Some day they’re gonna write about us
Living here in the shadow of this gathering dust
As the waves build up and drown the light
While we’re hanging from buildings on a Saturday night
And the words she said, I could barely hear
Over the blare of the speakers and the smell of beer
When she got up to speak she lifted her dress
I remember her face, but I forget the rest

Here in California I was
Just a name and a number
A face on a tumbler
Here in California we’re all
Stuck in the same scene
All nightmares and daydreams
In California

She said I got money, but I got no friends
As we drove through the valley in her daddy’s Benz
She said these pills wear off, but the pain don’t end
I never thought it would matter so much to pretend

And the thing about her that haunts me still
As her hands fell down to the steering wheel
And a shock of light fell across her face
She said there’s only two ways out of this place

Here in California I was
Just a name and a number
A face on a tumbler
Here in California we’re all
Stuck in the same scene
All nightmares and daydreams
In California

Oh, I hope it's clear
There’s no room for us anymore in the atmosphere
But darling I always liked
The desperation in your eyes
The way you dance in the glow of the Hollywood freeway lights

Someday they’re gonna forget about us
And we’ll wonder if we were ever good enough
It hit me last night, in this song I heard
I remember the feeling but forget all the words

Here in California I was
Just a name and a number
A face on a tumbler
Here in California we’re all
Stuck in the same scene
All nightmares and daydreams
In California
In California

When I was a boy
My daddy told me, ‘son
Don’t you ever mess with a certain type
of girl’
No, I’ve wished more than twice that I’d
taken dad’s advice
I wish it more than anything in this world
He grabbed himself a bottle and he
looked me in the eye
And he’d take a plug and wipe it from his
chin
He’d say ‘son, don’t put much part in
those matters of the heart’
I wished I had listened to him
(Chorus)
And tell me oh Jesus!
I’m asking you please
How do I make this endless heartache
cease?
Lord, I’d believe in you if you’d believe in
me too
I just want a little peace
(Come on now)

Us big city boys
We don’t think about it much
It’s all whiskey, wine, and messing
around with drugs
All these secrets that we keep
Never knowing where we’ll sleep
I guess I always thought it was enough
But I’ve got this feeling in my heart
These days of wanting more
Something to ease this weary head
So I guess I thought that girl might
redeem me from this world
Lord, I should’ve asked you instead

(Chorus)
And tell me oh Jesus!
I’m down on my knees
I know that I’m no long suffering priest
But I believe in you and could you believe
in me too
I just want a little peace
Oh lord, I just need a little peace

Capo on 5

FYI, play C/B in the following way:

E|-0-|
B|-1-|
G|-0-|
D|-0-|
A|-2-|
E|-0-|

Or alternatively:

E|-0-|
B|-3-|
G|-0-|
D|-0-|
A|-2-|
E|-0-|

You can play the following variations of the chords instead on verses 1 and 2, or
just play the full chords if you like!

E|-0-| |-0-| |—| |—| |—|
B|-1-| |-3-| |-1-| |-0-| |—|
G|—| |—| |-2-| |-0-| |—|
D|—| |—| |—| |—| |-2-|
A|—| |—| |—| |—| |-3-|
E|—| |—| |—| |—| |—|

Intro

VERSE 1

On the quiet banks of the Liffey and lakes, Dublin wrote her name.

On the broad backs of men, we never met with their pens and their stones,

they did the same,

In the hours passed in the pubs, all the glasses were full and they were

wet to the sleeve.

And the eyes were so clear on the girl I met there,I swore Id never leave.

CHORUS

And the young men who longed for these shores in a song,

All they wanted [C/B]was a home,

And I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the light [C/B]of dawn,

Patiently, she waits there for me to come home.

VERSE 2

Was a bleary-eyed night, drunk from the lights and the sounds of a city

awake,
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_airborne_toxic_event/dublin_crd.html )
And she stood in the crowd, her face as a shroud, leaving nothing for my eye

to take.

But a warmth was so clear, it betrayed her as nearly she glowed like those

lights on the bridge,

And a pain in my side, as I was drawn to her pride like the rise of the wind

to the ridge.

CHORUS

And the young men who longed for these shores in a song,

All they wanted [C/B]was a home,

And I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the light [C/B]of dawn,

Patiently, she waits there for me to come home.

INSTRUMENTAL – PLAY CHORUS CHORDS
VERSE 3 (stum full chords)

These waters have run red, these beaches have bled from the wounds at the

dark heart of man,

Daughters grown sharp, tongues like knives to the heart or a charm for the

curse of the land,

With prayers in their eyes, how well they’ve disguised that it’s love

they’re giving away.

But you might believe when your hard heart says leave but this one implores

you to stay.

CHORUS

And the young men who longed for these girls with our songs,

All we wanted [C/B]was a home.

She wants one too with someone heart as true as this prison [C/B]made of stone,

Patiently, she waits there for me to come home,

Patiently, I wait to be free and be home.

Thanks guys 🙂 x