Coming into Los Angeles    (video)

 

    Am - C - D - F - C - E

 

      Am                   C                  D

1. Coming in from London from over the Pole,

     F              C       E

    flying in a big airliner.

      Am                  C                   D

   Chickens flying everywhere around the plane,

       F                    C             E

    could we ever feel much finer?

 

Am                 C           D      Am               C            D

Coming into Los Angeles, bringing in a couple of keys,

Am                     C                   D                   F              C     - E

don´t touch my bags, if you please, Mister Customs Man.

 

                     Am            C             D

2. There´s a guy with a ticket to Mexico,

     F                       C                 E

    no, he couldn´t look much stranger.

      Am                  C                  D

    Walking in the hall with his things and all,

        F                    C                 - E

    smiling that he was the lone         ranger.

 

+ CHORUS   + instrumental (= verse 2 & CHORUS)

 

    Am                C                   D

3. Hip woman walking on a moving floor,

      F                    C     E

    tripping on the escalator.

                     Am             C                     D

    There´s a man in the line, and he´s blowing his mind.

      F                             C        E

    thinking that he´s already made her.

 

+ CHORUS   + Am

 

    (Arlo Guthrie)