Em

D    C       Em
California dreamer 
D        C          Em
Tell me why did you go? 
D              C     B      Em
I carved your ever fading figure 
D         C     B    Em
Into the ever dying snow 

Am        G#aug                           Em
I'll be around, I'll be around, I'll be around 
Am       G#aug      Em
Like a teenager in town 
Am             G#aug                   Em
Where all the other young lovers are found 

       Em              D              C  G
And I think I mighta heard you on the radio 
         Am    B               Em
But the radio waves were like snow 

Em

D               C              Em
And you were dreaming of Los Angeles 
D              C               Em
While I was singing songs you wrote 
D            C    B         Em
You quietly gave away the winter clothes I made for you 
      D        C    B       Em
While I made angels in the snow 

Am            G#aug            Em
I would have left if you just asked me to 
Am         G#aug           Em
Or come to me before the preacher 
Am              Ab
Now you're a survivor 

             Em               D              C  G
And I just thought I mighta heard you on the radio 
         Am    B               Em
But the radio waves were like snow 
    Em               D              C  G
I thought I mighta heard you on the radio 
         Am    B               Em
But the radio waves were like snow 

        Am          Em
Do the young stay pretty? 
        B            C
Do the pretty stay quick? 
     G             Am      C
You know, but you never surrender 
                  Em D      C     G
The city doesn't belong to you anymore 
Am   B       Em
California dreamer 

Em

Em
You dream of seasons that never die 

You go to oceans that never touch the ice 

You dream of seasons that never die 

You go to oceans that never touch the ice 

You dream of seasons that never die 

You go to oceans that never touch the  

I surrender, the city to slender 

Creatures getting younger and younger 

       Em              D              C  G
And I think I mighta heard you on the radio 
         Am    B               Em
But the radio waves were like snow 
      Em              D              C  G
Oh I think I mighta heard you on the radio 
         Am    B               Em
But the radio waves were like snow 

        Am          Em
Do the young stay pretty? 
        B            C
Do the pretty stay quick? 
     G             Am      C
You know, but you never surrender 
                  Em D      C     G
The city doesn't belong to you anymore 
Am   B       Em
California dreamer 

Am        G#aug                           Em
I'll be around, I'll be around, I'll be around 
Am       G#aug      Em
Like a teenager in town 
Am            G#aug                     G                C
With all the other young lovers their mothers may have found 
Am   G#aug   Em
California dreamer