California Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[F][C][G]
[C][C][G]

[Verse 1]
[C]Sitting in a park in Paris, France
[F]Reading the news and it sure loo[D]ks bad
They won't give peace a chance
[G]That was just a dream some of us had[C]
Still a lot of [F]lands to see
But I wouldn't want to [D]stay here
It's too old and [G]cold
and settled in its ways [F]here
Oh, but California

[Chorus 1]
[C]California, [A]I'm coming home
[F]I'm going to see the folks I dig
[C]I'll even kiss a Sunset[G] pig
California, I'm com[C]ing home
[F][G][C][C][G]

[Verse 2]
I [C]met a redneck on a Grecian isle
[F]Who did the goat dance very wel[D]l
He gave me back my smile
[G]But he kept my camera to sell
[C]Oh the rogue, the red, red rogue
[F]He cooked good omelets and stews
And I [D]might have stayed on with him there
But my [G]heart cried out for you,
[F]California

[Chorus 2]
[C]Oh, California, [A]I'm coming home
Oh, [F]make me feel good, rock'n roll band
[C]I'm your biggest fan
Cali[G]fornia, I'm coming [C]home
[F][G][C][C]

[Bridge 1]
Oh, it gets [D]so [F]lonely when you're walking
[C]And the streets are full of str[G]angers
All the news of [D]home you [F]read
Just give [D]you the [Bb]blues
Just give you [G]the blues

[Interlude 1]
[F][F][G]
[C][C][G]

[Verse 3]
So I [C]bought me a ticket
I caught a plane to [F]Spain
Went to a party down a red dirt [D]road
There were lots of pretty people there
[G]Reading Rolling Stone, reading[C] Vogue
They said, "How long [F]can you hang around?"
I said a week, maybe [D]two
Just until my skin turns [G]brown
Then I'm going [F]home to California

[Chorus 3]
[C]California, I'm coming [A]home
[F]Oh, will you take me as I am?
[C]Strung out on another man
[G]California, I'm com[C]ing home
[F][G][C][C]

[Bridge 2]
Oh, it gets [D]so [F]lonely when you're walking
[C]And the streets are full of str[G]angers
All the news of [D]home you [F]read
More about the [C]war and the bloody [G]changes
[D]Oh, will you take me [F]as I am?
Will you take me as I [C]am, will you?
[G]Will you take me as I a[D]m?[F][C][G]
Take me as I [D]am[F][C][G]
[Fade out]