G5