(Eb)You got in so late.
It’s Sun day morn ing.
(Bbsus)Said that you were leav ing, let ting (Bbsus)go of us.
Oh,
Where did we go wrong?
Oh.
yeah,
mm.
And (Eb)now you say you’re leav ing Cal i for nia, (Bbsus)got ta head back east and wan na (Bbsus)leave to night,
pack your things and go,
oh.
yeah.
But if you (Bb5)run
(Bb)a
(Eb)way,
(Ab)I
(Bb5)won’t
be
al
right.
(Eb)E ven if the sun crash es in to us, I (Fm7)won’t let go, I (Ab)won’t let go.
And (Eb)I can be your light.
Stay with me to night, I (Fm7)won’t let go, I (Ab)won’t
(Bb)let
(Eb)go.
Oh,
(Bb)oh,
oh,
(Cm7)oh,
oh,
yeah,
yeah.
Yeah.
(Eb)Pick up all the piec es, fight to hold on, (Bbsus)put them back to geth er; do it (Bbsus)all for love.
Oh,
nev er let it go.
Oh
yeah,
mm.
’Cause (Eb)I don’t need a rea son just to hold you, (Bbsus)wipe all of your tears and look you (Bbsus)in the eye.
Ba by, please don’t go,
oh,
yeah.
But if you (Bb5)run
(Bb)a
(Eb)way,
(Ab)I
(Bb5)won’t
be
al
right.
(Eb)E ven if the sun crash es in to us, I (Fm7)won’t let go, I (Ab)won’t let go.
And (Eb)I can be your light.
Stay with me to night, I (Fm7)won’t let go, I (Ab)won’t
(Bb)let
(Eb)go.
Oh,
(Bb)oh,
oh,
(Cm7)oh,
oh,
yeah,
yeah.
Yeah.
(Eb)Now you say you’re leav ing Cal i for nia.
This page shows “Leaving California” by Maroon 5 in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Ab at 96 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.