Why You'd Want to Live Here Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[D]
I'm [G]in Los

[Verse 1]
Angeles [Em]today
It [G]smells like an airport run[C]way
Jet fuel [Baug]stench is in the cabi[Em]n
And lights [C]flickering at ran[G]dom

[Verse 2]
[G]
I'm in Los Angeles [D]today[Em]
[G]Garbage cans comprise [C]the medians
[Baug]Of freeways always creeping[Em]
Even [F]when [C]the
population's sleeping
[G]

[Verse 3]
And [D]I can't see why you'd
[Baug]want to live[Cm] here

[Interlude 1]
[G]

[Verse 4]
I'm in Los [G]Ange[D] les to[G]day[Em]
[G]Asked a gas station employ[C]ee
If he [G]ever [Baug]had trouble breathing[Em]
And he said [C]"It varies from season [G]to season,

[Verse 5]
kid"
[G]
It's where our best are on dis[Em]play
Mo[G]tion picture act
[C]ors' houses maps
[Baug]Are neve[G]r ever current
[Em]So save [F]your film and
[C]fifteen dol[G]lars

[Verse 6]
[G]And [D]I can't see why you'd
[Baug]want to [Cm]live here[G]
[D]Billboards reach past [Baug]the
[Cm]tallest [G]buildings
[D]We are not [B]perfect, [Baug]but we s[Cm]ure try[G]
[D]As [B]UV rays [Baug]degradate our
[Cm]youth [C]with [G]time

[Interlude 2]
[G][Em]
[G][A][G][C]

[Verse 7]
The [Em]vessel keeps pumping us
through [G]this entropic place
In the [A]belly of the beast that
[C]is Californ-I-A
[Em]I I drank from a faucet,
and I [G]kept my receipt
For when they [A]weigh me [D]on [G]my way out[A],
[G]here [C]nothing is free
But the [Em]Greyhounds keep coming
dumping [G]locusts into the streets
'Til the [A]gutters overflow
and Los [C]Angeles thinks
I might explode

[Verse 8]
Someday soon
[C]And [G]it's a lovely summer's day[Em]
[G]I c[Em]an al[G]most see a skyline[C]
Through [B]a thicken[Baug]ing shroud of ego[Em]s
Is this the [C]city of angels [G]or demons?

[Verse 9]
And here the [G]names are what remain
[Em]Star[G]s encapsulate the gold[C]en lane
And [Baug]they need constant cleanin[Em]g
For when [F]the tourists [C]begin salivating

[Verse 10]
[C]And [G]I c[D]an't see why you'[B]d
want [C]to live [G]here
[D]Billboards reach past [B]the
[C]tallest [G]buildings
[D]You can't swim in a [B]town [C]this shallow
[G]As [D]you will most assuredly
[B]dro[C]wn tomorrow[G]