🎸 Black Friday - Califormia chords by Starkid

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:

LEX:
      Gm
My mom's a bitch
    Bb
An alcoholic
    Cm
A melancholic
        Eb F
That we keep afloat
            Gm
It's time to flip the switch
         Bb
When the?problem's?chronic
        Cm
Not being hyperbolic
        Eb F
But?it's time to ghost

Pre-Chorus:
      Eb        Bb
And when the?sun shines down upon me
       Cm
I'll know I'm righteous, babe
        Eb     F
In this time of crisis, babe
       Eb          Bb
And when the sun shines down over Cali
       Cm
The future's priceless, babe
       Eb     F
The past's a virus, babe

Chorus:
       Eb Bb   Cm
'Cause we're CaliforM.I.A
  F
M.I.A
       Eb Bb Gm
'Cause we're CalifoM.I.A

Verse 2:

ETHAN:
        Gm
It beats bein' broke
        Bb
In this day and ages
        Cm
What the use of wages
           Eb   F
If you can't afford a smoke?

LEX:
      Gm
It's not a trope
      Bb
I'll be an actress
        Cm
'Cause I've had practice
    Eb  F
Selling hope

Pre-Chorus:

LEX & ETHAN:
       Eb         Bb
And when the sun shines down upon us
         Cm
We'll know we're righteous, babe
        Eb     F
We survived the crisis, babe
       Eb          Bb
And when the sun shines down over Cali
        Cm
We won't need a license
         Eb    F
'Cause love will drive us

Chorus:

LEX, ETHAN, & HANNAH:
     Eb  Bb
Oh, we're CaliforM.I.A

LEX & ETHAN:
Cm
We're missing in action
F
Addition by subtraction
   Eb  Bb Cm
We're CaliforM.I.A

LEX (spoken):
Gm
Dear Mom
Bb
It's been real - real bad
Cm
I'd say you did your best
Eb
But I'm not a liar

ETHAN (spoken):
F
Oh, L-I-E-R, babe

LEX (spoken):
Gm        Bb
We get it, Ethan, you're a good speller.
           Cm
I'm taking Hannah, as far away as we can get
  Eb            F
I'd give you an address but I don't want to
Gm            Bb
Don't write, don't call, don't ask
     Cm
Sincerely, Lex
N.C.
P.S. Get yourself a new trailer
N.C
'Cause this one is broke as shit!

Chorus:

LEX & ETHAN:
       Eb Bb   Cm
'Cause we're CaliforM.I.A
  F
M.I.A

LEX & ETHAN:
       Eb  Bb
'Cause we're Califor
  Gm Bb Cm Eb F Gm
M.I.A