House in California chords by
Keb’ Mo’
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Key: G major

Verse 1
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
We were
G G 
 
sick and tired of Buffalo,
Tired of freezin' and shovelin' snow
C C 
 
So we packed it up and moved
G G 
 
out to the coast,
D D 
 
G G 
 
To find us a house in California.

Verse 2
G G 
 
Somethin' at the beach or Hollywood,
D D 
 
Three of four bedrooms
sound real good,
C C 
 
G G 
 
Don't have to have a pool or river run,
D D 
 
G G 
 
Just a simple little house in California.
D D 
 
The

Verse 3
G G 
 
D D 
 
bank said, 'son,
what do you do'',
G G 
 
I said I play guitar down at the
Rendez- vous,
C C 
 
He said, 'boy you got to be
a big time actor or a
G G 
 
D D 
 
Corporate lawyer,
If you want to buy a house in
G G 
 
California!'

Verse 4
C C 
 
{Refrain} 'Cause it don't snow
G G 
 
and it don't rain,
C C 
 
G G 
 
Ever' day looks the same,
Em Em 
 
And before you pack your thangs,
D D 
 
let me warn ya',
C C 
 
G G 
 
It's the land of milk and honey,
C C 
 
G G 
 
But you better have good money,
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
If you're lookin' for a house in
C C 
 
California!
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 

Verse 5
G G 
 
D D 
 
Well I got me a job, my wife's got two,
G G 
 
Kids flippin' burgers
at the local drive- thru,
C C 
 
G G 
 
We all doin' everything we can,
D D 
 
We savin' for a house in
G G 
 
D D 
 
California.

Verse 6
G G 
 
Then one day the bank
D D 
 
starts shakin',
G G 
 
D D 
 
The sky went dark and the earth
G G 
 
was a quakin'
C C 
 
G G 
 
Then o'r night, it be came alarmin',
D D 
 
How the price dropped on
G G 
 
a house in California!
D D 
 
Well it

Verse 7
G G 
 
D D 
 
needs a roof and it needs a floor,
G G 
 
Yeah yeah, it's a real fixer- upper,
C C 
 
Friends back east said somebody
G G 
 
should have warned
D D 
 
Ya, about buyin' my big house
G G 
 
in California.

Verse 8
C C 
 
{Refrain} 'Cause it don't snow
G G 
 
and it don't rain,
C C 
 
G G 
 
Ever' day looks the same,
Em Em 
 
And before you pack your thangs,
D D 
 
let me warn ya',
C C 
 
G G 
 
It's the land of milk and honey,
C C 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
But you better have good money,
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
If you're lookin' for
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
a house in California!

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ChordsG D C Em

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