California Christmas chords by Switchfoot

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: BB


❄ Intro:


F#F#

BB
Ba-ba-ba
C# minorC#m
Ba-ba-ba
BB
Ba-ba-ba
C# minorC#m
Ba-ba-ba

❄ Verse :

BB            C# minorC#m
Welcome to my California Christmas
F#F#                  BB
Twinkling lights on all the fake palm trees
  G#G#             C# minorC#m
The only snow that falls is the fake stuff at the mall
E minorEm        G+G       F#F#
Bathing suits in eighty-five degrees (Ah, ah)


❄ Verse 2:

BB            C# minorC#m
Welcome to my California Christmas (Welcome to my California)
F#F#                   BB
The skies are blue, the sun is warm and bright (The skies are blue, the sun is warm and bright)
   G#G#                  C# minorC#m
When Santa Claus makes the drive, stuck in traffic on the 5 (Ba-ba-ba-ba)
    E minorEm     G+G   F#F# BB
It's a California Christmas Eve


❄ Chorus:

          E MajorE  F#F#            G# minorG#m  BB
So grab a Christmas tree, I'll meet you down the beach
      E MajorE         F#F#         G#G#
Plant your mistletoes in the sand right next to me
          E MajorE   F#F#        BB  G# minorG#m
'Cause that Pacific breeze is gonna set you free
           E MajorE  E/F#E/F#  F#/G# F#F#
I'll be wishing you a California, California

❄ Verse 3:

BB            C# minorC#m
Welcome to my California Christmas (Welcome to the west coast Christmas)
F#F#               BB
The avocado groves and graffiti kings (Avocados, avocados)
  G#G#                      C# minorC#m
The gremmies fight for waves as the sunset melts away
 E minorEm         G+G         F#F#
Garage rock evening filled with broken strings (Ba-ba-ba-ba)


❄ Chorus 2:

         E MajorE F#F#         G# minorG#m BB
So jingle all the way from out in east LA
     E MajorE        F#F#       G#G#
Down the coast in your Camaro Christmas sleigh
          E MajorE F#F#         BB G# minorG#m
Ring the Christmas bell down at the Hotel del
             E MajorE  E/F#E/F#  F#/G# F#F#  Fsus4Fsus4 A#A#
And I'll be wishing you a California, California Christmas (Ah)


❄ Bridge:

D#D#                     G#G#
Put up a tree at your favorite beach with a smoothie
      C#C#                      F#F#
Throw your board in the car in case there's a Christmas swell
      BB                        E MajorE
There'll be blue skies and sunshine and seagulls and maybe Jacuzzis
G+G                   F#F#              BB
Strike up the band, toes in the sand, ringing the Christmas bells, yeah


❄ Verse 3:

 C# minorC#m               F#F#
(Santa hat and shades are so passé)
 BB              G#G#
(What a Californian thing to say)
               C# minorC#m
The Día de los Reyes, the Pasadena Rose Parade
  E minorEm         G+G    F#F#
The best of west coast seasonal clichés


❄ Chorus 3:

           E MajorE F#F#       G# minorG#m BB
Throw your Christmas tree up on your SUV
     E MajorE          F#F#        G#G#
Make your plans in the Pacific sand and set them free
          E MajorE F#F#           BB G# minorG#m
Hang your Christmas lights and make the season bright
             E MajorE  E/F#E/F#  F#/G#   F#F#
And I'll be wishing up a California Christmas for ya


❄ Outro:

 BB      C# minorC#m
(California, California)
 BB      C# minorC#m
(California, California)
BB
Ba-ba-ba
C# minorC#m
Ba-ba-ba
BB
Ba-ba-ba
C# minorC#m
Ba-ba-ba
BB
Ba-ba-ba