G Em D C G

[Verse 1]
G
What's a heartland girl doin' way out there
Bm                               G
They say you'll get tattooed and purple hair
Em
You'll miss the Friday night lights
Em                               C
And the county fair and that's a pity
C        G
They say traffic there is a perfect
G                 D                  G
Mess, how you get around's anybody's guess
G         Em                                      C
You gotta wheel and deal in stiletto heels in the city
C    Am                              G      Dm
They say it's beautiful but it ain't always pretty

[Chorus 1]
C                             G
Nothing good comes out of California
G       Em                                   C
They'll convert your heart and we'll have to reform ya
G                           Em
Dance with the devil in the city of angels
G                   C
They don't know the words to the star spangled
C                              G          A
Girl, you can't say we didn't try to warn ya
A                       Bm      G
That nothing good comes out of California

[Verse 2]
G
In motel off Heartache and Vine
G                                D        G
That sits in the shadow of the Hollywood sign
A                      Em                      C
I see a few stars from time to time and take a picture
C         G
Oh, and I gotta dream burnin' inside my heart
G
Songs to write on this guitar
Em                                   D              C
No matter where I go I never get too far from their whispers

[Chorus 2]
C                                       G
They say nothing good comes out of California
E                                             C
They'll convert your heart and we'll have to reform ya
Am    G                                     Em
Can't trust a place where the sun shines all the time
     G
With plastic smiles they sip their wine
Em                            G           A
Girl, you can't say we didn't try to warn ya
Am           Bm                G          Em     D C G
That nothing good comes out of California

[Bridge]
E                                                      A
Guess I'll have to write a song that makes my hometown sing along
A   Am                                 Dm
The cynics and critics, I'll prove 'em wrong

[Chorus 3]
C                   Em          G
Nothing good comes out of California
G        Em     E                            C
They'll convert your heart and we'll have to reform ya
G
Dance with the devil in the city of angels
G                                      C
They don't know the words to the star spangled
C     Em                       A
Girl, you can't say we didn't try WE DIDN’T TRY to warn ya
Am                       D
That nothing good comes out,
G                    Em
I tried to make you proud,
Em       Am                Em      G
Even if nothing good comes out of California