California chords by
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Key: A major

Intro 1

Verse 1
D D 
 
Driven through the canyons I was
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dazzled by the mountains and
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
we didn't go very far
D D 
 
Close enough to heaven if you
G G 
 
C C 
 
Climb up on a mansion you
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
too can swing like a star
D D 
 
I tried to get inside I bought a
G G 
 
C C 
 
Ticket with my pride and I was
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
gone right out of my head
D D 
 
I went out for a ride to go
G G 
 
C C 
 
Across a great divide but I
D D 
 
ended up at home instead
G G 
 
C C 
 

Verse 2

California

I thought I should see

Now I'm back home yeah

With twelve little pieces of

Interlude 1

Verse 3
D D 
 
I  was just a passenger a
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Rider on the tremors that were shaking
G G 
 
C C 
 
all our beds at night
D D 
 
A visitor a stranger thought I
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Might pass for a regular if I just
G G 
 
C C 
 
kept out of the lights

Verse 4
D D 
 
Tore my heart out from my chest
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Mixed it up in my mind with the best
G G 
 
C C 
 
freshest pieces of my soul
D D 
 
Chose the ones I loved the most
G G 
 
C C 
 
Drove 'em all down to the coast
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Threw 'em in a big black hole

Verse 5

Californi a

I thought I should see

Now I'm back home, yeah

With twelve little pieces of me

Verse 6
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Californi a
G G 
 
C C 
 
I dreamed I would find
D D 
 
G G 
 
Some kinda sorta pick-me-up
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Twelve Twelve Twelve little pieces of my mind
C C 
 
D D

Interlude 2

Verse 7
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Californi a
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
I thought I should see
G G 
 
C C 
 
Now I'm back home, yeah
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
With twelve little pieces of me
D D 
 
Califor

Verse 8

ni a

I dreamed I would find

Some kinda sorta pick-me-up

Twelve Twelve Twelve pieces of my mind

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsD G C

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