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
