in california chords by
Joanna Newsom

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

C

C

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Verse 1

C

C

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My heart became a drunken runt

Cm

Cm

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C

C

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Csus4

Csus4

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F

F

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On the day I sunk in this shunt

C

C

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To tap me clean

D

D

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Of all the wonder

C

C

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F

F

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Csus4

Csus4

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And the sorrow I have seen

C

C

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Since I left my home

Verse 2

C

C

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My home, on the old milk lake

Cm

Cm

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Where the darkness does fall so fast

C

C

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Csus4

Csus4

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F

F

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C

C

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It feels like some kind of mistake

D

D

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C

C

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Csus4

Csus4

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Just like they told you it would

C

C

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D

D

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Just like the tulgeywood

Verse 3

D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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When I came in to my land

C

C

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I did not understand

Gm

Gm

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Neither dry rot, nor the burn pile

A

A

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Nor the bark- beetle, nor the dry well

Eb

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Cm

Cm

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G

G

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Or the black bear

Verse 4

D

D

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But there is another

G

G

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Who is a little older

Bm

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When I broke my bone

G

G

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He carried me up from the riverside

D

D

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To spend my life in spitting- distance

G

G

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Of the love that I have known

Bm

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I must stay here, in an

A

A

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G

G

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endless eventide

Verse 5

D

D

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And if you come and see me

G

G

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You will upset the order

Bm

Bm

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You cannot come and see me

G

G

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For I set myself apart

D

D

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But when you come an d see me

G

G

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In California

Bm

Bm

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G

G

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D

D

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You cross the border of my heart

A

A

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Well, I have sown

Verse 6

D

D

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un tidy

furrows across my soul

G

G

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But I am still a coward

D

D

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Content to see my garden grow

So sweet and full of someone

G

G

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else's flowers

A

A

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Sometimes I can

Verse 7

Bm

Bm

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almost

G

G

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feel the power

A

A

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Bm

Bm

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D

D

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G

G

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Sometimes I am so in love with you

A

A

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Bm

Bm

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Like a little clock that trembles

A

A

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G

G

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on the edge of the hour

A

A

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Bm

Bm

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A

A

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G

G

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Only ever calling out "cuckoo"

A

A

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When I called

Verse 8

C

C

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you, you, little one

Cm

Cm

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In a bad way

F

F

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Did you love me?

C

C

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Csus4

Csus4

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F

F

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Do you spite me?

C

C

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Time will tell

D

D

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Csus4

Csus4

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If I can be well

F

F

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Csus4

Csus4

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C

C

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And rise to meet you rightly

G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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While, moving across

D

D

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G

G

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my land

Brandishing themselves

C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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Like a burning branch

Gm

Gm

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Advance the tallow- colored,

walleyed deer

Gdim

Gdim

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A

A

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G

G

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Gdim

Gdim

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G

G

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Eb

Eb

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Quiet

Cm

Cm

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F

F

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Eb

Eb

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G

G

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as gondoliers

D

D

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While I wait all night, for you

G

G

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In California

Bm

Bm

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Watching the fox pick off my goldfish

G

G

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From their sorry, golden state

D

D

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G

G

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And I am no longer afraid of anything

Bm

Bm

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G

G

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D

D

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Save the life that, here, awaits

A

A

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I don't belong to

Verse 9

D

D

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anyone

G

G

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My heart is heavy as an oil drum

Gm

Gm

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D

D

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And I don't want to be alone

G

G

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My heart is yellow as an ear of corn

Gm

Gm

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D

D

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And I have torn my soul apart

From pulling artlessly with

G

G

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fool commands

Gm

Gm

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A

A

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Some nights I just

Verse 10

Bm

Bm

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never

go to sleep at all

G

G

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And I stand

A

A

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Bm

Bm

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Shaking in my doorway like a sentinel

A

A

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G

G

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All alone

A

A

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Bm

Bm

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Bracing like the bow upon a ship

A

A

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G

G

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A

A

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And fully abandoning

Bm

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Any thought of anywhere but home

A

A

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G

G

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My home

A

A

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Bm

Bm

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Sometimes I can almost

A

A

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G

G

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feel the power

A

A

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Bm

Bm

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And I do love you

A

A

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Bm

Bm

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Is it only timing

G

G

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That has made it such a dark hour

A

A

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Bm

Bm

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Only ever chiming

out "cuckoo"?

G

G

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F#m

F#m

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Verse 11

A

A

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Bm

Bm

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A

A

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G

G

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Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo

Verse 12

G

G

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Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo

Bm

Bm

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My cuckoo,

Verse 13

cuckoo, koo

A

A

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G

G

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A

A

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Verse 14

G

G

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Bm

Bm

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A

A

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G

G

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My cuckoo, cuckoo,

A

A

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Bm

Bm

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koo

A

A

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G

G

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Verse 15

A

A

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C

C

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My heart, I wear you down

Cm

Cm

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I know

F

F

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Gotta think straight

Keep a clean plate;

C

C

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Keep from wearing down

D

D

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C

C

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Csus4

Csus4

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If I lose my head

C

C

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Just where am I going to lay it?

Verse 16

Bb

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F

F

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Ab

Ab

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For it has half- ruined me

C

C

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to be hanging around

Bb

Bb

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Here, among the daphne,

F

F

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Ab

Ab

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C

C

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blooming out of the big brown

Bb

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F

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I am native to it

Ab

Ab

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But I'm overgrown

C

C

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Bb

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F

F

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I have choked my roots on the earth,

Ab

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C

C

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Bb

Bb

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as rich as roe

Ab

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C

C

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Here, down in California

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Chords

C
Cm
Csus4
F
D
G
Gm
A
Eb
Bm
Gdim
F#m
Bb
Ab

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of in california by Joanna Newsom is C major.

The primary chords used in in california are C, Cm, Csus4, F, D, G.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like C, Cm, Csus4, F, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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