C
You exhaust me you know 
           G
Bellowing black exhaust pipe smoke 
        F                                              C
And the smut won't wash from this unsuitable immigrant skin 

       C
Such a villainous grace 
           G
Oh I don't know what you've done to your face
      F                                                 C
Some nights I can't figure out quite where your heart is

[Chorus 1]
G   F   C                          G     F
         Oh Los Angeles, be kind
C                              G     F
No more trouble or red lights
C
I can learn to love you in good time
G       F              C
Oh Los Angeles, be kind

[Verse 2]
  C
I read you all wrong
          G
So I get drunk just to feel I belong
      F                                  C
By a river so dry it's barely a river at all

       C
And we suck one another at night
      G
Fire pistols and cover our eyes
        F                                        C
And we waltz unseen behind Hollywood's ballroom doors

[Chorus 2]
G   F   C                          G     F
         Oh Los Angeles, be kind
C                                 G     F
No more headaches or fist fights
C
We can live with each other
               G
It just takes time
       F               
Oh Los Angeles, be kind
C
Take me to bed with a painkiller
         G
Say goodnight
       F
Oh Los Angeles, be kind