California original guitar chords by
Joni Mitchell
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
A
A

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E
E

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B
B
2

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E

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E

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B7sus4
B7sus4

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Verse 1
E
E

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Sitting in a park in Paris, France
A
A

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F#
F#
2

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Reading the news and it sure looks bad
They won't give peace a chance
B7
B7

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E
E

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That was just a dream some of us had
A
A

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Still a lot of lands to see
F#
F#
2

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But I wouldn't want to stay here
B7
B7

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It's too old and cold
A
A

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and settled in its ways here
Asus4
Asus4

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A
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Oh, but California
Chorus 1
E
E

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C#7
C#7
4

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California, I'm coming home
A
A

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I'm going to see the folks I dig
E/G#
E/G#
2

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B7
B7

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I'll even kiss a Sunset pig
E
E

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California, I'm coming home
Amaj7
Amaj7

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B
B
2

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E
E

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E

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B7sus4
B7sus4

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Verse 2
E
E

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I met a redneck on a Grecian isle
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A

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F#
F#
2

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Who did the goat dance very well
He gave me back my smile
B7
B7

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But he kept my camera to sell
E
E

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Oh the rogue, the red, red rogue
A
A

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He cooked good omelets and stews
F#
F#
2

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And I might have stayed on with him there
B7
B7

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But my heart cried out for you,
A
A

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Asus4
Asus4

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A

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California
Chorus 2
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E

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C#7
C#7
4

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Oh, California, I'm coming home
A
A

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Oh, make me feel good, rock'n roll band
E/G#
E/G#
2

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I'm your biggest fan
B7
B7

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E
E

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California, I'm coming home
Amaj7
Amaj7

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B
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2

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E
E

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Bridge 1
F#
F#
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A
A

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Oh, it gets so lonely when you're walking
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E

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B
B
2

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And the streets are full of strangers
F#
F#
2

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A
A

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All the news of home you read
F#
F#
2

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D
D

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Just give you the blues
B
B
2

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Just give you the blues
Interlude 1
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A

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B
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2

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E
E

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B7sus4
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Verse 3
E
E

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So I bought me a ticket
A
A

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I caught a plane to Spain
F#
F#
2

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Went to a party down a red dirt road
There were lots of pretty people there
B7
B7

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E
E

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Reading Rolling Stone, reading Vogue
A
A

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They said, "How long can you hang around?"
F#
F#
2

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I said a week, maybe two
B7
B7

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Just until my skin turns brown
A
A

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Asus4
Asus4

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A
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Then I'm going home to California
Chorus 3
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E

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C#7
C#7
4

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California, I'm coming home
A
A

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Oh, will you take me as I am?
E/G#
E/G#
2

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Strung out on another man
B7
B7

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E
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California, I'm coming home
Amaj7
Amaj7

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B
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2

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E
E

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Bridge 2
F#
F#
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A
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Oh, it gets so lonely when you're walking
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B
B
2

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And the streets are full of strangers
F#
F#
2

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A
A

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All the news of home you read
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B
B
2

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More about the war and the bloody changes
F#
F#
2

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Oh, will you take me as I am?
E
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Will you take me as I am, will you?
B
B
2

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F#
F#
2

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A
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E
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B
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2

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Will you take me as I am?
F#
F#
2

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A
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B
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Take me as I am
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