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California chords by Joey Ryan, Kenneth Pattengale

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  • Bm

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  • C#

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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (B minor)
(A major) (G major) (D major) (B minor) (A major)
(D major)
Verse 1
(G major) California,
California
(D major) Know I love you, California
(B minor) When I leave I know you wait for (A major) me
In the (G major) sun and in the weather no one
(D major) else has loved me better
(B minor) California (A major) you're the place for (D major) me
Los (G major) Angeles, Los Angeles My
Verse 2
(D major)
heart goes out to you and if
I make it (B minor) back I'd love to drive (A major) around (D major)
Your (G major) streets are wide and
dirty
You have raised (D major) me in a hurry
You're the city (B minor) of the (A major) an gels
yes in (D major) deed
Verse 3
(G major) San Francisco, San Francisco
(D major) Al ways busy, you're always pretty
(B minor) I can see you just across the (A major) bay
(D major) Your red (G major) bridge over the sea keeps
me (D major) safe and warm and free
On a clear day,
(A major) theres no place I'd rather (D major) be
(G major) In the mountains, in the mountains
Verse 4
(D major) No one knows you like I do
In summer (B minor) streams
or knee deep in the snow (A major)
Just like the giv (G major) ing tree
you have (D major) made a man of me (B minor)
(D major) Everyone (B minor) needs (A major) someplace beau (D major) tiful
I think everyone needs (A major) someplace
(G major) beautiful
(D major) (G major) (D major) (B minor)
Verse 5
(A major)
(G major) In the (D major) valley, (A major) (D major)
(G major) in the valley
(D major) Give me life and cradle me
The sun is (B minor) set ting as I drive ahead (A major)
(G major) Keep us and sustain us
Give us (D major) food and love and I trust
(B minor) That without you (A major) we'd all
soon be dead (D major)
(G major) In the forest, all the trees You (D major) make a
Verse 6
little child of me
(B minor) How I long to know what you have seen (A major)
All the people (G major) who are gone
All the (D major) ones who once were
strong
Oh won't you (A major) keep their fate
from claim (D major) ing me
Verse 7
In the ocean (G major) , in the sea
(D major) We have seen eternity
How can I (B minor) tell when you really (A major) end
I'll (G major) imagine that you lead
to other (D major) worlds entirely
Where we can (B minor) save ourselves
(A major) and start again
(D major) Yes we need to save ourselves (A major) and start (G major) again (D major) (G major) (D major)
(B minor) (A major) (G major)
Interlude 1
(D major) (A major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (B minor) (A major) (G major)
(D major) (B minor) (A major) (D major)
(G major) Nurse me like a mother
Verse 8
Raise me (D major) strong just like my father
Let me wander (B minor) off, discover who I (G major) am
(A major) I'll have (G major) learned your deepest lessons
gathered (D major) up your finest blessings
Return to (B minor) Califor (A major) nia once again (D major)
I'll come home to (B minor) Califor
(A major) nia once (G major) again (D major)
(G major) California, California (D major) Know I love
Verse 9
you, California
(B minor) When I leave I know you
wait for (A major) me
Cause in the (G major) sun and in the weather
No one (D major) else has loved me better
(B minor) California (A major) you're the place for (D major) me
(B minor) California (A major) you're the place for (D major) me
California (B minor) won't you (A major) save a place for
(G major) me
Outro 1
(D major) (B minor) (A major) (G major)
(D major) (B minor) (A major) (G major) (D major)
(C sharp major) (D major)
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