C
I dream I'm breathing air
Bm
That no-one breathed before
Am
I've got the desert in my hair
   C
My arm gets tanned
                    Bb   C
As it hangs from a Chevy door
C
I dream the heat haze sleeps
Bm
Above the white hot sand
Am
I watch the land unfurl
           C
Around the vanishing point
                      Bb
Like the spines of a giant fan

[Chorus 1]
G
Will you be my short-wave station?
Em
Will you be my Dairy Queen?
C
Will you be my destination
Am
When I burn out of gasoline?
G
Will you be my restoration?
Em
Will you be my decline and fall?
C
Will you be my own road movie?
Am
All the roads at home are too small
Am
All the roads at home are too small
G         Bm       C          Am
  California  California  California

[Verse 2]
C
I dream I'm dragging deep
Bm
On an unfamiliar brand
Am
I watch the stub spin down
    C
The black night road
                    Bb   C
Like the fuse of a fire bomb
C
I still don't feel like sleep
Bm
In some lone motel
Am
The towns are ferris wheels
        C                                      Bb
And the streetlights spin like the stars in a carousel

[Chorus 2]
G
Will you be my short-wave station?
Em
Will you be my Dairy Queen?
C
Will you be my destination
Am
When I burn out of gasoline?
G
Will you be my restoration?
Em
Will you be my decline and fall?
        C
Will you be my own road movie?
Am
All the roads at home are too small
Am
All the roads at home are too small
G         Bm       C          Am
  California  California  California

[Bridge]
        Em
I can't afford my rent
        C
I can't afford my loan
        Am
I can't afford to fail
         C
I've got two straight weeks
                Bb
To lay waste to Babylon

[Chorus 3]
G
Will you be my short-wave station?
Em
Will you be my Dairy Queen?
C
Will you be my destination
Am
When I burn out? (California)
G
Will you be my short-wave station?
Em
Will you be my cruise control?
C
Will you be my destination
Am
Now I show signs of growing old?
G
Will you be my restoration?
Em
Will you be my decline and fall?
C
Will you be my own road movie?
Am
All the roads at home are too small
Am
All the roads at home are too small
Am                             G
All the roads at home are too small