california Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]I
went from the [D]ocean
down by the [C]Santa Monica [D]Pier
[G]Couldn't swallow the wa
[D]ter or I'll [C]die in a [D]year
[G]Smog's pretty nas[D]ty
so I [C]tried not to [D]breathe[G]
Californi[D]a's where [C]I want
to [D]be[G][D]
California's [G]where I want to [C]be
[G]Climb [D]the mountains and
lay [G]light on the [C]beach
[G]Take [D]the highway from the ghe[G]tto
to the [C]sea[G][D]
California's where [G]I want to b[C]e
[G]San Francis[D]co's where
[C]I learned about [D]the world
[G]I d[D]anced all morning
with a guy [C]dressed like a [D]girl
[G]There's never any [D]question
about [C]what sexuality[D][G]
Californi[D]a's the biggest closet
[C]I've ever [D]seen[G][D]
California's where [G]I wanna b[C]e
[G]I'll [D]climb a mountain [C]and
then [G]lie on the [C]beach
[G]Take [D]the highway
from the [G]ghetto to the [C]sea
[G]Cause [D]California [C]is where [G]I wanna b[C]e
[G]I went across the b[D]order
down the [C]Mexico Way
[D]Didn't[G] look much
[D]different from [C]East L .A.
[D]Eve[G]n my [D]mechanic
speaks Span[C]ish to me
[D]I g[G]uess it's all part of m[D]y destiny[C]
[D]Be [G]cause Cali[D]fornia is
where [G]I want to b[C]e
[G]Climb [D]a mountain in the
[G]light of the [C]beach
[G]Take [D]the highway from
the [G]river to the [C]sea
Be[G]cause Cali[D]fornia is where I [G]want [C]to be[G][D]
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[G]Get on the free[D]way one
Fri[C]day afternoon
[D]You [G]get to whe[D]re you're going
about [C]the same time next [D]June
[G]Where all this tra[D]ffic
makes no [C]difference to [D]me
[G]Cause Cali[D]fornia's where [C]I want
to [D]be [G]now[D]
California's where [G]I want to b[C]e
[G]Cli[D]mb a mountain, lay low[G] on the bea[C]ch
[G]An d [D]take the highway
from the [G]ghetto to the [C]sea
[G]Cause [D]California is where [G]I wanna b[C]e
[G]Cali[D]fornia, Cali[G]fornia[C][G][D]
California, [G]California[C][G][D]
California, [G]California[C][G]
[D]California, Cal[G]ifor[C]nia