California English chords by Vampire Weekend
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Verse 1
(C major) Wouldn't ever gag you with a spoon,
my only true love
Never really heard you speak that way,
it's unworthy of
Funny how that little (F major) college girl
called language (C major) corrupt
Funny how the other private schools (F major)
had no Hapa Club (C major)
Verse 2
Someone (C major) took a trip before
you came to ski in the Alps
Your father moved across the country
just to sunburn his scalp
Contra Costa, Contra Mundum,
(G major) contradict what (C major) I say
Living like (G major) the French Connection,
but we'll die in LA (F major) (C major)
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Verse 3
(G major) Blasted from a disconnected
(C major) light switch
(G major) Through the condo that they'll
never finish (C major)
(G major) Bounced across a Saudi satel (C major) lite dish
And (G major) through your brain to
California English (C major)
Interlude 1
(C major)
Verse 4
(C major) No one sits inside a freezing flat
and (F major) stays there (C major) 'til May
Leafing through a stack of A
to Z's to surf the UK
Waiting with the wind against your
face and gel in your hair
Shivering in little undershirts,
but don't seem to (F major) care (C major)
Verse 5
(E minor) Blasted from a (G major) disconnected
light (C major) switch
Through (G major) the condo that they'll never finish
(C major) (G major) Bounced across a Saudi satellite dish
And (C major) (G major) through your brain
to California (C major) English
Sweet (G major) carob
Verse 6
(C major) rice (G major) cake
She (F major) don't care how the (C major) sweets taste
(F major) Fake Philly cheese steak
But (G major) she use real (C major) toothpaste
(F major) 'Cause if that
Verse 7
Tom's don't work
(E minor) If it just makes you (G major) worse (F major)
Would you loose all of you (G major) faith
in the (C major) good Earth (F major)
Verse 8
And if it's (F major) all a (C major) curse
And (E minor) we're just getting (G major) worse (F major)
Baby, please don't (G major) lose your faith in the (C major) good earth (F major)
Interlude 2
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(G major) (C major)
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(C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 9
(G major) Blasted from a disconnected
light switch (C major)
(G major) Through the con (F major) do (G major) that
they'll never finish (C major)
(G major) Bounced across a Saudi satel (C major) lite dish
And through (G major) your brain to California English
(C major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 10
(E minor) Blasted (G major) from a disconnected
light (C major) switch (F major) (C major)
(G major) Through the condo that
they'll never finish (F major) (C major)
(G major) Bounced across a Saudi
satellite (C major) dish
And through (G major) your brain to California English
(C major)
California English
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