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