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