La Blues chords

Tom T. Hall

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  			C             D7        F          G7        C 
I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in L.A. 

               D7           F               G7               C 
What a drag to realize that everything's so different and so same 

F          G7                 C                   Am 
All my California friends are searching for their minds 

         F                G7                     C 
And it's been right there in their heads all the time 



     F          C     Am 
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you 

                     C 
Ha ha there ain't no way 



C          D7      F            G7              C 
California Charlie met me at my room when I got in 

           D7 
We toasted country picking  

        F                    G7         C 
And the help of all our good and mutual friends 

F                  G7            C             Am 
Before the morning came we put a handle on the world 

      F               G7             C 
And decided that we'd give it to the squirrels 



     F          C     Am 
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you 

                     C 
Ha ha there ain't no way 



C               D7           F               G7         C 
Soaking up that sunshine and eating eggs and bacon over light 

                      D7         F             G7                 C 
Sleeping through the daytime and contemplating sin throughout the night 

F                 G7              C               Am 
Please hand me my hat and darling give me back my things 

    F         G7                C 
Ole T's got a bunch of songs to sing 



     F          C     Am 
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you 

                     C 
Ha ha there ain't no way 



C                     D7         F       G7             C 
I like California and I wouldn't want to put it down no way 

                        D7       F                    G7             C 
But I heard what you're thinking and it ain't exactly what I want to say 

F           G7               C               Am 
Someday California I'll come roarin' back to you 

   F                     G7             C 
If you don't fall in the ocean before I do 



     F          C     Am 
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you 

                     C 
Ha ha there ain't no way