Key: :[Am] (w: John Stewart)

INTRO: [Am] [F] [Am] [F]

VERSE 1:
When the [Am] lights go down in the California town
[F] People are in for the [Am] evening
I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar
My [F] heart beating time with my [Am] breathing

CHORUS:
[F] Driving over Kanan, [Em] singing to my soul
There's [F] people out there turning music into [Am] gold [F]

VERSE 2:
Now my [Am] buddy Jim Bass he's a-working pumping gas
And he [F] makes two fifty for an [Am] hour
He's got rhythm in his hands as he's tapping on the cans
[F] Sings rock and roll in the [Am] shower

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK: [Am] [F]

VERSE 3:
Oh [Am] California girls are the greatest in the world
[F] Each one a song in the [Am] making
Singing right to me I can hear the melody
The [F] story is there for the [Am] taking

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK: [Am] [F] [Am] [F]

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 4:
When the [Am] lights go down in the California town
[F] People are in for the [Am] evening
I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar
My [F] heart's beating time with my [Am] breathing

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

OUTRO CHORUS:
[F] People out there turning music into [Am] gold
[F] People out there turning music into [Am] gold

BREAK: [F] [Am] [F] [Am] [F]

REPEAT OUTRO CHORUS: [x4]