Savage Garden - Santa Monica: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Santa Monica" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A             E/G#
In Santa Monica, in the wintertime
F#m         E             A
The lazy streets so undemanding
E/G#     F#m      E
I walk into the crowd

In Santa Monica, you get your coffee from
The coolest places on the promenade
Where people dress just so

C#m7             D
Beauty so unavoidable,
everywhere you turn it's there
C#m7                              D
I sit and wonder what am I doing here?

Chorus:
            A                  E
But on the telephone line I am anyone,
     D           E
I am anything I want to be
           F#m            E
I can be a supermodel or Norman Mailer
     D
And you wouldn't know the difference
Or would you?
A  E/G# F#m  E
Ooh

In Santa Monica
All the people got
Modern names like Jake or Mandy
And modern bodies too
In Santa Monica
On the boulevard
You'll have to dodge those in-line skaters
Or they'll knock you down

I never felt so lonely
Never felt so out of place
I never wanted something more than this

Chorus:
But on the telephone line I am anyone
I am anything I want to be
I could be a super model or Norman Mailer
And you wouldn't know the difference

On the telephone line I am any height
I am any age I want to be
I could be a caped crusader, or space invader
And you wouldn't know the difference
Or would you?
Or would you?

On the telephone line I am anyone
I am anything I want to be
I could be a super model or Norman Mailer
And you wouldn't know the difference

On the telephone line I am any height
I am any age I want to be
I could be a caped crusader, or space invader
And you wouldn't know the difference
Or would you?


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

C#m7

Guitar chord C#m7

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Santa Monica" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Santa Monica" by Savage Garden.