Capo 8
[D] : x5403x
Intro
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 x2)
[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]
