Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 these days my friends don’t seem to know me

 without my suitcase in my hand

 and when I am standing still

 I seem to disappear

 but maybe that's how I found you

 maybe that's taught me exactly what I want

 maybe meeting you so far away from home

 is what makes it all so clear

Chorus

 but you got that special kind of sadness

 you got that tragic set of charms

 that only comes from time spent in Los Angeles

 makes me wanna wrap you in my arms

 when people ask me where I come from

 to see what that says about man

 I only end up giving bad directions

 that never lead them there at all

 it’s something written in the head lights

 it is something swimming in my drink

 and if I were the moon

 it’d be exactly where I fall

Chorus

 you got that special kind of sadness

 you got that tragic set of charms

 that only comes from time spent in Los Angeles

 makes me wanna wrap you in my arms

 I used to think someone would love me

 for places I have been

 and the dirt I have been gathering

 deep beneath my nails

 but now I know what I’ve been missing

 and I’m going home to make it mine

 and I'll be battening the hatches

 and pulling in the sails.

Chorus

repeat twice)

 you got that special kind of sadness

 you got that tragic set of charms

 that only comes from time spent in Los Angeles

 makes me wanna wrap you in my arms