This song is played standard with the Capo on the 3rd fret.
*For beginners: The chord with the stars beside them are the same chord but they
are played in a different spot on the guitar as shown in the chart.
G Em Em* D C A7 Am C* D*
e|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0---0----0----|
B|---0----0----0----3----1----1----1---1----3----|
G|---0----0----0----0----0----0----2---0----0----|
D|---0----2----5----4----2----2----2---2----4----|
A|---2----2----7----5----3----0----0---3----5----|
E|---3----0----0-----------------------3----5----|
[Intro]
G Em D Em* C
[Verse]
G Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?
D* Em C*
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
G Em
I guess if you like sandy beaches and blue ocean water
D* Em C*
There's just something about it, to which I cannot relate
G Em
I need to see the leaves change and the snowflakes falling
D* Em C*
I need to hear the call, the wind whistling through the winter pines
[Chorus]
D* A7 Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?
A7 G C*
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
D* Em C*
And people still follow their dreams to sweet California
Am G C
And from time to time I’ll pass on by, but I will never stay
[Verse]
G Em
Sure there are beautiful people, in the city of lost angels
D* Em C*
They're living like they're kings and queens, from some royal age
G Em
But fortune and fame won't save you, when California
D* Em C*
Is wiped out by the ring of fire or a great earthquake
[Chorus]
D* A7 Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?
A7 G C*
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
D* Em C*
And people still follow their dreams to sweet California
Am G C
And from time to time I’ll pass on by, but I will never stay
[Outro]
G
No I will never stay
C* G
C* G
Never stay
C* G
C* G
Never stay
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| * - played in a different spot on the guitar as shown in the chart
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