Am        G
There's a hard rain showing me the way
C                   F
Up from here to the fire escape
      Am           G               C             F
I was caught stuck standing in the flames again
Am                 G
Who the hell would you be telling?
C                  F
Everybody knows my secret well
Am               G                    C       F
It's a long look stranded in the maze again


[Pre-Chorus]
           Am       G       C   F
And it's a long way back to California
      Am        G       C        F
And I ain't got time to cover my tracks
        Am      G   C       F
How the hell do I return to normal
       Am     G         C          F
If I'm always ending up flat on my back


[Chorus]
      F             G      C
Well, these are the golden years
F                 G
Thought I'd never find 'em
         Am        G
I'd just watch 'em disappear
         F                       G
Into the echoes of all the older lovers
           F          G
That still whisper my name around here


[Interlude]
Am  G  C  F (x2)


[Verse 2]
         Am       G
And it's one more town to be sure
    C                        F
The rain ain't coming 'round here no more
        Am             G                  C       F
Took me eight years to figure out what to do
           Am            G
And it's a stone's throw back to the old
C                  F
Habits stored in a well worn coat
           Am              G               C        F
That's the price needed to pay to face the truth


[Pre-Chorus]
           Am       G       C   F
And it's a long way back to California
      Am        G       C        F
And I ain't got time to cover my tracks
        Am      G   C       F
How the hell do I return to normal
       Am     G         C          F
If I'm always ending up flat on my back


[Chorus]
      F             G      C
Well, these are the golden years
F                 G
Thought I'd never find 'em
         Am        G
I'd just watch 'em disappear
         F                       G
Into the echoes of all the older lovers
           F          G
That still whisper my name around here


[Outro]
Am   G   C   F
Yeah, yeah, yeah
           Am       G       C   F
And it's a long way back to California
      Am        G       C        F
And I ain't got time to cover my tracks