A Step out on the pourin rain
D Left out on the evening train
A I was just a little boy thinking bout the
E Memories father that you to be
Verse 2
A San Jose it's a sun drenched town
D You're road struck with the windows rolled down
A Jerry Jeff ridin high on the radio
E I wanna know why you had to go
Pre Chorus 1
Bm Took a plane to California
D End of summer 1970's
A Tellin you that you're the man
E That taught me how to sing
Bm Why did you
D Go and leave me so
A Young so young so
E Young
Chorus 1
B Tell me things that I wanna Know
E Now I'm a man with a family of my own
A Why'd you go and leave in the cold
B With the face in the mirror of the man I didn't know
B In the desert where the warm wind blows
E Where'd you go when I was so alone
A Those California nights can be so cold
B I wanna know the man I didn't know
Verse 3
A Now I'm the one with the radio song
D A wife and kid so tell me what's wrong
A I need the man in my life who made me who I am
E I don't wanna lose you again
Pre Chorus 2
Bm Took a plane to California
D End of summer 1970's
A Tellin you that you're the man
E That taught me how to sing
Bm Why did you
D Go and leave me so
A Young so long so
E Young
Chorus 2
B Tell me things that I wanna Know
E Now I'm a man with a family of my own
A Why'd you go and leave in the cold
B With the face in the mirror of the man I didn't know
B In the desert where the warm wind blows
E Where'd you go when I was so alone
A Those California nights can be so cold
B I wanna know the man I didn't know
Solo
Bm D A E x2
Chorus 3
B Tell me things that I wanna Know
E Now I'm a man with a family of my own
A Why'd you go and leave in the cold
B With the face in the mirror of the man I didn't know
B In the desert where the warm wind blows
E Where'd you go when I was so alone
A Those California nights can be so cold
B I wanna know the man I didn't know
Outro
A A B x2
I wanna know