Verse
G# F# C# G#
Twenty years of the same sun rising
G# F# C# G#
My southern roots just been holding me down
G# F# C#
I wanna freefall over Mulholland
F# C# G#
Out where the Eagles met Jackson Brown
Fm C#
Sit and watch the sun go down
[Chorus]
C# F# C#
I've been looking at the wrong ocean
C# F# G#
Carolina's been good to me
C# F# C#
But I've been looking at the wrong ocean
A#m G# F# C#
California's where I want to be
A#m G# F# C#
California sounds good to me
[Verse 2]
G# C#
From the Outer Banks to the City of Angels
G# C#
One-room apartment on the Boulevard
G# C#
Big show at the Troubadour and it's getting real lonely
F# G#
The A# & R man with the business cards
C#
Says I'm gonna be a star
C# C# F# C#
Cause I've been looking at the wrong ocean
A#m G# F# C#
A#m G# F# C#
[Verse 3]
C# D#m F# G#
Only so many smiles I can fake in a row
D#m F# G#
So many friends that I really don't know
D#m F# G#
The devil on my shoulder whispers in my ear
F# G#
Look homeward angel, what you doing out here?
C#
It's been a long three years
[Chorus]
C# F# C#
I've been looking at the wrong ocean
C# F# G#
California's been good to me
C# F# C#
But I've been looking at the wrong ocean
A#m G# F# C#
Carolina's where I'm meant to be, yeah
A#m G# F# N.C.
And Carolina's still home to me
A#m G# F# C#
A#m G# F# C