E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-2h4p2p0-0-----------------0-----------------------------------------------| D|--------4--0-2-0-----0-2-0-------------------------------------------------| A|------------3---3-1/2------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse Lick] E|------------------------------or| play the last three notes------10p8-------| B|--------------8--7/8/15\12----| like this and skip the slide--7h8------------| G|----7h9p7------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-10------10-9--------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Chords Intro Lick G Am C -> Verse Lick (x2) G Am C -> Verse Lick Hello its been awhile G Am C -> Verse Lick You know I wished you well G Am C -> Verse Lick I wrote a song for you G Am C -> Verse Lick So break the chains and damn the cell G Am You wrote love, love is everywhere C -> Verse Lick In the notebook you gave me G Am C -> Verse Lick You made a list of joys for me and you put your name first G F#/G Em How? G F#/G Em How? G F#/G Em D How is no man is an island? G Em Well with California C B/C Am Sliding off the chart G Em Pack your suitcase up C B/C Am And make a brand new start G Em California C B/C Am Sliding Off the map G Em Hurry now, can you make it home C B/C Am Can you make it back? C B/C Am C B/C Am If nothing's built to last C D Why don't you... Intro Lick -> G Am C -> Verse Lick Just put me out on Alcatraz? G Am C -> Verse Lick G Am C -> Verse Lick I've been accused a time or two G Am C -> Verse Lick Of having sentimental attributes Of hanging on too long G Am C -> Verse Lick When nostalgia is a vice that captures a warm place in time G Am C -> Verse Lick And like a cool fog rolling in, clouding up the heart and minds G F#/G Em Whoa! G F#/G Em Whoa! G F#/G Em D Oh well no man's an island G Em Well with California C B/C Am Sliding off the chart G Em Pack your suitcase up C B/C Am And make a brand new start G Em California C B/C Am Sliding Off the map G Em Hurry now, can you make it home C B/C Am Can you make it back? C B/C Am C B/C Am If nothing's built to last C D Why don't you... Intro Lick -> G Am C -> Verse Lick Just put me out on Alcatraz? G Am C -> Verse Lick G Am C -> Verse Lick And every tear in your past, the reservoir you blink away G Am C -> Verse Lick Washing down all the hilly streets, out into the bay G Am C -> Verse Lick No man is an island, but each one does his time G Am C To see if he can tough it out, in a prison of the mind G Am C -> Verse Lick And like a note to a lover, through the blue lines you can see G Am C A chance to stay a prisoner, or an easy way to break yourself free! (Break yourself free!) G Em Whoa California C B/C Am Sliding off the chart G Em Pack your suitcase C B/C Am Baby open up your heart G Em California C B/C Am Sliding off the map G Em Hurry now, can you make it home C B/C Am Can you make it back? C B/C Am C B/C Am C B/C Am If nothing's built to last C D Why don't you... Intro Lick -> G Am C -> Verse Lick Just put me out on Alcatraz? G Am C G [Final Strum] ************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************