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California by Joni Mitchell - Guitar Chords

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Version 1
            [Intro]
E  Eadd4  E  Esus4  E  Esus4  E


[Verse 1]
E                                  A                                   F#
Sitting in a park in Paris, France  reading the news and it sure looks bad
                               B                                  E
They won't give peace a chance, that was just a dream some of us had
E                A                                  F#
Stole a lot of lines to sing but I wouldn't want to stay here
                  B                                A
It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here
 A        (Asus4)       E         C#
Ah but California, California I'm coming home
A                            E                         B
I'm gonna see the folks I dig, I'll even kiss a sunset pig
    Bsus4         E
California, I'm coming home


[Interlude]
E  Eadd4  E  Esus4  E  Esus4  E


[Verse 2]
E                                A                             F#
I met a redneck on a Grecian isle, we did the goat dance very well
                        B                                 E
He gave me back my smile but he kept my camera to sell
E                              A
Oh the rogue, the red red rogue, he cooked good omelettes and stews
      F#                                           B                       A
And I might have stayed on with him there, but my heart cried out for you
 A        (Asus4)    E        C#
California, oh California I'm coming home
A                                      E                         B
Oh make me feel good rock and roll band, I'm your biggest fan
 Bsus4               E
California, I'm coming home   (RIFF)


[Bridge 1]
E              F#   A                       E                              B
Oh it gets so lonely   when you're walking     and the streets are full of strangers
                 F#      A                      F#     D
All the news of home you read just give you the blues
                  B     Bsus4    A  Asus4 A  B  E  (like interlude)  Esus4 E Esus4 E A
Just give you the blues


[Verse 3]
     E                                       A
So I bought me a ticket I caught a plane to Spain
                                 F#
Went to a party down a red dirt road
                                       B          A                    E
There were lots of pretty people there, reading Rolling Stone reading Vogue
                    A                                       F#
They said how long can you hang around, I said a week maybe two
                 B                                     A
Just until my skin turns brown and then I'm going home
A        (Asus4)     E                 C#
To California, California, I'm coming home
A                            E/C#                           B
Oh, will you take me as I am, strung out on another man
 Bsus4              E
California I'm coming home   (RIFF)


[Bridge 2]
E              F#    A                     E                                 B
Oh it gets so lonely    when you're walking    and the streets are full of strangers
                F#        A                    E                   B
All the news of home you read, more about the war and the bloody changes
   F#                    A                         E
Oh will you take me as I am, will you take me as I am
        B                      F#   A  E
Will you, will you take me as I am
B   F#  A  E  B   
(repeat to fade)
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