C C C Cadd2 C C C There is a city by the sea C Cadd2 Am Am A gentle company Am Asus2 Em F F G G I don't suppose you want to? C C C Cadd2 C C C And as it tells its sorry tale C Cadd2 Am Am In harrowing detail Am Asus2 Em F F G G Its hollowness will haunt you [Chorus] Dm Dm Dm Dm Its streets and boulevards F F Fadd2 Am Am Asus2 Orphans and oligarchs it hears Dm Dm Dm F F Fadd2 A plaintive melody, truncated symphony Am G An ocean's garbled vomit on the shore: F F G G C Los Angeles, I'm yours C C C Cadd2 C (x3) C C F F G G [Verse 2] C C C Cadd2 C C C O ladies, pleasant and demure C Cadd2 Am Am Hollow-cheek'd and sure Am Asus2 Em F F G G I can see your undies C C C Cadd2 C C C And all the boys you drag about C Cadd2 Am Am On empty, fallow fount Am Asus2 Em F F G G From Saturdays to Mondays. [Chorus] Dm Dm Dm Dm You hill and valley crowd F F Fadd2 Am Asus2 Hanging your trousers down at heel. Dm Dm Dm F F Fadd2 This is the realest thing, as ancient choirs sing Am G A dozen blushing cherubs wheel above F F G G C Los Angeles, my love. [Solo] C C C Cadd2 C (x2) [Verse 3] D D D Dsus2 D D D O what a rush of ripe elan! D Dsus2 Bm Bm Languor on divans Bm Bsus2 F#m G G A A Dalliant and dainty! D D D Dsus2 D D D But oh the smell of burnt cocaine, D Dsus2 Bm Bm The dolor and decay Bm Bsus2 F#m G G A A It only makes me cranky [Chorus] Dm Dm Dm O great calamity, F F Fadd2 Am Asus2 Ditch of iniquity and tears Dm Dm Dm F F Fadd2 How I abhor this place, its sweet and bitter taste Am G Has left me wretched, wretching on all fours F F G G C Los Angeles, I'm yours F F G G C Los Angeles, I'm yours F F G G C Los Angeles, I'm yours F F G G C F F G G C