Intro (x2): E B A B

Verse 1:
E                 B               A    B
Baby, what do you say we just get lost
           E                       B                A    B
Leave this one horse town like two rebels without a cause
         E                            B                  A     B
I've got people in Boston, ain't your Daddy still in Des Moines
       E                 B                    A   B
We can pack up tomorrow, tonight let's flip a coin

Chorus:
E               B
Heads Carolina, tails California
A                  B
Somewhere greener, somewhere warmer
E                    B
Up in the mountains, down by the ocean
A                         B
Where, it don't matter as long as we're going
E                   B
Somewhere together, I've got a quarter
A               B
Heads Carolina, tails California

Interlude: E B A B

Verse 2:
       E                       B                A  B
We can load what we own in the back of a U-Haul van
          E                 B                          A   B
Couple of modern day Moses' searching for the promised land
       E               B                        A  B
We can go four hundred miles before we stop for gas
       E               B                                 A  B
We can drive for a day and then we'll take a look at the map

Chorus:
E               B
Heads Carolina, tails California
A                  B
Somewhere greener, somewhere warmer
E                    B
Up in the mountains, down by the ocean
A                         B
Where, it don't matter as long as we're going
E                   B
Somewhere together, I've got a quarter
A               B
Heads Carolina, tails California

Interlude (x2): E B A B

Verse 3:
            E
We're gonna get outta here
           B                   A  B
If we have to ride a Greyhound bus
          E
Boy we're bound to outrun
    B                            A B
The bad luck that's been tailing us

Chorus:
E               B
Heads Carolina, tails California
A                  B
Somewhere greener, somewhere warmer
E                    B
Up in the mountains, down by the ocean
A                         B
Where, it don't matter as long as we're going
E                   B
Somewhere together, I've got a quarter
A               B
Heads Carolina, tails California
E  B  A   B             E  B  A  B
       O---oh, California!
E  B       A  B           E  B  A  B
   Carolina!     California!
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