This song is piano, but pick these chords and it sounds fine.
G C D Em C
G C
Uncommon amount of the time at home, hardly a word on the telephone.
D Em C
Finally find the time to get to know you.
G
Still mapping it out like a master plan,
C
something to do with my idle hands.
D Em C
Write you a letter addressed from California.
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G C D Em C
G
It's vivid and strong in my memory,
C
an absence that smacks of abandoning.
D Em C
It let to the battle that ultimately destroyed us.
G
I'm nothing if I don't know your mistakes,
C
the pill is as bitter as I can take.
D Em C
It twists like a blade when I leave for California.
G F Em D C B A G
La da la la da da
G
I hope that you know this is killing me,
C
it's all in the name of the family.
D Em C
We only can play the cards the dealer dealt us.
G C
The end of the cycle is closing in, with you I see new hope begin again.
D Em C
There suddenly seems to be promise in California.
G F Em D C B A G
La da la la da da
G F
As heavy as all this is weighing me,
Em D
believe in the words I am promising.
C B A G
I'm still here for her.
G F
The distance is only an obstacle,
Em D
hardly a match for a miracle.
C B A G
I'm finally ready to go to California.
