California's Burning chords by Dave Alvin

SimplifiedGm · D · G · C

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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California's burning,
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you can smell it in the air
C 
California's burning,
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D 
G 
you can smell it in the air
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D 
You may be rich or poor,
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Gm 
but you know that fire don't care
G 
Coyotes howlin',
D 
devil winds are startin' to blow
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C 
Coyotes howlin',
devil winds are startin'
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G 
C 
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to blow, and their fire's getting closer than
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C 
G 
they were one hour ago.
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G 
Gm 
No rain for four years, and the hills are dry and brown,
C 
yeah, no rain for four years,
G 
And the hills are dry and brown
D 
Yeah, well, where you gonna run to
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When the whole wide world burns down?
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C 
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C 
G 
D 
G 
California's burnin',
there's trouble in the promised land
C 
California's burnin',
G 
there's trouble in the promised land
D 
You better pack up your family,
G 
and you better get out while you can.
Now red flames are growing,
at the top of the hill.
C 
See them red flames growin'
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at the top of the hill
D 
Well, if the fire don't get you,
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Gm 
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we've no done much like this
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G 
Black clouds are rising,
and they're blocking out the sun
C 
Black clouds are rising,
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Gm 
G 
Gm 
and they're blocking out the sun
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D 
Some folks are saying,
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the judgment day has come
California's burning,
and no one knows when it will end
C 
California's burnin',
G 
no one knows when this will end
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D 
But once that fire burns down boys,
G 
we'll just build it back again
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