in california
in california

in california easy guitar chords by Joanna Newsom

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  • C

  • Cm

    3
  • Csus4

  • F

  • D

  • G

  • Gm

    3
  • A

  • Eb

    6
  • Bm

    2
  • Gdim

    5
  • F#m

    2
  • Bb

  • Ab

    4
  • C

  • Cm

    3
  • Csus4

  • F

  • D

  • G

  • Gm

    3
  • A

  • Eb

    6
  • Bm

    2
  • Gdim

    5
  • F#m

    2
  • Bb

  • Ab

    4
  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    My 
    heart 
    became 
    drunken 
    runt 

    On 
    the 
    day 
    sunk 
    in 
    this 
    shunt 

    To 
    tap 
    me 
    clean 

    Of 
    all 
    the 
    wonder 

    And 
    the sor
    row 
    have 
    seen 

    Since 
    left 
    my 
    home 

    Verse 2

    My 
    home, 
    on 
    the 
    old 
    milk 
    lake 

    Where 
    the 
    dark
    ness 
    does 
    fall 
    so 
    fast 

    It 
    feels 
    like 
    some 
    kind 
    of 
    mistake 

    Just 
    like 
    they 
    told 
    you 
    it 
    would 

    Just 
    like 
    the 
    tulgeywood 

    Verse 3
    When I came 
    in
    to 
    my 
    land 

    did not 
    understand 

    Neither 
    dry 
    rot, 
    nor the 
    burn 
    pile 

    Nor 
    the bark- 
    beetle, 
    nor 
    the dry 
    well 

    Or the 
    black 
    bear 

    Verse 4
    But there 
    is 
    an
    other 

    Who 
    is 
    a little 
    older

    When 
    I broke 
    my 
    bone 

    He 
    carried 
    me 
    up 
    from the 
    river
    side 

    To 
    spend 
    my 
    life 
    in 
    spitting- 
    distance 

    Of 
    the love 
    that 
    I have 
    known 

    I must 
    stay 
    here, in an 

    endless 
    even
    tide 

    Verse 5
    And if you 
    come and 
    see 
    me 

    You will upset 
    the or
    der 

    You cannot 
    come 
    and 
    see 
    me 

    For I set 
    myself 
    apart 

    But 
    when you 
    come 
    an
    see me 

    In 
    Califor
    nia 

    You 
    cross 
    the bor
    der 
    of 
    my 
    heart 

    Well, 
    I have 
    sown 
    Verse 6
    un
    tidy 

    furrows 
    across 
    my soul 

    But I 
    am still 
    coward 

    Content 
    to see my 
    garden 
    grow 

    So 
    sweet 
    and full 
    of someone 

    else's 
    flowers 

    Some
    times 
    I can 
    Verse 7
    almost 

    feel the 
    power 

    Sometimes 
    I am 
    so 
    in love 
    with 
    you 

    Like 
    a little 
    clock 
    that trembles 

    on 
    the edge 
    of the 
    hour 

    Only 
    ever 
    calling 
    out "cuckoo" 

    When 
    called 
    Verse 8
    you, 
    you, 
    little 
    one 

    In a 
    bad 
    way 

    Did 
    you 
    love 
    me? 

    Do 
    you 
    spite 
    me? 

    Time 
    will 
    tell 

    If 
    I can 
    be 
    well 

    And 
    rise 
    to 
    meet 
    you 
    rightly 

    While, 
    mov
    ing 
    across 

    my 
    land 

    Brandishing 
    themselves 

    Like 
    a burning 
    branch 

    Advance 
    the tallow- 
    colored, 

    walleyed deer 

    Quiet 

    as gon
    doliers 

    While 
    I wait 
    all 
    night, 
    for you 

    In Cali
    fornia 

    Watching 
    the 
    fox 
    pick 
    off my 
    goldfish 

    From 
    their 
    sorry, 
    golden 
    state 

    And I 
    am 
    no 
    longer 
    afraid 
    of 
    anything 

    Save 
    the life 
    that, 
    here, 
    awaits 

    I don't 
    belong 
    to 
    Verse 9
    anyone 

    My heart 
    is 
    heavy 
    as an 
    oil 
    drum 

    And I 
    don't 
    want to 
    be 
    alone 

    My heart 
    is yellow 
    as an 
    ear 
    of 
    corn 

    And 
    I have 
    torn 
    my soul 
    apart 

    From 
    pulling 
    artlessly 
    with 

    fool 
    com
    mands 

    Some 
    nights 
    I just 
    Verse 10
    never 

    go 
    to 
    sleep 
    at 
    all 

    And I 
    stand 

    Shaking 
    in my 
    doorway 
    like 
    a sentinel 

    All alone 

    Bra
    cing 
    like the 
    bow 
    upon 
    a ship 

    And 
    fully 
    abandoning 

    Any 
    thought of 
    anywhere 
    but 
    home 

    My home 

    Sometimes 
    I can 
    almost 

    feel the 
    power 

    And 
    I do 
    love 
    you 

    Is 
    it only 
    timing 

    That has made 
    it 
    such 
    dark 
    hour 

    Only 
    ever 
    chiming 

    out "cuckoo"? 

    Verse 11

    Cuckoo, 
    cuckoo, 
    koo 

    Verse 12
    Cuckoo, 
    cuckoo, 
    koo 

    My 
    cuckoo, 
    Verse 13
    cuckoo, 
    koo 


    Verse 14
    My 
    cuckoo, 
    cuckoo, 

    koo 

    Verse 15

    My 
    heart, 
    wear 
    you 
    down 

    know 

    Gotta 
    think 
    straight 

    Keep 
    a clean 
    plate; 

    Keep from 
    wearing 
    down 

    If 
    lose 
    my 
    head 

    Just 
    where 
    am 
    going 
    to 
    lay 
    it? 

    Verse 16
    For it 
    has 
    half- 
    ruined 
    me 

    to be hanging 
    around 

    Here, 
    among 
    the 
    daphne, 

    blooming 
    out 
    of 
    the big 
    brown 

    am 
    native 
    to 
    it 

    But 
    I'm overgrown 

    have 
    choked 
    my root
    on the earth, 

    as 
    rich 
    as 
    roe 

    Here, down 
    in 
    Califor
    nia 

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