C                     F        C
I've been looking at the wrong ocean
C               G
Carolina's been good to me
C                        F         C
But I've been looking at the wrong ocean
Am   G       F     G         C
California's where I want to be

Am G F C
Am G C


[Verse 1]
G                   F         C    G
Twenty years of the same sun rising
G                           F          C   G
My southern roots just been holding me down
G                     F      C
I wanna freefall over Mulholland
F             C           G
Out where the Eagles met Jackson Brown
Em               C
Sit and watch the sun go down


[Chorus]
C                    F         C
I've been looking at the wrong ocean
C               F     G
Carolina's been good to me
C                            F     C
But I've been looking at the wrong ocean
Am    G            F         C
California's where I want to be
Am    G           F       C
California sounds good to me


[Verse 2]
G                           C
From the Outer Banks to the City of Angels
G                         C
One-room apartment on the Boulevard
G                                   C
Big show at the Troubadour and it's getting real lonely
F                  G
The A & R man with the business cards
                    C
Says I'm gonna be a star

C          C               F         C
Cause I've been looking at the wrong ocean

Am  G   F  C
Am  G   F  C


[Verse 3]
C       Dm                F         G
Only so many smiles I can fake in a row
Dm                     F            G
So many friends that I really don't know
    Dm                            F     G
The devil on my shoulder whispers in my ear
F                     G
Look homeward angel, what you doing out here?
C
It's been a long three years


[Chorus]
C                    F         C
I've been looking at the wrong ocean
C                 F     G
California's been good to me
C                            F     C
But I've been looking at the wrong ocean
Am    G            F         C
Carolina's where I'm meant to be, yeah
Am      G             F N.C.
  And Carolina's still home to me


Am  G   F  C
Am  G   F  C