Califonia chords by Stan Rogers

C                Am
Now it's getting so I'm mad when someone says your name
G                        C
'Cause I've had to say good-bye to friends who couldn't stay away
   F               C
And sometimes it felt so wrong to never want to lean on you
   F          G         C
You may stand tall, but I've got two feet too

C               Am
Now we talked of you in bars around a quiet beer
G                      C
Tell their tales of mine-gone stones where no one else can hear
  F                  C
And later on outside, they say they're getting on a plane
  F      G     C
To fly away, leaving you again

Am             C
California, my friends all call you home
      G             C
And if you take away another, I'll be that much more alone
   F                 C
Is it my fault that my kind are always drawn toward the sun
     F        G       C
Like a child to home whenever darkness comes

C                     Am
Now in a few more years, I won't remember what it was to play
G                   C
The music of old friends who need to live so far away
   F                 C
But can I once taste more than waters, then forsake them for the South
   F         F     C
To feel California's ashes in my mouth

Am             C
California, my friends all call you home
      G             C
And if you take away another, I'll be that much more alone
   F                 C
Is it my fault that my kind are always drawn toward the sun
     F        G       C
Like a child to home whenever darkness comes

Am             C
California, my friends all call you home
      G             C
And if you take away another, I'll be that much more alone
   F                 C
Is it my fault that my kind are always drawn toward the sun
     F        G       C
Like a child to home whenever darkness comes
     F        G       C