G    C    G    C

[Verse 1]
     G
This hotel room smells like smoke
   C                                          G        C
At least they gave me a view of downtown Minneapolis
    G
The drunken crowd underneath my window
C
Stumbles from out of the bar
                             G
Behind the wheels of their cars they're hoping for the best
D                C
Hoping for the best


[Chorus]
            D                  Em    C          D
Between the Devil's rain and a dying language
         Em                   C   G
I bet my heart in Des Moines
             D          Em  C       G
And I made a promise to California
  C                      G
I said I would be coming home
  C                      G  D
I said I would be coming home__
  C                      D     G    C
I said I would be coming home


[Verse 2]
 G                           C
Another year is gone broke
                                    G               C
Imposing deadlines and filling in required blanks
                  G
Ooh, there's more going out than coming in
            C
'Cause it's all a wash
              G
You sacrifice win days for this crazy life
   D           C
Oh yes, it's a crazy life


[Chorus]
            D                  Em    C          D
Between the Devil's rain and a dying language
           Em                C   G
Somebody's robbing me again
             D          Em  C       G
And I made a promise to California
             C                        G
I said, I'll come home if you take me in
     C                        G  D
I'll come home if you take me in___
     C                           D     Em
I'll come home, will you take me in?


[Bridge]
             G    C        G
'Cause I was only nineteen
C         G                  D                   Em
These are your sins, they're your responsibility
          G        C        G  Em
Go on and lay your hands on me
                 G           C                   G
'Cause I don't believe these things - that you believe

(I don't believe these things that you believe)
C                                            G
No, I don't believe these things that you believe

(I don't believe these things that you believe)
       C
Sorry, sorry


[Chorus]
            D                  Em    C          D
Between the Devil's rain and a dying language
          Em                   C   G
I left my heart in Des Moines
             D          Em  C       G
And I made a promise to California
  C                      G
I said I would be coming home
  C                      G  D
I said I would be coming home__
  C                             G
I said I would be coming home