G  C G  C D


[Verse 1]
G                              C        G
Said you make it better if you head out west
   G/F#      Em   C                    G
Oh there's a life you've been countin' on
C G                        C           G
  Tell me now: what's been holdin' you back?
G/F#    Em       C          G
Who the hell are you afraid of?


[Chorus]
D Em        C                 G
     We can chase the settin' sun
G/F# Em         C              D     C
        Run the race 'til it's won
        Em    G    C
But you can't turn back
            G
Once you're gone
C      G
Once you're gone


[Instrumental]
C D


[Verse 2]
G                 C         G
The problem isn't where you are
            G/F#       Em
California ain't that far
     C              G     C G
It's when you wanna go
                     C      G
Now we can dream our lives away
             G/F#     Em
Put it off until someday
   C                 G
We wake up tired and old


[Chorus]
D Em        C                 G
     We can chase the settin' sun
G/F# Em         C              D     C
        Run the race 'til it's won
        G          C      G
But you can't turn back
C           G
Once you're gone
C           D      G
Once you're gone
C           G
Once you're gone
C           D      C
Once you're gone


[Bridge]
F       D          G
  If we never even try
         B                C
We'll be askin' ourselves why
           G           Am      C#
Our dreams never came along
D  C          G          C
Oh,   but you can't turn back
            G
Once you're gone


[Instrumental]
C G  C D   G
C G  C D   G


[Outro]
               C G              C D
Once you're gone, oh you're gone
                 G          C G
Yeah once you're gone, yeah once you're gone
          C D  G            C G
Once you're gone, you're gone
       C D   G
You're gone, you're gone
       C G          C D          C
You're gone, you're gone, you're gone