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