La River

F Fmaj7/E Dm C Went down to the banks of the LA river Am C Had to hop a chain link fence F Fmaj7/E Dm C Concrete walls on the LA river Am C Water lapping up on the cement Bb F Oh but I love my new home C Bb Listen to the big city sound F Watching that LA river roll down Am7 G#aug(maj7b9) Gm7 By the trains past Chin---a town F Fmaj7/E Dm C Dip my fingers in the warm black water Am C Raw red skin on my knees F Fmaj7/E Dm C Sail my boat down the LA river Am C Thought I saw a body in the weeds Bb F Oh but I love my new home C Bb Listen to the big city sound F Watching that LA river roll down Am7 G#aug(maj7b9) Gm7 By the trains past Chin---a town F Gm7 Hey Hey F Gm7 One hundred ways to get to highland park F Gm7 One thousand bits of glass buried in my yard F Gm7 I took the 405 I took the 10 F Gm7 I’ll be mailing letters to my west side friends F Gm7 I needed and received those twisted webs I spun F Gm7 This woman on the metro swears to me that I’m her son F Gm7 I came for benediction my graceless childhood gods F Gm7 They had me face down licking pavement like a dog F Gm7 God bless CheChe’s pizza, God bless the house of pies F Gm7 I’ll be shedding toxic additives until the day I die F Gm7 Make adjustments to ambition, make me a set of keys F Gm7 Made up my mind I think we that should call it Los Police and Bb F Oh but I love my new home C Bb Listen to the big city sound F Watching that LA river roll down Am7 G#aug(maj7b9) Gm7 By the trains past Chin---a town F Gm7 Hey yeah F Gm7 Doo Doo do, doo do F Gm7 Doo Doo do, doo do F Gm7 Doo Doo do hmmm