[Intro]
A Amaj7 G D

[Verse]
A                       Amaj7                    G
I'm just no good for anyone, just usually last a month
                        D
Before I think that the lighting's all wrong
A                        Amaj7                        G
So I'll make a quick getaway, I'm going straight to L.A
                      D
And pray the city can mutilate me
A                     Amaj7                           G
Anything to keep you away, to keep the phone calls at bay
                            D
'Cause I just don't know if I can do this
A                          Amaj7                           G
Babe, you know it's you I adore, you know that I'm wanting more
                        D                    A   Asus4
But if California don’t want me, then no one can

[Chorus]
    A
Los Angeles, please take my life;
     G             D
Give me my face, renew my sight
    A
And should I die before I wake?
    G                   D
The last thing I'll see is her face

A G D   x2

[Verse 2]
A                          Amaj7                 G
If I should live for other days, I pray for 3000 ways
                   D              A
To make my mind is racing all the time
                       Amaj7                           G
'Cause if I stop for a sec, I'll stop for drinking and sex
                        D               A
And I'll be dead by the time I'm twenty-eight
                   Amaj7                     G
Self-medication is bliss, I'm insecure about this
                       D                  A
A lonely view with the birds is what I'll miss
                      Amaj7                              G
You know that my idle brain will just keep searching for fame
                    D             A    Asus4
'Til I don't even remember my own name

[Chorus]
    A
Los Angeles, please take my life
     G             D
Give me my face, renew my sight
    A
And should I die before I wake?
    G                   D
The last thing I'll see is her face
     A
Like maybe I don't have to leave
    G               D
But what happens if she leaves me?
    A
And since I just can't hold it down
     G                          D
I’ll fall in love with the L.A. sound

[Bridge]
Bm                    D              A    E
I'm praying I had the time to drop a line
Bm                     D                    A     E
I'm coming back to the Southeast for what's mine
    G
And since I just can't hold it down
  D
I fall in love with the L.A. sound

[Interlude]
A G D   x4

[Chorus]
    A
Los Angeles, please take my life
     G             D
Give me my face, renew my sight
    A
And should I die before I wake?
    G    N.C.            D
The last thing I'll see–
    A
Los Angeles, please take my life
     G             D
Give me my face, renew my sight
    A
And should I die before I wake?
    G                   D
The last thing I'll see is her face
     A
Like maybe I don't have to leave
    G               D
But what happens if she leaves me?
    A
And since I just can't hold it down
     G                     D
I’ll fall in love with the L.A. sound

[Outro]
A G D   x2