Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

I'm just trying to make a living

I'm an old man at 39

Two kids and an ex-wife

Moved up to Riverside

Working down on the border

Driving back roads every night

Mountains east of El Cajon

North of the Tecate Line

Well the California summer sun will burn right to your soul

In the winter you can freeze to death

In the California snow

I catch the ones I'm able to

Watch the others slip away

I know some by their faces

And I even know some by name

Guess they think that we're all movie stars and millionaires

Guess that they still believe that dreams come true up here

But I bet the weather's warmer down in Mexico

And no one ever tells them 'bout the California snow

Last winter found a man and wife

Just about day break

Laying in a frozen ditch

South of the interstate

I wrapped 'em both in blankets

But she'd already died

Next day we sent him back alone

Across the borderline

Don't know where they came from

Or where they planned to go

But he carried her all night long

Through the California snow

Sometimes when I'm alone out here

I get to thinking about my life

Maybe I should go to Riverside

And try to fix things with my wife

Maybe just get in my truck

And drive as far as I can go

Away from all the ghosts that haunt

The California snow

Well the California summer sun can burn right to your soul

In the winter you can freeze to death

In the California snow

In the winter you can freeze to death

In the California snow

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