California chords by Joey Ryan

Chords with lyrics

Not sure if he is playing a G+G or a G/D.


Intro:

  FF        C majorC         FF       C majorC     A minorAm     G/DG/D   C majorC
E MajorE|-------0---------------0------------------0-------------0---------------------------------------|
BB|---1---1-1---1-----1---1-1---1--------1---1-1-------1---1-1---1---1---1---3---3---1---1---1---1-|
G+G|---2-----2---2-----2-----0---0--------2-----2-------2-----0---0---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D MajorD|---------------0h2----------------0h3-----------0h2---------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3---3-----3---------3-----3------------3-----3-------3-----3---0---0-----------3---3---3---3---|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3-------------------|

  C majorC
E MajorE|---------------------------|
BB|---1---1-----1---1---1---1-|
G+G|---0---0-----0---0---0---0-|
D MajorD|-----2---2h3---2---0---2---|
A augmentedA|-3-------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|

The last part of the intro is used at the end of every chorus

Chorus:

FF
California, California
C majorC
Know I love you, California
A minorAm                G+G
When I leave, I know you wait for me
       FF
Cause in the sun and in the weather
    C majorC
No one else has loved me better
A minorAm     G+G          C majorC
California you're the place for me


Verse 1:

FF
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
C majorC
My heart goes out to you and if
A minorAm                 G+G
I make it back I'd love to drive around
      FF
Cause your streets are wide and dirty
       C majorC
You'd have raised me in a hurry
      A minorAm      G+G       C majorC
You’re the city with the angels, yes indeed
FF
San Francisco, San Francisco
C majorC
Always busy, you're always pretty
A minorAm              G+G
I can see you just across the bay
     FF
Your red bridge over the sea
     C majorC
Keeps me safe and warm and free
   A minorAm          G+G        C majorC
On a clear day, there's no place I'd rather be
FF
In the mountains, in the mountains
C majorC
No one knows you like I do
   A minorAm                 G+G
And summer streams are knee deep in the snow
   FF              C majorC
Just like the giving tree you have made a man of me
    A minorAm       G+G       C majorC
Cause everyone needs someplace beautiful
    A minorAm       G+G        FF C majorC
I think everyone needs someplace beautiful

Chorus:

FF
California, California
C majorC
Know I love you, California
A minorAm                G+G
When I leave I know you wait for me
       FF
Cause in the sun and in the weather
    C majorC
No one else has loved me better
A minorAm     G+G          C majorC
California you're the place for me


Verse 2:

FF
In the valley, in the valley
C majorC
Give me life and cradle me
  A minorAm             G+G
The sun is setting as I drive ahead
  FF
So keep us and sustain us
     C majorC
Give us food and love and I trust
A minorAm        G+G         C majorC
That without you we'd all soon be dead
FF
In the forest, all the trees
C majorC
You make a little child of me
A minorAm                G+G
How I long to know what you have seen
     FF
All the people who are gone
       C majorC
And all the ones who once were strong
  A minorAm          G+G         C majorC
Oh won't you keep their fate from claiming me
FF
In the oceans, in the sea
C majorC
We have seen eternity
  A minorAm             G+G
How can I tell when you really end
  FF               C majorC
I imagine that you lead to other worlds entirely
   A minorAm        G+G        C majorC
Where we can save ourselves and start again
    A minorAm        G+G         FF C majorC
Yes we need to save ourselves and start again


Chorus:

FF
California, California
A minorAm
Know I love you, California
A minorAm                G+G
When I leave I know you wait for me
       FF
Cause in the sun and in the weather
    C majorC
No one else has loved me better
A minorAm     G+G          C majorC
California you're the place for me


Bridge:

FF    C majorC        A minorAm        G+G
oooooooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooooouuuuooo ooo ooo
FF    C majorC        A minorAm   G+G    C majorC
oooooooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

End the bridge just like the chorus


Verse 3:

  FF
So nurse me like a mother
     C majorC
Raise me strong just like my father
    A minorAm             G+G
Let me wander off, discover who I am
      FF
I'll have learned your deepest lessons
     C majorC
Gathered up your finest blessings
A minorAm       G+G       C majorC
Return to California once again
        A minorAm     G+G       FF  C majorC
Yes, I'll come home to California once again


Chorus:

FF
California, California
C majorC
Know I love you, California
A minorAm                G+G
When I leave I know you wait for me
       FF
Cause in the sun and in the weather
    C majorC
No one else has loved me better
A minorAm     G+G          C majorC
California you're the place for me
   A minorAm     G+G          C majorC
Yes California you're the place for me
  A minorAm        G+G        FF
California won't you save a place for me?


Outro:

  FF        C majorC         FF       C majorC     A minorAm     G/DG/D   C majorC
E MajorE|-------0---------------0------------------0-------------0---------------------------------------|
BB|---1---1-1---1-----1---1-1---1--------1---1-1-------1---1-1---1---1---1---3---3---1---1---1---1-|
G+G|---2-----2---2-----2-----0---0--------2-----2-------2-----0---0---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D MajorD|---------------0h2----------------0h3-----------0h2---------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3---3-----3---------3-----3------------3-----3-------3-----3---0---0-----------3---3---3---3---|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3-------------------|

  C majorC
E MajorE|---------------------------|
BB|---1---1-----1---1---1---1-|
G+G|---0---0-----0---0---0---0-|
D MajorD|-----2---2h3---2---0---2---|
A augmentedA|-3-------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|


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