| D | D/F# | G | D/F# | |
| He a | lways found it h | ard to t | ake her |
| Em7 | A7sus4 | D | G/D |
| She wouldn’t | listen to ad | vice |
| D | D9 | G | D/F# |
| And though he | never tried to | make her |
| Em7 | G | G/B |
| She often thought it would be | nice |
| A | A/C# | D/F# | D |
| Oh, and now she’s h | eadin’ out to Calif | ornia |
| A | |
| It’s been a | long time comin’ but she’s |
| A/C# | D/F# | D | |
| F | eeling like a woman | tonight |
| A | |
| And she | left a little letter said |
| A/C# | D/F# | |
| She’s g | onna make a stop in Ne | vada |
| G | D/F# | Em7 | A |
| Good | bye, | good | bye |
| Bm7 | A/C# |
| D | D/F# | G | D/F# |
| She tried for y | ears to be a | good wife |
| Em7 | A7sus4 | D | G/D |
| It never | quite got off the | ground |
| D | D9 | G | D/F# |
| And all those | stories of the | good life |
| Em7 | G | G/B |
| Convinced her not to hang | around |
| A | A/C# | D/F# | D |
| Oh, and now she’s h | eadin’ out to Calif | ornia |
| A | |
| And she | doesn’t know what’s comin’ but |
| A/C# | D/F# | D | |
| She’s s | ure of what she’s leaving be | hind |
| A | |
| And she | left a little letter said |
| A/C# | D/F# | |
| She’s g | onna make a stop in Ne | vada |
| G | D/F# | Em7 | A |
| Good | bye, | good | bye |
| Bm7 | A/C# |
Interlude over verse chords
| D | D/F# | G | Em7 | A7sus4 | D | C | A | D |
| D | D/F# | G | D/F# |
| And though she f | inds it hard to | leave him |
| Em7 | A7sus4 | D | G/D |
| She knows it | would be worse to | stay |
| D | D9 | G | D/F# |
| He wouldn’t | understand the | reasons |
| Em7 | G | G/B |
| That make a woman run aw | ay |
| A | A/C# | D/F# | D |
| Oh, and now she’s h | eadin’ out to Calif | ornia |
| A | |
| With some | money in her pocket she’s a |
| A/C# | D/F# | D | |
| R | ocket on the fourth of Ju | ly |
| A | |
| And she | left a little letter said |
| A/C# | D/F# | D | |
| She’s g | onna make a stop in Ne | vada |
This A is the A that starts the next line...
| G | D/F# | Em7 | A |
| Good | bye, | good | bye |
| A | A/C# | D/F# | D |
| Oh, and now she’s h | eadin’ out to Calif | ornia |
| A | |
| With some | money in her pocket she’s a |
| A/C# | D/F# | D | |
| R | ocket on the fourth of Ju | ly |
| A | |
| And she | left a little letter said |
| A/C# | D/F# | |
| She’s g | onna make a stop in Ne | vada |
| G | D/F# | Em7 | A |
| Good | bye, | good | bye |
| Bm7 | A/C# | D | G | Em7 | A | D |