California chords by Joey Ryan

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


Intro:

   F               C                  F             C         Am          G/D     C
E|-------0---------------0------------------0-------------0---------------------------------------|
B|---1---1-1---1-----1---1-1---1--------1---1-1-------1---1-1---1---1---1---3---3---1---1---1---1-|
G|---2-----2---2-----2-----0---0--------2-----2-------2-----0---0---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D|---------------0h2----------------0h3-----------0h2---------------------------------------------|
A|-3---3-----3---------3-----3------------3-----3-------3-----3---0---0-----------3---3---3---3---|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3-------------------|

   C
E|---------------------------|
B|---1---1-----1---1---1---1-|
G|---0---0-----0---0---0---0-|
D|-----2---2h3---2---0---2---|
A|-3-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

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


Chorus:

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


Verse 1:

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


Chorus:

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


Verse 2:

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


Chorus:

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


Bridge:

F        C                Am               G
oooooooo ooo ooo ooo ooo  ooooouuuuooo ooo ooo
F        C                Am      G       C
oooooooo ooo ooo ooo ooo  ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

End the bridge just like the chorus


Verse 3:

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


Chorus:

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


Outro:

   F               C                  F             C         Am          G/D     C
E|-------0---------------0------------------0-------------0---------------------------------------|
B|---1---1-1---1-----1---1-1---1--------1---1-1-------1---1-1---1---1---1---3---3---1---1---1---1-|
G|---2-----2---2-----2-----0---0--------2-----2-------2-----0---0---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D|---------------0h2----------------0h3-----------0h2---------------------------------------------|
A|-3---3-----3---------3-----3------------3-----3-------3-----3---0---0-----------3---3---3---3---|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3-------------------|

   C
E|---------------------------|
B|---1---1-----1---1---1---1-|
G|---0---0-----0---0---0---0-|
D|-----2---2h3---2---0---2---|
A|-3-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|



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