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