Jonathan Coulton - I Hate California Chords & Tabs

Original Transcription by Yngve, revision by Suuuupaadave.  

Tuning DADGBd

Verse Figure        Chorus Figure
-------------0-     -5-4-2-
-------------3-     -3-3-3-
-------------2-     -2-2-2-
-------------0-     -0-0-0-
-3-x-2-0-----0-     -0-0-0-
---------3b4-0-     -0-0-0-

Chords

Verse
D          000230
G          5x0000
A7sus4     x02030
G/B        x20030
Cadd9      x30030
Bb9        x1011x

Chorus
G          555400
Aadd9      777600
D          000230
Fmaj7add11 333200
E7         222100
C9         x32330

Verse 1
(verse figure)
I hate California
(verse figure)
There’s something out there I just don’t get
A7sus4       G/B                    Cadd9            G   
 I know your friends out there must think I’m pretty strange
A7sus4     G/B             Cadd9           G
 Because I dress as if the weather’s gonna change
       Bb9       Cadd9
But it never does
(verse figure)
I hate California

Verse 2
(verse figure)
I hate California
The sun goes down the wrong side
Asus4            G/B          Cadd9            G       
Something in the water, maybe something in the sand
Asus4       G/B                 Cadd9        G 
 Maybe some west coast thing I’ll never understand
      Bb9         Cadd9
Maybe just because
(verse figure)
I hate California
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jonathan_coulton/i_hate_california_crd.html ]
Chorus
G        Aadd9
 I don’t blame the Beach Boys
D
 I don’t blame Hollywood
G        Aadd9
 I don’t blame L.A.
D
 Although I probably should
G        Fmaj7add11            E7
 I don’t blame the sky for its careless shade of blue
C9                        D (chorus figure)
 Lord knows I don’t blame you
C9                        D (chorus figure)
 Lord knows I don’t blame you

verse 3
(verse figure)
I hate California
(verse figure)
One more beach day come and gone
A7sus4      G/B                  Cadd9         G
 And by the time you’ve finished gazing at the sea
A7sus4 G/B              Cadd9              G
 3,000 miles away there’s nothing left for me
         Bb9     Cadd9
If there ever was
(verse figure)
I hate California

Chorus
G        Aadd9
 I don’t blame the Beach Boys
D
 I don’t blame Hollywood
G        Aadd9
 I don’t blame L.A.
D
 Although I probably should
G        Fmaj7add11            E7
 I don’t blame the sky for its careless shade of blue
C9                        D (chorus figure)
 Lord knows I don’t blame you
C9                        D (chorus figure)
 Lord knows I don’t blame you
C9
 Lord knows
(verse figure)
I hate California 4x

End riff
Natural Harmonics
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