Shores Of California Chords & Tabs
Dresden Dolls Chords & Tabs
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Shores Of California Chords
Shores of California
The Dresden Dolls
I’m not sure, but the key may actually be G#, so capo at fret 1 may be needed.
CHORDS:
Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Em/C# D* D#* E* G D Am C
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(* single notes)
INTRO:
Em Em7/B Cmaj7 (4 times)
VERSE 1:
Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Em/C#
he’s been trying with limited success
D*D#*E* Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Em/C#
to get this girl let him get into her dress
D*D#*E*Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Am
but every time he thinks he’s getting close
G D Am C
she threatens death before he gets a chance
CHORUS:
G D Am C
and that’s the way it is in Minnesota
G D Am C
that’s the way it is in Oklahoma
G D Am C
that’s the way it’s been since protozoa
G D Am C
first climbed onto the shores of California
VERSE 2:
Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Em/C#
she’s been trying with limited success
D*D#*E* Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Em/C#
to get him to turn out the lights and dance
D* D#*E* Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Am
cause like a--ny girl all she really wants
G D Am C
is that fickle little bitch romance
G D Am C
that fickle little bitch romance
VERSE 3:
Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Em/C# D*
and that is why a girl is called a tease
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D#* E* Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Em/C# D*
and that is why a guy is called a sleaze
D#* E* Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Am
and that’s why god made escort agencies
G D Am C
one life to live and mace and GHB
CHORUS:
G D Am C
and that’s the way it is in Minnesota
G D Am C
that’s the way it is in Oklahoma homa
G D Am C
that’s the way since the animals and Noah
G D Am C
first climbed onto shores of California
MIDDLE 8:
Em C
must not be too kind
Em C
stop thinking love is blind
Em C
clench your fists, yeah right
Am C
"she's just not my type"
VERSE 4:
Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Em/C# D* D#*
why all these conflicting spe-ci-fi-ca-tions
E* Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Em/C# D* D#*
maybe to prevent over—-popu---la-tion
E* Em Em7/B Cmaj7 Am
all I know is that all around the nation
G D Am C
the girls are cryin' the boys are masturbatin’
G D Am C
the girls are cryin’ the boys are masturbatin’
CHORUS:
G D Am C
and that’s the way it is in Minnesota
G D Am C
that’s the way it is in Oklahoma homa
G D Am C
that’s the way Aristophanes and Homer
G D Am C
wrote the Illiad and Lysistrata
G D Am C
that’s the way it is in Minnesota
G D Am C
that’s the way it is in Oklahoma homa
G D Am C
that’s the way since the ancient protozoa
G D Am C
first climbed onto the shores of California