Tabs
Intro Riff:
E MajorE|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4--6--6-6-6-|-6--6-6--4--4-4--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--4--4-4-4-|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E MajorE|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
Rest of the Song:
Play this riff for the rest of the song. I've noted the bars as E MajorE and A augmentedA for reference throughout the lyrics.
E MajorE A augmentedA
E MajorE|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4--6--6-6-6-|-6--6-6--4--4-4--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A augmentedA|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E MajorE|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
Verse:
E MajorE A augmentedA
E MajorE
The leaves, they don't change here
A augmentedA E MajorE
The leaves don't change here, so I never saw it coming
A augmentedA E MajorE
Winter hit me, Hiroshima, where did the sun go?
A augmentedA E MajorE
Just the cruel rain pouring, you say that it's over
A augmentedA E MajorE
How could it be over, when I never saw it coming?
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Sweet California, sour California
A augmentedA E MajorE
Sweet California, bitter California
A augmentedA
Sweet California
E MajorE A augmentedA
I should've known better, I should've known better
E MajorE
Cause the leaves don't change here
Verse:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Heart caught in a riptide, cold Pacific waters
A augmentedA E MajorE
Keep on pulling me under, drowning in my sorrows
A augmentedA E MajorE
Eager waves keep on crashing, you say that it's over
A augmentedA E MajorE
How could it be over? I never saw it coming
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Sweet California, sour California
A augmentedA E MajorE
Sweet California, bitter California
A augmentedA
Sweet California
E MajorE A augmentedA
I should've known better, I should've known better
E MajorE
Cause the leaves don't change here
Verse:
A augmentedA E MajorE
You know I'm from here, I never saw it coming
A augmentedA
Where did the summer go, when you loved me?
E MajorE A augmentedA
Where did the summer go, when you loved me?
E MajorE A augmentedA
You say it's over now, how could it be over?
E MajorE
I never saw it coming
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Sweet California, sour California
A augmentedA E MajorE
Sweet California, bitter California
A augmentedA
Sweet California
E MajorE
Oh, I should've known better
A augmentedA
I should've known better
E MajorE
The leaves, they don't change here