California chords by
James Taylor
James Taylor
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell

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Key: B major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Sitting in a park in Paris,
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France
Reading the news and it sure
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looks bad
They won't give peace a chance
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That was just a dream some of us had
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Still a lot of lands to see
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But I wouldn't wanna stay here
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It's too old and cold
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and settled in its ways here
Verse 2
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Oh, but California
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California, I'm coming home
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I'm going to see the folks I dig
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I'll even kiss a Sunset pig
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California, I'm coming home
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Verse 3
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I met a redneck on a Grecian isle
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Who did the goat dance very well
He gave me back my smile
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But he kept my camera to sell
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Oh the rogue, the red, red rogue
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He cooked good omelets and stews
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And I might have stayed
on with him there
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But my heart cried out for you, California
Verse 4
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Oh, California, I'm coming home
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Oh, make me feel good, rock 'n' roll band
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I'm your biggest fan
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California, I'm coming home
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Verse 5
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Oh, it gets so lonely
When you're walking
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And the streets are full of strangers
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All the news of home you read
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Just give you the blues
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Just give you the blues
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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So I bought me a ticket
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I caught a plane to Spain
Went to a party down a red
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dirt road
There were lots of pretty people there
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Reading Rolling Stone, reading Vogue
They said,
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"How long can you hang around?"
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I said, "A week, maybe two
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Just until my skin turns brown
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Then I'm going home
to California"
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California,
Verse 7
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I'm coming home
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Oh, will you take me as I am
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Strung out on another man
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California, I'm coming home
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Verse 8
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Oh, it gets so lonely
When you're walking
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And the streets are full of strangers
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All the news of home you read
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More about the war
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And the bloody changes
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Oh, will you take me as I am?
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Will you take me as I am?
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Will you?
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Will you take me as I am?
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Take me as I am
Outro 1
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