California chords by Clayton James

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Eb

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
D                     G
Parlez-vous Francais? I do

Just a little
D                                     G
Picked it up from a waitress in Silverlake

She told me

    D
Her father's in France and overjoyed
            G
Thinks his daughter is living the Hollywood life
     D
On a blow-up mattress and four roommates
      G
She's terrified it's a mistake


Chorus:
             D
I just wanna be with you
           G
In the California sun
             D
I just wanna be with you
           G
In the California sun
             D
I just wanna be with you
           G
In the California sun
             D
I just wanna be with you
           G
In the California sun


Verse 2:
D                              G
A little smile tattooed on his knee

A reminder
D                                G
Drawn out by his reason for everything

He hopes that

D
One day, he'll live in Malibu
        G
Write a song that makes it on the radio
       D
With a pen on paper and the ink's run out
     G
He's never gonna leave that room


Chorus:
             D
I just wanna be with you
           G
In the California sun
             D
I just wanna be with you
           G
In the California sun
             D
I just wanna be with you
           G
In the California sun
             D
I just wanna be with you
           G
In the California sun


Verse 3:
D
If I've learned anything
        G
It's to take what you want while you've got it
D
And the world doesn't owe me
G
So I won't take it for granted


Chorus:
             D
I just wanna be with you
           G
In the California sun
             D
I just wanna be with you
           G
In the California sun
             D
I just wanna be with you
           G
In the California sun
             D
I just wanna be with you
           G
In the California sun