I Hate California chords by Jonathan Coulton

Chords with lyrics

Tuning DADGBd

Verse Figure    Chorus Figure
-------------0-   -5-4-2-
-------------3-   -3-3-3-
-------------2-   -2-2-2-
-------------0-   -0-0-0-
-3-x-2-0-----0-   -0-0-0-
---------3b4-0-   -0-0-0-

Chords

Verse
D MajorD     000230
G+G     5x0000
A7sus4A7sus4   x02030
G/BG/B    x20030
Cadd9Cadd9   x30030
Bb9Bb9    x1011x

Chorus
G+G     555400
Aadd9Aadd9   777600
D MajorD     000230
Fmaj7add11 333200
E7E7     222100
C9C9     x32330

Verse 1
(verse figure)
I hate California
(verse figure)
There’s something out there I just don’t get
A7sus4A7sus4    G/BG/B          Cadd9Cadd9      G+G
 I know your friends out there must think I’m pretty strange
A7sus4A7sus4   G/BG/B       Cadd9Cadd9      G+G
 Because I dress as if the weather’s gonna change
    Bb9Bb9    Cadd9Cadd9
But it never does
(verse figure)
I hate California

Verse 2
(verse figure)
I hate California
The sun goes down the wrong side
Asus4Asus4      G/BG/B     Cadd9Cadd9      G+G
Something in the water, maybe something in the sand
Asus4Asus4    G/BG/B         Cadd9Cadd9    G+G
 Maybe some west coast thing I’ll never understand
   Bb9Bb9     Cadd9Cadd9
Maybe just because
(verse figure)
I hate California

Chorus
G+G    Aadd9Aadd9
 I don’t blame the Beach Boys
D MajorD
 I don’t blame Hollywood
G+G    Aadd9Aadd9
 I don’t blame L.A.
D MajorD
 Although I probably should
G+G    Fmaj7add11      E7E7
 I don’t blame the sky for its careless shade of blue
C9C9            D MajorD (chorus figure)
 Lord knows I don’t blame you
C9C9            D MajorD (chorus figure)
 Lord knows I don’t blame you

verse 3
(verse figure)
I hate California
(verse figure)
One more beach day come and gone
A7sus4A7sus4   G/BG/B         Cadd9Cadd9     G+G
 And by the time you’ve finished gazing at the sea
A7sus4A7sus4 G/BG/B       Cadd9Cadd9       G+G
 3,000 miles away there’s nothing left for me
     Bb9Bb9   Cadd9Cadd9
If there ever was
(verse figure)
I hate California

Chorus
G+G    Aadd9Aadd9
 I don’t blame the Beach Boys
D MajorD
 I don’t blame Hollywood
G+G    Aadd9Aadd9
 I don’t blame L.A.
D MajorD
 Although I probably should
G+G    Fmaj7add11      E7E7
 I don’t blame the sky for its careless shade of blue
C9C9            D MajorD (chorus figure)
 Lord knows I don’t blame you
C9C9            D MajorD (chorus figure)
 Lord knows I don’t blame you
C9C9
 Lord knows
(verse figure)
I hate California 4x

End riff
Natural Harmonics
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   -7-
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