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[Verse 1]
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Left behind my home
                 G
Three thousand miles down the road
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In my honda with my only mouth to feed

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I don't care what town
            G
As long as she's not hangin round
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Just get me far as hell from Nashville, Tennessee


[Chorus]
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Cause I'd rather be depressed
        G
In California
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Ocean's got the only blues I need

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Lay me down to rest
        G
In California
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Heart as cold as New Year's NYC


[Verse 2]
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Friends all think I'm dead
           G
A silver bullet to my head
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They've been searching in the flowers and the weeds

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They don't know the truth
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I'm bringing back the joy of youth
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Drinking High Life from the bottle on the beach


[Chorus]
            D
Cause I'd rather be depressed
       G
In California
 A               D     G      D
Ocean's got the only blues I need

 D
Lay me down to rest
        G
In California
 A                D          G  D
Heart as cold as New Year's, NYC

           D
Cause I'd rather be depressed
       G
In California
   A           D       G        D
Finally I can find myself some peace

 D
Lay me down to rest
       G
In California
  A              D     G   D
Maybe I'll just end up on TV

       D
One hundred thousand cigarettes
       G
In California
         A              D     G         D
Still cleaner than the air I used to breathe

            D
Cause I'd rather be depressed
      G
In California
        A             D      G       D
Cause nothin else is good enough for me