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