Childish Gambino - Telegraph ave oakland
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Verse 1:
FmI was making Japanese
CmAnd she's watching DVDs
AbIn Oakland, Bbin Oakland
FmNow I'm driving up the 5
CmAnd she waits till I arrive
AbIn Oakland, Bbin Oakland
FmEverything, that I wanted
CmOnly gotta drive for the moment
AbIf you tell me "turn around," then I'm on it
GmFor the moment, but you know me
BbYou know how I get when I'm lonely
EbI think about you and the moments
CmBut everything you do is so Oakland, Gmso Oakland
Chorus:
FmFoot on the gas
CmI'm just trying to pass
AbAll the red lights
GmAnd the stop signs
AbI'm ready to go
CmBefore I get to The Bay, Babe, that's a problem
AbBecause I'm way too scared to call
GmAnd you might get me to stay, no
Verse 2:
FmI don't really want to drive
CmBut I think I'd rather die
AbIn Oakland, Gmin Oakland
FmWith my hands on two and ten
CmSo I guess it all depends
AbOn Oakland, Gmon Oakland
FmAnd I'm nervous, truth be told
CmI never saw me growing old
AbIn Oakland, Gmin Oakland
FmAnd if I married you tonight
CmIt would probably start a riot
AbIn Oakland, Gmin Oakland
Verse 3:
FmEverything, that I needed
CmNow I finally got you in your feelings
AbEverything you won't say, you tweet it
GmAnd a nigga don’t like that shiBbt at all
BbSo retreating
CmCan we just roll with the feeling?
AbCan we just roll for a minute?
GmWait a minute
Chorus 2:
FmFoot on the gas
CmI'm just trying to pass
AbAll the red lights
GmAnd the stop signs
AbI'm ready to go
CmAnd I'm really not ready girl, that's a problem
AbBecause I'm way too scared to call
GmAnd you might get me to stay, no
Bridge:
FmAll the girlfriends saying "here we go again"
CmRich kid but he act like a gentleman
AbLast one didn't end like it should've been
BbTwo dates and he still wanna get it in
FmAnd you're saying it's because of the Internet
CmTry once and it's on to the next chick
AbX-O the O face on your exes...right?
And we can do the same
Fmthing if you wanna have better
When your thoughts can't Cmbreathe and you thinking asthmatic
And you wanna be a Abmom and I wasn't mad at her
I was thinking 'bout Gmme, I'd be really bad at it
Cause I'm thinking 'bout me, weeks in Dubai
CmFourth of July, house in Kauai, yeah we can Abtry
So let's Gmtry
Verse 4:
CmWhoaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
FmI took off my nine to five
CmBut you still don't have the time to
Abkiss me (Gmjust hit me)
FmAnd if I left you all alone,
Cmwould you still pick up the phone
AbIt's iffy, Gmyou miss me
FmI got furniture to move, and we'll Cmboth be thirty soon
AbIn Oakland, Gmin Oakland
FmThe only one I know is you,
Cmso the fuck I'm supposed to do?
AbIn Oakland, Gmin Oakland [x8]