1. Verse

  A
  I'm Americas sweetheart
  Tryin' to get away

     C#m
  You make it hard to leave, but it's easier for me to

  F#m              E
  Stay, why I'm so afraid

2. Verse
           A
  And I've had it up to here with the fightining, Baby we're not
   C#m
  fooling anyone these days
                F#m
  I don't wanna stray
              E
  But boy I'm so afraid

Pre-chorus
               D                  A
  But its not love that keeps me here,
                E              F#m
  And its not what you want to hear
  D      E
  So I'm going

Chorus

   A
  Back to Santa Monica, New York to L.A.
   C#m
  Never coming back, boy no matter
                 F#m              E
  what you do or say, cause I'm so afraid

            A
  And I've had it up to here, with the panic and the fear
           C#m
  There's nothing in your heart
  Thought that i can make you
   F#m                E
  change, But I'm so afraid

3. Verse

   A
  We were just teenagers when we fell in love
  C#m
  Driving in your fast car,
                        F#m                   E
  looking at the stars above, But it was not enough

4. Verse

               A
  You should never come between a woman and her dream
         C#m
  And a man who never knew his place
                  F#m                              E
  There's no easy way, to come back from where you came

Pre-Chorus

                D                  A
  But it's not love that keeps me here
                E                F#m
  And it's not what you want to hear
           D        E
  So baby now I'm going

Chorus

   A
  Back to Santa Monica, New York to L.A.
   C#m
  Never coming back, boy no matter what you do
     F#m                E
  or say, cause I'm so afraid

            A
  And I've had it up to here, with the panic and the fear
   C#m
  Nothing in your heart
                                     F#m
  Boy I thought that i can make you change
              E
  But I'm so afraid


Pre-Chorus
                D                  A
  And it's not love it's just the fear
              E                  F#m
  You've put down for all these years

       D           E
  But I'm leaving now
  I'm going

Chorus

   A
  Back to Santa Monica, New York to L.A.
   C#m
  Never coming back boy no matter what you do
     F#m                   E
  or say, I am done being afraid

            A
  And I've had it up to here, with the panic and the fear
            C#m
  There's nothing in your heart
                                 F#m
  I thought that I can make you change
          E
  I'm so afraid


Ending Chorus
               A
  Oh it's not love that keeps me here
            C#m
  it's not love that keeps me here
                  F#m
  I'm done being afraid
                  E
  I am done being afraid
         A
  Oh oh oh