california shake

california shake easy guitar chords by Margo Guryan

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  • Verse 1
    CALIFORNIA 
    SHAKE 

    Words 
    and Music 
    by Margo 

    Verse 2
    Guryan and Richard 
    Bennett 

    Melon- 
    rising 
    California 
    sun

    Drifting 
    in 
    day 
    not 
    yet 
    be
    gun 

    Six 
    o'clock 
    and 
    peaceful 

    and se
    rene 

    Floating 
    in 
    Technicolor scene 

    Verse 3
    Something 
    nearly 
    peaceful 
    in the sound 

    Rising 
    from 
    the San 
    Andreas 

    ground 

    Overground, 
    it starts 
    to feel 

    strange 

    Underground, 
    it 
    starts 
    to 
    rearrange 

    Verse 4
    You'd 
    better 
    get 
    up 

    And 
    run 
    for 
    doorway 

    Verse 5
    No 
    time 
    for 
    thinking 

    Your 
    life 
    is 
    at 
    stake 

    Everyone's 
    doing 
    the 

    California 
    Shake 

    Califor
    nia 
    Shake 

    Verse 6

    Nonbelieving, everybody 
    wait

    Shifting 
    on 
    the con
    tinental 
    plates 

    Thunder 
    far 
    be
    low 
    the 
    ocean 
    floor 

    Damned 
    impartial 
    sub- 

    terrestri
    al 
    war 

    Verse 7
    Wond'ring 
    if 
    you're 
    going 
    to 
    sur
    vive 

    God, 
    it 
    feels 
    like 
    eight 
    point 
    four 
    or five 

    Fif
    teen 
    seconds 
    holding 
    your 
    breath 

    Living 
    through 
    microscopic 
    death 

    Verse 8
    You'd 
    better 
    hold 
    on 

    The 
    worst 
    isn't 
    over 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 9
    No 
    time 
    for 
    thinking 

    Your 
    life 
    is 
    at 
    stake 

    Everyone's 
    doing 
    the 

    California 
    Shake 

    Califor
    nia 
    Shake 

    © 1975 (renewed) DARTMOOR 

    MUSIC 

    Verse 10
    Used by 
    permission. All 

    rights 
    reserved. 

    Outro 1


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