Shores of California
The Dresden Dolls
I’m not sure, but the key may actually be G#, so capo at fret 1 may be needed.
CHORDS:
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(* single notes)
INTRO:
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VERSE 1:
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he’s been trying with limited success
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to get this girl let him get into her dress
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but every time he thinks he’s getting close
she threatens death before he gets a chance
CHORUS:
and that’s the way it is in Minnesota
that’s the way it is in Oklahoma
that’s the way it’s been since protozoa
first climbed onto the shores of California
VERSE 2:
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she’s been trying with limited success
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to get him to turn out the lights and dance
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cause like a--ny girl all she really wants
is that fickle little bitch romance
that fickle little bitch romance
VERSE 3:
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and that is why a girl is called a tease
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and that is why a guy is called a sleaze
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and that’s why god made escort agencies
one life to live and mace and GHB
CHORUS:
and that’s the way it is in Minnesota
that’s the way it is in Oklahoma homa
that’s the way since the animals and Noah
first climbed onto shores of California
MIDDLE 8:
must not be too kind
stop thinking love is blind
clench your fists, yeah right
"she's just not my type"
VERSE 4:
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why all these conflicting spe-ci-fi-ca-tions
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maybe to prevent over—-popu---la-tion
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all I know is that all around the nation
the girls are cryin' the boys are masturbatin’
the girls are cryin’ the boys are masturbatin’
CHORUS:
and that’s the way it is in Minnesota
that’s the way it is in Oklahoma homa
that’s the way Aristophanes and Homer
wrote the Illiad and Lysistrata
that’s the way it is in Minnesota
that’s the way it is in Oklahoma homa
that’s the way since the ancient protozoa
first climbed onto the shores of California