G
hello california
                             C      
sure is strange to be here today 

what?s a boy from down in austin
                               G
doin? in the city of angels anyway

G
so won?t you come on out here with me
                                 C
find out what you can and cannot see

maybe gain a new perspective
                               G
of why were so infected by our dreams

[Chorus]

     Am       D             G
and  ba  -    by ill be out here dreaming
    Am                 D             G
and thinking about the life we could have
D
yeah but your back home in texas
                                                C                               
and im a wonderin when?s the next time i get to hold you 
             G
i just wanna hold you


G
its the sweetest kind of poison
                              C
tickle you and take away your faith

whiskey for a lifetime
                                       G
wreck your soul in the smallest little taste

[Chorus 2]

         Am     D              G
yeah and ba  -  by i?ll be out here dreamin?
     Am                D                  G
and thinkin about the life that we could have
D                                                
but im a stranded in los angeles
                                        C
wondering when?s the next time i get to hold ya 
             G
i just wanna hold you

[Bridge]

Em
i am just a guitar man that fell in love with you
C
times are good and bad i take all the same
Em
you could have some nine to five man  comin home to take your hand
F                         D
you know he?s never gonna do

G
is this the life i dreamed of
                                  C
or is it just the way it all went down

damn right i sure am happy 
                                       G
of the crazy piece of life that i have found

         Am    D                   G                            
yeah and ba -  by i?ll be out here dreamin?
     Am                D                  G
and thinkin about the life that we could have
D
yeah but your back home in texas
D
and i?m stranded in los angeles
                                             C
wondering when?s the next time i get to hold ya 
G
i just wanna hold you