Intro Am C GVerse G D/F# C9 Just another bunch of would be desperados G D/F# Em7 C9 Failing to pace themselves against the grain G D/F# Em7 C9 Am C G Strung out on semantics, Holiday-Inn vigilantes, late night, early townVerse 1:
G D/F# C9 Just another bunch of torn-down college graduates G D/F# Em7 C9 Trying to find a place to sit down for a while G D/F# Em7 C9 Am C G Too pumped up to fake it, too belligerent to take it, sitting down, early townC9 G Oh Los Angeles, how do you sleep D/F# Em C G You seem so full of cocaine and self belief D/F# Em7 A D If I could get me some, I'd take it and I'd run Am C G Oh but it's just another late night, early town C9 G D/F# Em7 C9 G D/F# C9 La, la, la, la, laVerse 2:
G D/F# C9 Is it too late, to be postmodern lovers G D/F# Em C9 Is it too late, to straighten out the show G D/F# Em C9 Am C G The sky is turning gray, and now the after-party fades, we're coming down, on an early townCoda G C9 A spectra-vision girl G C9 A spectra-vision girl G C9 A spectra-vision girl G C9 A spectra-vision girl G C9 A spectra-vision girl G C9 Ah those spectra-vision girlsC9 G Oh Los Angeles, how do you sleep D/F# Em C G You seem so full of cocaine and self belief D/F# Em7 A D If I could get me some, I'd take it and I'd run Am C G Oh but it's just another late night, early town C9 G Late night, early town D/F# Em C G Am I supposed to sleep, here all alone D/F# Em7 A C9 'Neath the shadow of the mini-bar, with the promise of a spectra-vision girl