California Earthquake (A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On)

California Earthquake (A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On) easy guitar chords by Rodney Crowell

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    There was 
    a California 

    earthquake 
    in 
    the 
    year 
    of 
    '83 

    It shook 
    the 
    living 
    daylights 
    out 
    of the 

    Owens 
    County 
    Seat 

    There weren't 
    building 
    still left 
    standing 

    when the 
    dust 
    had cleared 
    away 

    Just 
    rumble 
    in 
    the dis
    tance 
    all 
    the 

    way 
    to San 
    An
    drea 

    Verse 2
    Sherman 
    Buck 
    was 
    driving 
    in 

    his 
    old 
    mule into 
    town 

    When 
    big 
    one 
    came 
    that 
    shook 
    so 
    hard 

    that 
    it 
    knocked 
    him 
    to 
    the ground 

    Lord, they 
    opened 
    up 
    a hole 
    so 
    big 

    that 
    he 
    knew 
    his 
    time was 
    up

    Lord, 
    it 
    swallowed 
    up 
    that 
    poor old 
    mule, 

    and 
    it just 
    missed 
    Sherman 
    Buck 

    Verse 3
    California 
    earthquake, 

    you 
    just 
    don't 
    know 
    what 
    you've 
    done 

    We 
    might 
    fall 
    off 
    in 
    the 
    ocean, 
    Lord, 

    you'll 
    never 
    make 
    us 
    run 

    You're 
    a part
    ner 
    of 
    the devil, 

    Lord, 
    we ain't 
    afraid 
    of 
    him 

    We'll 
    build 
    ourselves 
    an
    other 
    town, 

    so 
    you can 
    tear 
    it 
    down 
    again 

    Interlude 1


    Then 
    Verse 4
    came 
    the quake 
    of 
    '99 that 

    levelled 
    Mission 
    Creek 

    The earth 
    was 
    like 
    an 
    ocean 
    churning 

    with 
    waves 
    of 
    20 feet 

    Lord, 
    it 
    sounded 
    like 
    a thousand 
    trains 

    were 
    screaming 
    under
    ground 

    Clean 
    across 
    to San 
    Joachim, 

    folks 
    heard 
    that 
    mournful 
    sound 

    Verse 5
    California 
    earthquake, 

    you just 
    don't 
    know 
    what 
    you've 
    done 

    We 
    might 
    fall 
    off in 
    the 
    ocean, 
    Lord, 

    you'll 
    never 
    make 
    us 
    run 

    You're 
    partner 
    of 
    the devil, 
    Lord, 

    we ain't 
    afraid 
    of 
    him 

    We'll 
    build 
    ourselves 
    an
    other 
    town, 

    so 
    you can 
    tear 
    it 
    down 
    again 


    Verse 6
    Then 
    came 
    one 
    day the holocaust, 
    Lord, 

    on 
    rock
    s of 
    Francisco 
    Bay 

    Miles 
    of walls 
    came 
    a- 
    tumbin' down, 

    just like 
    Jericho 
    on 
    that 
    day 

    Might near 
    everything 
    the earthquake 
    missed, 

    holy fire 
    consumed 

    Just left 
    'em 
    whole in smokin' 
    ashes, 

    what 
    dream 
    can't be 
    ruined 

    Verse 7
    California 
    earthquake, 

    you 
    just 
    don't 
    know 
    what 
    you've 
    done 

    You might 
    lay 
    us 
    'neat 
    the ground 
    some 
    day, 

    but 
    you'll 
    never 
    make 
    us 
    run 

    You're 
    partner 
    of 
    the devil, 
    Lord, 

    we ain't 
    afraid 
    of 
    him 

    We'll 
    build 
    ourselves 
    an
    other 
    town, 

    so 
    you can 
    tear 
    it 
    down 
    again 

    Verse 8
    Lord, 
    we'll 
    build 
    ourselves 
    an
    other 
    town, 

    so you can 
    tear 
    it 
    down 
    again 

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