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