Tom: Em
For the intro, first verse and the last verse use this pattern:
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Am Em C D
[Verse 1]
Am
I was making Japanese
Em
And she's watching DVDs
C D
In Oakland, in Oakland
Am
Now I'm driving up the 5
Em
And she waits till I arrive
C D
In Oakland, in Oakland
Am
Everything, that I wanted
Em
Only gotta drive for the moment
C
If you tell me "turn around," then I'm on it
D
For the moment, but you know me
Am
You know how I get when I'm lonely
Em
I think about you and the moments
C D
But everything you do is so Oakland, so Oakland
[Chorus]
Am
Foot on the gas
Em
I'm just trying to pass
C
All the red lights
D
And the stop signs
Am
I'm ready to go
Em
Before I get to The Bay, Babe, that's a problem
C
Because I'm way too scared to call
D
And you might get me to stay, no
[Verse 2]
Am
I don't really want to drive
Em
But I think I'd rather die
C D
In Oakland, in Oakland
Am
With my hands on two and ten
Em
So I guess it all depends
C D
On Oakland, on Oakland
Am
And I'm nervous, truth be told
Em
I never saw me growing old
C D
In Oakland, in Oakland
Am
And if I married you tonight
Em
It would probably start a riot
C D
In Oakland, in Oakland
[Verse 3]
Am
Everything, that I needed
Em
Now I finally got you in your feelings
C
Everything you won't say, you tweet it
D Am
And a nigga don’t like that shit at all
Am
So retreating
Em
Can we just roll with the feeling?
C
Can we just roll for a minute?
D
Wait a minute
[Chorus 2]
Am
Foot on the gas
Em
I'm just trying to pass
C
All the red lights
D
And the stop signs
Am
I'm ready to go
Em
And I'm really not ready girl, that's a problem
C
Because I'm way too scared to call
D
And you might get me to stay, no
[Bridge]
Am
All the girlfriends saying "here we go again"
Em
Rich kid but he act like a gentleman
C
Last one didn't end like it should've been
D
Two dates and he still wanna get it in
Am
And you're saying it's because of the Internet
Em
Try once and it's on to the next chick
C D
X-O the O face on your exes...right?
And we can do the same
Am
thing if you wanna have better
Em
When your thoughts can't breathe and you thinking asthmatic
C
And you wanna be a mom and I wasn't mad at her
D
I was thinking 'bout me, I'd be really bad at it
Am
Cause I'm thinking 'bout me, weeks in Dubai
Em C
Fourth of July, house in Kauai, yeah we can try
D
So let's try
[Verse 4]
(Intro 2x)
Am
I took off my nine to five
Em
But you still don't have the time to
C D
kiss me (just hit me)
Am
And if I left you all alone,
Em
would you still pick up the phone
C D
It's iffy, you miss me
Am Em
I got furniture to move, and we'll both be thirty soon
C D
In Oakland, in Oakland
Am
The only one I know is you,
Em
so the fuck I'm supposed to do?
C D
In Oakland, in Oakland
Am Em
In Oakland, in Oakland [x8]
Am
