Tape from California Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Who's that coming down the road
D A
[C]A sailor from [G]the sea
D [C]F#m
He looks a lot like [Em]me
E G E
I'd know him [D]anywhere,
[F]had to stare
[D]

[Verse 2]
Feathers at his fingertips
D A
A [C]halo 'round his [G]spine
[C]D F#m
he must have lost his [Em]mind
E G
he should be put [D]away,
[F]right awa[Bm]y
C#m
In the corner of the night
D Bm
[C]he handed me his [Am]waterpipe
F#m Bm E
[Em]His eyes were searching
[Am]deep inside my [D]head

[Verse 3]
[D]Here's what [Gm]he said
Am
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
D
I'm in [C]kind of a hurry anyhow
C G A E
But [Bb]I'll send you [F]a tape from
[G]California
[Gm][C][D]

[Verse 4]
New York city has exploded and
[C]it's crashed upon my [G]head
[C]I dove beneath t[Em]he bed
Fighting, [D]biting nails,
[F]turning [D]pale
The landlord's at my window
And the [C]burglar's at my [G]door
I can[C]'t take it any[Em]more
I guess I'll [D]have to fly,
it's [F]worth [Bm]a try
Someone's banging on the wall
[C]But there's no party [Am]to
recall
The singer of the [Am]shadows of his [D]soul
So he's been [Gm]told
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
I'm in [C]kind of a hurry anyhow
But [Bb]I'll send you [F]a tape from Cali[G]fornia

[Verse 5]
D [G]C D C[C]
From the mirror of my [Bb]mantle
to the [C]velvet on my bed
[Bb]D C Am E[C]
Trapped upon [Bb]a stolen stage,
a [Gm]Barrymore at be[D]st(?)
A G A G
[G]My rhymes are all [F]repeating,
[G]ballads growing [F]blind
G#m A [F#m]F#m B7 E
Words have turned to [G]water,
the [Em]women turned to wine
[A][D]

[Verse 6]
The draft board is debating if
they'd [C]like to take my [G]life
[C]I'd sooner take [Em]a wife and have raise
[D]a child or [F]two
Wouldn't [D]you?
Peace has turned to poison
[C]The flag has blown a [G]fuse
[C]Even courage is con[Em]fused
And now [D]all the brave are
[F]in the [Bm]grave
Century is bending(?)
have [C]a very happy e[Am]nding
To the [Em]victor go the [Am]ashes
of [D]the spoils
Seeds in [Gm]the soil
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
I'm in [C]kind of a hurry anyhow
But [Bb]I'll send you [F]a tape from Cali[G]fornia
[Dm]

[Interlude 1]
[Gm][C][A][D]

[Verse 7]
[D]The flower-power fuller fuller brush man
is [C]farming out his [G]friends
I [C]stabbed him with my [Em]stem
And then I [D]tapped his toes [F]with my [D]rose
He crawled around inside himself
Now [C]he's crawling after [G]me
Drop[C]ping acid in my [Em]tea
He wants to [D]save his soul
[F]rock and [Bm]roll
One of us must understand
[C]It's not the drug that [Am]makes the man
[Em]Then a poster of a [Am]movie star walked [D]by
He must have been [Gm]high
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
I'm in [C]kind of a hurry anyhow
But [Bb]I'll send you a
[F]tape from Cali[G]fornia

[Verse 8]
[G]Half [C]the world is cra[Bb]zy and the oth[C]er
half is [Bb]scared[C]
Maddonas do the [Bb]minuet for
the [Gm]naked million[D]aires
[G]The anarchists are [F]rising while
[G]we're racing for the [F]moon
[F#m]It doesn't take a seer[G] to see that
[Em]the scene is coming soon
[A][D]

[Verse 9]
So who's that coming down the road
A [C]sailor from [G]the sea
[C]He looks a lot like [Em]me
I'd know him [D]anywhere
[F]Had [D]to stare
A fire around his fingertips
[C]A song around his [G]spine
[C]He must have found his [Em]mind
He should [D]be put away
[F]Anyway
[Bm]Surrounded by the slaughter
Now [C]I'm boarding(?) at the [Am]border
When the [Em]echoes of my [Am]ecstacy ap[D]pear
Wish I was [Gm]here
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
I'm in [C]kind of a hurry anyhow
But [Bb]I'll send you [F]a tape from [G]California