Brackets ([ ]) mean the lyrics are sung in the background and are optional.

*Verse 1*
        A5                   E5             F#5     D5         A5
Are you out there where the rainy days begin to feel rather sad
        E5                 F#5         D5                  A5
And the walls are closing in like the darkness around me
           E5          F#5                   D5            A5
It's so hard to look away when the daylight doesn't ever stay
            E5               F#5      D5                   A5
Above this dull apartment view - oh, I will surround you
                 E5                   F#5
It's quite clear that I'm stuck here
           D5              A5         E5               F#5          D5     A5
So I'll devise a plan and cut out a door in my new living room floor
               E5             F#5
The porch light is so bright
             D5                     A5          E5                  F#5       D5
That I will quickly sneak down the dark metal shape of the rusty fire escape.

*BRIDGE*

F#5        D5              A5
I bought a one-way ticket
                 E5             F#5
Cause I knew I'd never see the ground
               D5               A5                  E5     F#5
Unless I was aboard a jet plane and we were going down.
                 D5                 D5
When I wiped the tears from my eyes
               E5               F#5
The warm water took me by surprise
                D5                 A5       E5
And I woke up beside the ocean and I realized:
A5         E5
I must be in California.

A5 , E5 , F#5 , D5 (x4) [I must be in California]

*Verse 2* ( A5 - E5 - F#5 - D5 )