Artist: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Song: California Album: 4 Key: C Major I prefer playing barre chords for the Ab, Am, and G in the intro. Ab Am G e|----4---------------5---------------3----| B|----4---------------5---------------3----| G|----5---------------5---------------4----| D|----6---------------7---------------5----| A|----6---------------7---------------5----| E|----4---------------5---------------3----| [Intro:] C - F - Ab (x1) C - F - Am - G (x1) [Verse 1:] C G F Well, I know it's all been said before C G But that will not stop me from trying F C G Em - Dm To explain to you everything I said is true, yeah Em F G You know you light up my whole world [Chorus:] C F I thought I lost my heart way back in Florida Am Then I found it in California F I guess that's how things go C F Cause no one really knows what life's got for ya Am You better hire a real good lawyer F G C And take things as they come in the California sun [Verse 2:] G Em - F Yeah, I consider myself one of the lucky ones C G And every night I praise his name Em - F C I'm not ashamed to say G Dm You have made me want to change Em F G You know you light up my whole world [Chorus:] C F I thought I lost my heart way back in Florida Am Then I found it in California F I guess that's how things go C F Cause no one really knows what God's planned for ya Am You better hire a real good lawyer F G C And take things as they come in the California sun [Bridge:] F C Oh, she makes me want to change F She makes me want to change C F Yeah, she makes me want to change C She makes me want to change F She makes me want to change, yeah [Chorus:] C F I thought I lost my heart way back in Florida Am Then I found it in California F I guess that's how things go C F Cause no one really knows what life's got for ya Am You better hire a real good lawyer F G C And take things as they come in the California sun F Am F Yeah, the California sun, whoa C F Cause no one really knows what God's planned for ya Am You better hire a real good lawyer F G C And take things as they come in the California sun