Just Like California chords by Old 97’s

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
G minorGm D MajorD G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC G minorGm

Verse 1:
G minorGm              C majorC  D MajorD
Just like California was not even there
G minorGm
Since it's gone I'm so withdrawn

I ain't got no one nowhere

Verse 2:
                      D MajorD
Right beside the ocean my darlin' Clementine
                C majorC
Well the water got high and she never got dry and
G minorGm
She was a water sign

Chorus:
C minorCm G minorGm
Time is on my bad side
          Bb majorBb     C majorC
Halfway there just wouldn't be fair
    D MajorD
So I'm goin' all the way tonight
          C majorC
Halfway there just wouldn't be fair
    D MajorD          G minorGm
So I'm goin' all the way tonight

Solo:
D MajorD G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC G minorGm

Verse 3:
G minorGm                   D MajorD
Just like California to make a fool of me

Steal the sideshow, burn the disco
G minorGm
Slide into the sea

Verse 4:
G minorGm                      D MajorD
I'm a thinking person, and I think that it's wrong
D MajorD
To keep on saying true love's waitin'

When true love is long gone


Chorus:
C minorCm G minorGm   D MajorD     G minorGm
Time is on my bad side
          Bb majorBb     C majorC
Halfway there just wouldn't be fair
    D MajorD          G minorGm
So I'm goin' all the way tonight
          Bb majorBb     C majorC
Halfway there just wouldn't be fair
              G minorGm
So I'm goin' all the way tonight

Outro:
Bb majorBb C majorC G minorGm