(Ab)I nev er came to the beach, or stood by the o

cean.

(Cm)I nev er sat by the (Db)shore, un der the (Cm)sun with my feet in the (Db)sand, but you brought me here,

and I’m hap py that you did,

’cause now I’m as free

as birds catch ing the wind.

(Ab)I al ways thought I would sink, so I nev er swam.

I (Cm)nev er went boat ing, don’t get (Db)how they are float ing, and (Cm)some times I get so (Db)scared of what I can’t un der stand.

But here I (Ab)am,

next to (Fm)you,

the sky is (Ab)more blue

in Ma li bu.

Next to (Ab)you

in Ma li bu,

next to (Ab)you.

(Ab)We watch the sun go down as we’re walk

ing.

I’d spend the rest of my life just stand ing here talk

ing.

You ex plain the cur rent as I just smile,

(Cm)hop ing that you’ll stay the (Db)same and noth ing will (Cm)change, and it ’ll be (Db)us, just for a (Ab)while.

Do we e ven ex ist?

That’s when I make the wish

to swim a way with the fish.

Is it s’posed to be this hot all sum mer long?

(Cm)I nev er would have be (Db)lieved you if three years a (Cm)go, you told me I’d be (Db)here wri ting this song.

But here I am,

next to (Fm)you,

the sky is (Ab)so blue

in Ma li bu.

Next to (Ab)you

in Ma li bu,

next to (Ab)you.

(Ab)Ah,

ah.

(Fm)Ah,

ah,

ah.

Next to (Fm)you,

the sky is (Ab)so blue

in Ma li bu,

next to (Ab)you.

(Ab)We are just like the waves that flow back and forth.

(Ab)Some times I feel like I’m drown ing and you’re there to save me, and I want to thank you with all of my heart.

It’s a brand new start,

a dream come true

in Ma li bu.