Verse          Chorus
E|-----------| ----------
C    x32010    F   133211
C/B  x22010    G   320033
Am   x02210    Am  x02210
G    320033    E   022100
F    133211
C*   032013


Capo 3rd fret
 

[Verse 1]
         C        C/B             Am       G              F      G           C       
When you wake up, cobwebs on your eyelids, stuck in rigor mortis, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh
         C       C/B             Am         G            F       G           C       
Just get going, 'til you hit the ocean, and you turn Californian, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh
          C*   Am           C* Am              F                G
You don't have to, have the answers, don't you worry, don't you worry
 
  
[Chorus 1]
              F       G               Am           E  E
It's gonna be alright, if you're on a sinking ship
        F           G                 F        F  G
The California kids, will throw you a lifeline
                 F         G                   Am            E  E
And if you're up all night, thinking 'bout something you did
        F           G                  F        
The California kids, will show you the sunshine
 
 
[Verse 2]
        C          C/B        Am   G               F       G           C
In your bare feet, in mid-January, swimming in the mystery, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh
       C*   Am          C*   Am               F                G
Second guessing, almost everything, don't you worry, don't you worry
 
 
[Chorus 2]
              F       G               Am           E  E
It's gonna be alright, if you're on a sinking ship
        F           G                 F        F  G
The California kids, will throw you a lifeline
                 F         G                   Am            E  E
And if you're up all night, thinking 'bout something you did
        F           G                  F        
The California kids, will show you the starlight
 

[Solo]

 
[Verse 3]
         C            C/B              Am      G            F        G           C
All your old friends, chilling back in Boston, you never forgot them, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh
 
 
[Chorus 3]
              F       G               Am           E
It's gonna be alright, if you're on a sinking ship
        F           G                 F         F  G
The California kids, will throw you a lifeline
                 F         G                   Am             E
And if you're up all night, thinking 'bout something you did
        F           G                  F        F  G
The California kids, will show you the sunshine
        F           G                  F         F  G   F
The California kids, will show you the starlight