California Sober chords by Billy Strings

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G+G

🎸 Intro:

G+G  G+G
G MajorG  G+G


🎸 Verse 1:
    G+G               G+G
Well, I used to like to ramble with my good-time friends and neighbors
   C majorC              G+G
Now I find I'd rather lie awake in bed
      G+G             G+G
And I don't get to actin' mean when I keep my buzzes clean
       A augmentedA                 D MajorD
And keep the hard stuff and the whiskey from my head
    G+G                     G+G
Well, I guess that's just the trouble when you're always seein' double
    C majorC                 G+G
And the lines are gettin' twice as hard to see
     C majorC               G+G      E minorEm
I've had years I don't recall, but I'm told I had a ball
     A augmentedA        D MajorD         G+G
At least somebody did who looked a lot like me

🎸 Chorus:
    G+G            G+G
So I'm California sober as they say
  C majorC              G+G
And lately I can't find no other way
 C majorC                G+G        E minorEm
I can't stay out and party like I did back in the day
    A augmentedA     D MajorD       G+G
So I'm California sober as they say

🎸 Instrumental:
G+G   G+G
C majorC   G+G
G MajorG   G+G
A augmentedA   D MajorD
G+G   G+G
C majorC   G+G
C majorC   G+G E minorEm
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
G MajorG

🎸 Verse 2:
    G+G                G+G
Well, I heard out in the hills, they got pills to get their thrills
     C majorC                G+G
And they love their liquor down in New Orleans
   G+G              G+G
Maybe for a New York minute, sugarcane will fit the bill
    A augmentedA                  D MajorD
But in no time flat, you're out of what you need
  G+G               G+G
The old crew don't get together anymore these days much ever
   C majorC                      G+G
After some went straight and some went straight to jail
      C majorC             G+G           E minorEm
Now they're busy postin' vids and just tryin' to raise their kids
      A augmentedA      D MajorD        G+G
Instead of raisin' holy hell and postin' bail

🎸 Chorus:
     G+G            G+G
Well, I'm California sober as they say
  C majorC              G+G
And lately I can't find no other way
 C majorC                G+G
I can't stay out and party like I did back in the day
    A augmentedA     D MajorD       G+G
So I'm California sober as they say

🎸 Instrumental:
G+G   G+G
C majorC   G+G
G MajorG   G+G
A augmentedA   D MajorD
G+G   G+G
C majorC   G+G
C majorC   G+G E minorEm
A augmentedA D MajorD  G+G
G MajorG   G+G
C majorC   G+G
G MajorG   G+G
A7A7   D MajorD
G+G   G+G
C majorC   G+G
C majorC   G+G E minorEm
A7A7 D MajorD  G+G

🎸 Outro:
   G+G            G+G
I was California sober 'til I thought the world was over
    C majorC               G+G
Now I'm sittin' on the roadside once again
     C majorC            G+G      E minorEm
When that wagon passes by, I don't even bat an eye
      A7A7     D MajorD        G+G
Because the devil on my shoulder always wins
       C majorC            G+G      E minorEm
When that ol' wagon passes by, I don't even bat an eye
E minorEm      G+G      D MajorD        G+G
 Because the devil on my shoulder always wins