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California Skies - Mikey Wax
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Transcribed by: Don McCurdy
Tuning: Standard
Note: Most of the chords in the chorus should be played a split second after the
word they're next to.
(Intro: Bm F#m A E )
Verse I:
F#m A
Faster than a plane
E
Flies over your head
Bm F#m D
Faster than the autumn leaves turn snow under your sled
A E
I'm suddenly alive, as California skies
Bm F#m D
Melt away the thoughts that have been frozen in my mind
Chorus:
F#m A
Are you running from the pain?
E
I Am,
E7 D
I hope that love will save the day
F#m A
How much longer will you wait?
E D
I don't know, as long as it takes
F#m A
And what if everything’s the same?
E
I don’t know
E7 D
I hope that love will save the day
( D F#m E C# )
Verse II:
F#m A
Faster than her words
E
Get tangled up in lies
Bm F#m D
Faster than the wind can blow her hair over her eyes
A E
I'm suddenly alive as California skies
Bm F#m D
Melt away the thoughts that have been frozen in my mind
Chorus II:
F#m A
Are you running from the pain?
E
I may,
E7 D
I hope that love will save the day
F#m A
How much longer will you wait?
E E7 D
I don't know, as long as it takes
F#m A
And what if everything’s the same?
E E7 D
Oh well,
I hope that love will save the day
Instrumental:
( D F#m E C# D )
( F#m A E D F#m A E C# )
D F#m A
And what if everything’s the same?
E E7
I don’t care, I hope that love will
D
save the day
( D F#m E C# )
Verse I:
F#m A
Faster than a plane
E
Flies on overhead
Bm F#m D
Faster than the autumn leaves turn snow under your sled
A
I'm suddenly alive,
E
As California skies
Bm F#m D
Melt away the thoughts that have Been frozen in my mind
(Repeats and fades out:)
( D F#m A E )
I think that love will save the day
Love will save the day
