C             D7        F          G7        C
I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in L.A.

               D7           F               G7               C
What a drag to realize that everything's so different and so same

F          G7                 C                   Am
All my California friends are searching for their minds

         F                G7                     C
And it's been right there in their heads all the time



     F          C     Am
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you

                     C
Ha ha there ain't no way



C          D7      F            G7              C
California Charlie met me at my room when I got in

           D7
We toasted country picking 

        F                    G7         C
And the help of all our good and mutual friends

F                  G7            C             Am
Before the morning came we put a handle on the world

      F               G7             C
And decided that we'd give it to the squirrels



     F          C     Am
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you

                     C
Ha ha there ain't no way



C               D7           F               G7         C
Soaking up that sunshine and eating eggs and bacon over light

                      D7         F             G7                 C
Sleeping through the daytime and contemplating sin throughout the night

F                 G7              C               Am
Please hand me my hat and darling give me back my things

    F         G7                C
Ole T's got a bunch of songs to sing



     F          C     Am
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you

                     C
Ha ha there ain't no way



C                     D7         F       G7             C
I like California and I wouldn't want to put it down no way

                        D7       F                    G7             C
But I heard what you're thinking and it ain't exactly what I want to say

F           G7               C               Am
Someday California I'll come roarin' back to you

   F                     G7             C
If you don't fall in the ocean before I do



     F          C     Am
L.A. blues L.A. blues you want me to be like you

                     C
Ha ha there ain't no way