California by Joey Ryan
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I couldn't find the tab to this song anywhere online, so I decided to make one.
This is my first tab, but sounds correct to me. Chords came from leonpheltz on
Youtube; he says to capo 5th fret.
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Chords are a mostly repeated F C Am G, F C Am G C
At certain parts the last Am could be replaced by F, but Am works too.
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F
California, California
C
Know I love you, California
Am G
When I leave, I know you wait for me
F
Cause in the sun and in the weather
C
No one else has loved me better
Am G C
California you're the place for me
F
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
C
My heart goes out to you and if
Am G
I make it back I'd love to drive around
F
Cause your streets are wide and dirty
C
You'd have raised me in a hurry
Am G C
You’re the city with the angels, yes indeed
F
San Francisco, San Francisco
C
Always busy, you're always pretty
Am G
I can see you just across the bay
F
Your red bridge over the sea
C
Keeps me safe and warm and free
Am G C
On a clear day, there's no place I'd rather be
F
In the mountains, in the mountains
C
No one knows you like I do
Am G
And summer streams are knee deep in the snow
F C
Just like the giving tree you have made a man of me
Am G C
Cause everyone needs someplace beautiful
Am G C
I think everyone needs someplace beautiful
F
California, California
C
Know I love you, California
Am G
When I leave I know you wait for me
F
Cause in the sun and in the weather
C
No one else has loved me better
Am G C
California you're the place for me
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joey_ryan/california_crd.html ]
F
In the valley, in the valley
C
Give me life and cradle me
Am G
The sun is setting as I drive ahead
F
So keep us and sustain us
C
Give us food and love and I trust
Am G C
That without you we'd all soon be dead
F
In the forest, all the trees
C
You make a little child of me
Am G
How I long to know what you have seen
F
All the people who are gone
C
And all the ones who once were strong
Am G C
Oh won't you keep their fate from claiming me
F
In the oceans, in the sea
C
We have seen eternity
Am G
How can I tell when you really end
F C
I imagine that you lead to other worlds entirely
Am G C
Where we can save ourselves and start again
Am/F G C
Yes we need to save ourselves and start again
F
California, California
Am
Know I love you, California
Am G
When I leave I know you wait for me
F
Cause in the sun and in the weather
C
No one else has loved me better
Am G C
California you're the place for me
F
So nurse me like a mother
C
Raise me strong just like my father
Am G
Let me wander off, discover who I am
F
I'll have learned your deepest lessons
C
Gathered up your finest blessings
Am G C
Return to California once again
Am/F G C
Yes, I'll come home to California once again
F
California, California
C
Know I love you, California
Am G
When I leave I know you wait for me
F
Cause in the sun and in the weather
C
No one else has loved me better
Am G C
California you're the place for me
Am G C
Yes California you're the place for me
Am/F G C
California won't you save a place for me?
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