Intro (x2): Ebmaj7 Ab
 
(Hey)
Ebmaj7
Oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh
Ab
Oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Ebmaj7      Ab
Oh oh, oh oh
 
Verse 1:
Ebmaj7                      Ab
 Oh, I've been lying to myself
 
And I might know why
Ebmaj7                        Ab
 I miss the way you looked at me before
 
You left New York (Hey)
Ebmaj7                    Ab
 I’ve been tryin' to find help
 
'Cause I can’t deny
Ebmaj7                             Ab
 The way that I feel when I'm with you
                              Ebmaj7
Oh, I'd do anything to save ya
 
Pre-chorus:
                                     Ab
I think we need a little California 'cation
                                           Ebmaj7
We took a shot at this but maybe we're too wasted
                                         Ab
It's hard to swallow but I know we gotta chase it, oh
 
Chorus:
Ebmaj7
Slow down
                             Ab
I think that we just need to slow down, slow down (Down, down)
Ebmaj7
Turn around
                            Ab
Things were so simple way before now, 'fore now 
 
Verse 2:
Ebmaj7           Eb
 See ya, I wanna see ya, ah
Ab
 I wish you weren’t so far so I could see ya, ah
Ebmaj7    Eb
'Cita, my-mamacita
        Ab
We were comfortable, we didn’t understand but now we know
 
Pre-chorus:
Ebmaj7                                Ab
 I think we need a little California 'cation
                                           Ebmaj7
We took a shot at this but maybe we’re too wasted
                                         Ab
It's hard to swallow but I know we gotta chase it, oh
 
Chorus:
Ebmaj7
Slow down
                             Ab
I think that we just need to slow down, slow down (Down, down)
Ebmaj7
Turn around
Eb                              Ab
 Things were so simple way before now, 'fore now 
Ebmaj7
Slow down
                             Ab
I think that we just need to slow down, slow down 
 
(Need to slow down, slow down, woah)
Ebmaj7
Turn around
                            Ab
Things were so simple way before now, 'fore now  
 
(Things were so simple way before now, 'fore now)
 
Outro:
               Ebmaj7
Ee-yeah, yeah, yeah
           Ab
Oh-ooh-oh, oh
               Ebmaj7
Ee-yeah, yeah, yeah
           Ab
Oh-ooh-oh, oh
         Ebmaj7
Ee-yeah, yeah-eh
       Ab
Oh-ooh-oh, oh
         Ebmaj7
Ee-yeah, yeah-eh
              Ab
Oh-ooh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, woah
 Dit arrangement is de eigen interpretatie van de inzender, gedeeld voor privéstudie, educatie en niet-commercieel gebruik. Het onderliggende nummer, de songtekst en de muziek blijven eigendom van hun rechthebbenden. Om verwijdering aan te vragen, zie Juridische verklaring.