Shores of California Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[Em]He's
been trying [C]with limited success
[G]To [Em]get this girl t[C]o let him
get into [A]her dress
[G]But[Em] every time he thin[C]ks
he's [Am]getting [A]close
[G]She threatens [D]death before
[Am]he gets a ch[C]ance

[Verse 2]
[G]And that's [D]the way it
[Am]is i[C]n Minnesota
[G]That's the[D] way it is[Am]
in Oklaho[C]ma
[G]That's [D]the way it's
[Am]been since protozoa
[C]Fir[G]st climbed ont[D]o the shores
[Am]of Calif[C]ornia

[Verse 3]
[Em]And she's been trying
with lim[C]ited success
[Em]To get him to turn out t[C]he
lights [Em]and dance
Cause like any [C]girl all
she really [Am]wants [A]is
That [G]fickle [D]little [Am]bitch romance
[C]That fic[G]kle lit[D]tle bit[Am]ch roman[C]ce

[Verse 4]
And [Em]that is [Bm]why [C]the girl is called a[A] tease
And [Em]that is [Bm]why [C]the guy
is called [A]a sleaze
And [Em]that's why [Bm]God m[C]ade
escort [Am]agencies
"One [G]Life to [D]Live" and
[Am]mace [C]and GHB
And [G]that's the way

[Verse 5]
[D]it is[Am]
in Min[C]nesota
[G]That's the [D]way it [Am]is
in Oklahoma- [C]homa
[G]That's the way[D] since the
[Am]animals and [C]Noah
[G]First climbed [D]onto the shores
[Am]of Californi[C]a

[Verse 6]
[Am]Must not be [C]too kind
[Am]Stop [D]thi[Am]nking lov[C]e is blind
[Am]Clench your fists, [C]yeah, write
[Am]"She's just not my type"

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 7]
[Em]Why all these conf[C]licting
specifica[G]tions
[Em]Maybe to pre[C]vent overpopula[A]tion
[G]All[Em] I know is that[C] all
[Am]around the nation
[G]The girls are cry[D]ing and the
[Am]boys [C]are masturbating
The [G]girls [D]are crying and the boys
[Am]are masturbating
And that's the way [C]it

[Verse 8]
[G]
[D]is [Am]in Minn[C]esota
[G]That's the [D]way it [Am]is in
[C]Oklahoma- homa
[G]That's the [D]way Aristo
[Am]phanes and [C]Homer
[G]Wrote the [D]Iliad [Am]and Lysistra[C]ta

[Verse 9]
[G]That's the way it [D]is in [Am]Min [C]nesota
[G]That's the [D]way it [Am]is in
Oklahoma- [C]homa
[G]That's the [D]way since the
[Am]anti- pr[C]otozoa
[G]First climbed ont[D]o the sho[Am]res of Cali
[C]fornia

[Outro 1]
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