Verse
A B E Emaj7
I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
A B C#m
I was staring in my empty coffee cup
G#7 G#7/F# C#m F#m
I was thinking that the gypsy wasn't lying
E
All the salty margaritas in Los Angeles
B
I'm gonna drink 'em up
[Chorus]
A B A E
And if California slides into the ocean
A G#m F#m E
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
Ddim G#m F#m E A B
I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill
A G#m F#m B E
But don't the sun look angry through the trees?
A G#m F#m B C#m
Don't the trees look like crucified thieves?
F#m7
Don't you feel like Desperados under the eaves
F#m Bsus4 B Esus4 E
Heaven help the one who leaves
[Verse 2]
F#m C#m
Still waking up in the mornings with shaking hands
E B C#m
And I'm trying to find a girl who understands me
G# G#/F# C#m B
But except in dreams you're never really free
A G#m F#m B E
Don't the sun look angry at me?
[Verse 3]
A B E Emaj7
I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
A B C#m
I was listening to the air conditioner hum
C#m B E
It went mmm mmm mmmm mmmm mmm
A E B
mmm mmm mmmm mmmm mmm
C#m B E
Look away down Gower Avenue
A E B
Look away
C#m B E
Look away down Gower Avenue
A E B
Look away
C#m B E
Look away down Gower Avenue
A E B
Look away
C#m B E
Look away down Gower Avenue
A E B
Look away