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