California song
California song

California song easy guitar chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

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    • Verse 1
    Well, 
    I 
    al
    ways 
    thought 

    that I 
    might 
    live 
    out 
    in 

    Califor
    nia 

    Where 
    the 
    weather's 
    great 
    and 

    the 
    sun 
    shines 
    all 
    the time 

    Probably 
    live 
    somewhere 
    north 
    of 

    San 

    Francisco 

    In 
    the 
    redwoods 
    where 
    they make 
    the 
    wine 
    I 

    was 
    headed 
    that 
    way 
    once 
    when 
    I 
    stopped 

    off 
    in 

    Aus
    tin 

    To 
    see 
    an old 
    friend 
    long 
    ago 

    One 
    night 
    at 
    a party 
    I 
    met 

    her 
    and 
    I 
    knew 
    that 

    She's 
    the one 
    who's 

    going 
    to 
    lead me 
    home 

    And 
    I 
    fell 
    in love 
    with 
    a 
    girl 

    Born 
    and 
    raised in 

    Texas 

    She 
    stole 
    my heart, 

    I 
    lost 
    my 
    rambling 
    ways 

    And 
    the years 
    flew by 
    so 
    quickly 

    Raising 
    up 
    the 
    family 

    Where 
    you fall 
    in 
    love 

    is 
    where you 
    stay 

    And 
    I 
    always 
    thought that 
    I 

    might 
    live 
    up 
    in 

    Colorado 

    Where 
    the 
    snow 
    stays 
    on 

    the peak
    s 
    all 
    summer 
    long 

    And 
    I'd 
    river 
    raft 
    the 
    canyons, 

    I'd 
    fly 
    fish 
    roarin' 
    forks 

    By 
    a 
    campfire, 
    sing 
    some cowboy 
    song
    s 

    But 
    I 
    fell 
    in 
    love 
    with 
    a 
    girl, 

    born 
    and 
    raised 
    in 

    Texas 

    She 
    stole 
    my heart 
    and 
    I 

    lost 
    my 
    rampant 
    ways 

    The 
    years 
    flew by 
    so 
    quickly, 

    rais
    ing 
    up 
    the fam
    ily 

    Where 
    you fall 
    in 
    love, 

    that's where 
    you 
    stay 

    And 
    you 
    know 
    I'm not 
    complaining, 

    our 
    life 
    has 
    been so 
    special 

    And 

    Texas 
    has 
    been 
    everything 
    I'd 
    hoped 

    But 
    every 
    now 
    and 
    then, 

    I 
    think 
    what it 
    might 
    have been 

    If 
    life 
    had pulled 
    me down 
    a 
    differ
    ent road 




    Well, 
    I'm still 
    dreamin' 

    about 
    the mountains, 

    About 
    the 
    rivers 
    and 
    the ocean, 

    The 
    way 
    the waves 
    pound 
    down 
    around 

    Big 

    Sur 

    Makes 
    me wonder 
    why 
    I 

    don't 
    already 
    live 
    there 

    I 
    ain't 
    going 
    nowhere 
    without 
    her

    Cause 
    I 
    fell 
    in 
    love 
    with 
    a 
    girl 

    Born 
    and raised 
    in 

    Texas 

    She 
    stole 
    my heart, 
    I 
    lost 
    my 
    rent 

    And 
    they 
    usually 
    buy 
    so 
    quickly 

    Rais
    ing 
    up 
    the 
    family 

    Where 
    you fall 
    in 
    love 

    That's 
    where 
    you 
    stay 

    And 
    I 
    always 
    thought 
    that I 
    might 

    Live 
    out 
    in 

    Californi
    a 

    you 

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