Cardboard California Chords - Neil Sedaka

Intro

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Verse

C D7 Nothing is real in cardboard California F Am7 Em Just waking up brings you down C D7 One lousy deal is cardboard California F Am7 Gm6 Am7 You just can't survive in a make-believe town

Verse

Em7 G Em Lost in a city of little tin gods F#m7 F Gm Dm7 Cold plastic people with phony facades Em A7 Em How can you win when you look at the odds

Chorus

Dm Em F Em7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 You're running down a one way street Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 Nobody cares if you sur vive Fm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Sometimes you beg or you don't eat Abmaj7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 You gotta fight to stay a live Cmaj7 Fmaj7 C Hey, Fmaj7 Dm7 F C you're never gonna get away

Verse

A D6 Am7 D Am7 D Am7 Where's the world you used to know Am7 D Am7 D Am7 G Am7 Where did all the good times go Dm Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Look around your hopes and dreams are gone Fmaj7 G A7 But like a fool you still keep hanging on A7 D7 Am7 hanging on Instruental A D Am D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 Dmaj7 Am7 D Am D Am7 D

Verse

F Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Come and be a movie star Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Come and drive a fancy car Fmaj7 C Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Come and see, Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 E Am7 G9 what you really are

Verse

Am7 Am Amaj7 Look in the mirror, mirrors don't lie Gm7 You're getting older, your time's past you by G Am Em You lost your shot to some younger guy

Chorus

D F Em7 Dm7 Em Fmaj7 You're running down a one way street F Em7 Dm7 Em Fmaj7 Fm7 Nobody cares if you sur vive Fm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm Abmaj7 Sometimes you beg or you don't eat Abmaj7 Gm7 Fm Gm Abmaj7 You gotta fight to stay a live Cmaj7 Fmaj7 C Hey, Fmaj7 Dm7 F C you're never gonna get away

Outro

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C D Nothing is real in cardboard California F Am7 Just waking up brings you down C D7 One lousy deal is cardboard California F Am7 You just can't survive in a make-believe town