California Calling Acoustic chords by The Beach Boys

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:

D MajorD


Verse:

          G+G
If everybody in the U.S.A
             A7A7
Could come with us to Californ-i-a
            C majorC
We could take 'em to a place out west
     D MajorD          G+G
Where the good sun shines everyday

              G+G
Now there's a touch o' Californ-i-a
            A7A7
In everyone who's ever been this way
            C majorC
And when your telephone begins to ring
    D MajorD           G+G
And the operator comes on the line

Chorus:
G+G     C majorC
California callin'
            G+G   E minorEm
I'll be there right away
       A7A7
There's some beautiful women

Gonna find me one
      Am7Am7           D MajorD   Am7Am7 D MajorD
To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

              G+G
Now I've joined the surfin' nation and so
           A7A7
I'll take a permanent vacation and go
             C majorC
To the golden shores of 'Frisco Bay
       D MajorD         G+G
I'll ride 'em all the way to Malibu

                 G+G
And I'll take ya' boogie boardin' with me
                 A7A7
'Cause when we're surfin' it's so great to be free
             C majorC
And when you're on a California beach
        D MajorD          G+G
You might even find 'em windsurfin' too

Chorus:
G+G     C majorC
California callin'
          G+G    E minorEm
I'll be there right away
       A7A7
There's some beautiful women

Gonna find me one
      Am7Am7           D MajorD   Am7Am7 D MajorD
To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

            G+G
In the fifties it was "Hey Daddy O"
               A7A7
Then came the surfers and the Hodads ya' know
              C majorC
We had our woodies and our custom cars
      D MajorD              G+G
And when we drove around we knew we were bad

           G+G
My baby listens to my car radio
                 A7A7
And when we're cruisin' lets the whole world know
               C majorC
And when our favorite surfin' song comes on
     D MajorD             G+G
We always let 'em know it's "Totally Rad!"

Chorus:
G+G     C majorC
California callin'
          G+G    E minorEm
I'll be there right away
       A7A7
There's some beautiful women

Gonna find me one
      Am7Am7           D MajorD    Am7Am7 D MajorD
To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

G+G     C majorC
California callin'
          G+G   E minorEm
She's still on the line
     A7A7
There's a beautiful woman

Gonna show me how
    Am7Am7         D MajorD   Am7Am7 D MajorD
To ride 'em at the county line

G+G     C majorC
California callin'
          G+G   E minorEm
I'll be there right away
       A7A7
There's some beautiful women

Gonna find me one
      Am7Am7           D MajorD   Am7Am7 D MajorD
To show me how to ride the ultimate wave