Just Like California chords by Old 97’s

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Gm D Gm Bb C Gm

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Since it's gone I'm so withdrawn

I ain't got no one nowhere

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

Chorus:
Cm  Gm
Time is on my bad side
                   Bb          C
Halfway there just wouldn't be fair
       D
So I'm goin' all the way tonight
                   C
Halfway there just wouldn't be fair
       D                   Gm
So I'm goin' all the way tonight

Solo:
D Gm Bb C Gm

Verse 3:
Gm                                     D
Just like California to make a fool of me

Steal the sideshow, burn the disco
Gm
Slide into the sea

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

When true love is long gone


Chorus:
Cm  Gm     D          Gm
Time is on my bad side
                   Bb          C
Halfway there just wouldn't be fair
       D                   Gm
So I'm goin' all the way tonight
                   Bb          C
Halfway there just wouldn't be fair
                           Gm
So I'm goin' all the way tonight

Outro:
Bb C Gm