New Amsterdams - From California guitar tab

This song is piano, but pick these chords and it sounds fine.

G C D Em C

G C

Uncommon amount of the time at home, hardly a word on the telephone.

D Em C

Finally find the time to get to know you.

G

Still mapping it out like a master plan,

C

something to do with my idle hands.

D Em C

Write you a letter addressed from California.

G C D Em C

G

It's vivid and strong in my memory,

C

an absence that smacks of abandoning.

D Em C

It let to the battle that ultimately destroyed us.

G

I'm nothing if I don't know your mistakes,

C

the pill is as bitter as I can take.

D Em C

It twists like a blade when I leave for California.

G F Em D C B A G

La da la la da da

G

I hope that you know this is killing me,

C

it's all in the name of the family.

D Em C

We only can play the cards the dealer dealt us.

G C

The end of the cycle is closing in, with you I see new hope begin again.

D Em C

There suddenly seems to be promise in California.

G F Em D C B A G

La da la la da da

G F

As heavy as all this is weighing me,

Em D

believe in the words I am promising.

C B A G

I'm still here for her.

G F

The distance is only an obstacle,

Em D

hardly a match for a miracle.

C B A G

I'm finally ready to go to California.