Why Youd Want To Live Here chords

[G]I'm in Los Angeles t[D]oday...
[D]It smells like an airport ru[C]nway.
Jet fuel ste[B]nches in the ca[C]bin
And lights fl[Cmaj7]ickering at random. [G]

[G]I'm in Los Angeles today[D] ...
Garbage cans comprise the [C]medians of [B]freeways always [C]creaping
Even whe[Cmaj7]n the population's sleep[G]ing.

An[D]d I can't see why you'd [B]want to liv[C]e here.

[G]I'm in Los Angeles today[D] ...
Asked a gas station e[C]mployee if he [B]ever had trouble [C]breathing
And he said "It[Cmaj7] varies from season to season, [G]kid."

[G]It's where our best are on [D]display...
Motion picture actors' h[C]ouses
Maps are ne[B]ver ever curr[C]ent
So save your[Cmaj7] film and $1[G]5.

[D]And I can't see why you'[B]d want to l[C]ive here. [G]
[D]Billboards reach past the[B] tallest[C] buildings,[G]
[D]"We are not perfect[B] - but we [C]sure try[G] ."
[D]As UV rays "degraded"[B] our youth [C]with time.[G]

[BRIDGE]
[G] [G] [G] [G]

[Em] [G] [A7] [C]

[Em]The vessel keeps pumping us through this [G]zentropic place
In the [A7]belly of the beast that is [C]Californ-i-a,
I[Em] drank from a faucet and I [G]kept my receipts
For when the we[A7]igh me on my way out
[C](Here nothing is free).
[Em]The greyhounds keep coming
Dumping [G]locusts into the street
Until the [A7]gutters overflow
And Los [C]Angeles thinks,
(single percussive strums)
[C] [C] [C] [C] (let it ring)
"I might explode
someday soon."

[G]It's a lovely summer's [D]day
And I can almost see a [C]skyline through a [B]thickening shroud of e[C]gos.
(Is this the [Cmaj7]city of Angeles or demons?)[G]
[G]Here the names are what remai[D]n...
Stars encapsulate the [C]golden age
And they [B]need constant cl[C]eaning for when the[Cmaj7] tourists begin salivating.[G]

[D]And I can't see why you'[B]d want to l[C]ive here. [G]
[D]Billboards reach past the [B]tallest [C]buildings, [G]
[D]You can't swim in a[B] town this[C] shallow[G] -
as [D]you will most assuredly [B]drown [C]tomorrow [G]