Going To California Chords & Tabs
GOING TO CALIFORNIA
LED ZEPPELIN
Tuning: D A D G B E
Intro:
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p p
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Spent... Smoked... All...
Made... Goin'... In...
Some... Love... In...
p h h p h h
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(double spaced for double digits... essentially an Am7 up 9 frets...)
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Took... Never... same...
Sea... Wonder... day...
Mount... Chil... wake... watch out...
h h
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Seems... nose... sinking...
Throw... Meet... high...
ending:
p p p p
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Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh.....
Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Fade out...
Spent my days with a woman unkind:
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
Made up my mind, make a new start,
Goin' to California with an achin' in my heart.
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.
Took my chances on a big jet plane.
Never let 'em tell you that they're all the same.
Ah, the Sea was red and the Sky was grey:
I wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today.
The mountains and the canyons start to tremble and shake:
Children of the Sun begin to wake.... [spoken:] watch out
Seems like the wrath of the Gods: got a punch on the nose
and it's startin' to flow, I think I might be sinking.
Throw me a line, if I reach it in time
(I'll) meet you up there where the path runs straight and high.
Find a Queen without a King,
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings: la-la-la-la.
Ride a white mare on the footsteps of Dawn,
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born.
Standing on a hill and a mountain of dreams,
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems....
Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh.....
Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Fade out...
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Another Version:
Rhythm: all eighth notes, played in cut time.
Intro: second half of the "D" tab.
"G" tab
E|------------------
B|------------------
G|-0-------0-------- play 4 times
D|-----0-4-----0-4--
A|---2-------2------
E|------------------
"D" tab
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------
G|-----0---------------------------|---2-0-2---2---2---2---2---2---2-
D|-4-------4---2---0---0---2---4---|-4-------4---2---0---0---2---4---
A|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---------------------------------
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------
"Dm" tab A7 Asus4 A7
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Verses:
G D
Spent my days with a woman unkind, smoked my stuff and drank all my wine
G
Made up my mind, going to make a new start, going to California with an aching
D
in my heart
(etc. until:)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/led_zeppelin/going_to_california_tab_ver_2.html ]
Dm
Seems that the wrath of the....
I hope this helps somewhat. Also, the song is written in the key of D, if
anyone wants to know.
Hopefully, I'll try to post a few other Zeppelin tabs if I get the chance.
From: chorowit@us.oracle.com (Chuck (cntr-T.Ryan) Horowitz)
Subject: Going To California TAB
Going To California by Led Zeppelin
This song has two acoustic guitars and a mandolin.
However I only know the guitar parts so just
play with notes for the mandolin stuff.
Both guitars are tuned to DGDGBD.
Intro on one guitar
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b------------3------------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
d---------0-----------0---------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--0------------0---------------------------------------------------------
At the start of the lyrics, still one guitar
d---5-------4--4---2----0-----0--2-----0--0-------------------------------
b-------0------------0--------------0--------0----------------------------
g-------0------------0--------------0--------0----------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------------------
g---0----------0--------------0-----------0-------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
At "all my wine" and at corresponding part in next verse
d--------4\2--2---0------7---------7--------------------------------------
b--5/7-----5--5------0----------7-----------------------------------------
g----------------------------9--------------------------------------------
d--------0-----------0----------0-----------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--0----------0----------0------------------------------------------------
When the second guitar enters is plays this..
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b---------------------------------------------------------3---------------
g----------------------------------0--------------------------------------
d--------0-------0------0-----4----------4-----0--------0---------0-------
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--0------------------------------------------------0-------0-------------
While the second guitar plays this..
d-------------------------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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b-----0--0--0------0--0--0------3------2h3p2------2-----3----0-0-0-0------
g-----0--0--0------0--0--0------2----------------------------0-0-0-0------
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g---------------4---------------------------------------------------------
D--0-------------------------0--------------------------------------------
d--0----0-------0----0-----2--4-------------------------------------------
b--0----0-------0----0-----3--3-------------------------------------------
g--0----0-------0----0-----2--2-------------------------------------------
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g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
At the "wrath of the gods" part.. guitar 1 plays X 4
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g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
d------------0------------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-7-----------------------------------------------------------------------
then...
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d-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
And guitar 2 plays
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g-6-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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D-7-----------------------------------------------------------------------
After that, replay the intro accompanyed by this on guitar 2
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b------7----------------7-------------7-----------7-----------------------
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d-------------------------------------------------------------------------
g---7------------7--------------7-----7-----7-----7-----------------------
D---------7-------------7-------------------------------------------------
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b-------------------7--------------7------------7-------------------------
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D----------------------------0------------0-------------------------------
On the outro both guitar play essentially the same thing.
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b-------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
d-----0-----------0-------------------------------------------------------
g-----------0-------------------------------------------------------------
D--0----------------------------------------------------------------------
