The whole song is just a varied strumming pattern of the same 4 open chords C,A,E,F C A E F Back to Santa Barbara, where the people know my name C A E F Down in Isla Vista, where the Freebirds' open late C A E F On DP, life's so sweet, everybody livin' on easy street C A E F We're goin' back to Santa Barbara, where the people, the people know my name