Capo I
Sounds best if fingerpicked/slowly strummed.
Intro: C, F, C x2
verse 1:
C F C
She threw my stuff out the door today
C F C
And everything else just got thrown away
F C
Now I'm all alone but I don't feel free
C G C
Cause I miss my baby but she don't miss me
verse 2:
C F C
She must have got tired of my selfishness
C F C
From coming home late smelling like cigarettes.
F C
It's too late now it's plain to see.
C G C
Cause I miss my baby but she don't miss me.
F C
I looked way out in the desert in that California sun
F C G
I drove a thousand miles without seeing anyone
F G C Am
I climbed the tallest mountain and I searched the deepest sea
F G C
To find my baby and take her home with me.
verse 3:
C F C
She said she'd stay if I quit that band
C F C
Then I left for a month in that Old Chevy Van
F C
And I wanted to call but the service was weak
C G C
To say I miss my baby but she didn't miss me.
F C
I looked way out in the desert in that California sun
F C G
I drove a thousand miles without seeing anyone
F G C Am
I climbed the tallest mountain and I searched the deepest sea
F G C
To find my baby and take her home with me.
INTERLUDE: C, F, C x2, F,F,C, C,G,C
verse 4:
C F C
Stumbling drunk off of Broadway and Broome
C F C
Singing James Taylor Songs to a big city moon
F C
That night I thought about her and it kept me from sleep
C G C
Cause I miss my baby but she don't miss me
F C
I looked way out in the desert in that California sun
F C G
I drove a thousand miles without seeing anyone
F G C Am
I climbed the tallest mountain and I searched the deepest sea
F G C
To find my baby and take her home with me.
F G C Am
I climbed the tallest mountain and I searched the deepest sea
F G C
To find my baby and take her home with me.
F G C
Oh I found my baby but she won't come home with me