[Intro Riff]
E|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4--6--6-6-6-|-6--6-6--4--4-4--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--4--4-4-4-|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
[Rest of the Song]
Play this riff for the rest of the song. I've noted the bars as E and A for reference throughout the lyrics.
EAE|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4--6--6-6-6-|-6--6-6--4--4-4--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
[Verse]
EAE
The leaves, they don't change here
AE
The leaves don't change here, so I never saw it coming
AE
Winter hit me, Hiroshima, where did the sun go?
AE
Just the cruel rain pouring, you say that it's over
AE
How could it be over, when I never saw it coming?
[Chorus]
AE
Sweet California, sour California
AE
Sweet California, bitter California
A
Sweet California
EA
I should've known better, I should've known better
E
Cause the leaves don't change here
[Verse]
AE
Heart caught in a riptide, cold Pacific waters
AE
Keep on pulling me under, drowning in my sorrows
AE
Eager waves keep on crashing, you say that it's over
AE
How could it be over? I never saw it coming
[Chorus]
AE
Sweet California, sour California
AE
Sweet California, bitter California
A
Sweet California
EA
I should've known better, I should've known better
E
Cause the leaves don't change here
[Verse]
AE
You know I'm from here, I never saw it coming
A
Where did the summer go, when you loved me?
EA
Where did the summer go, when you loved me?
EA
You say it's over now, how could it be over?
E
I never saw it coming
[Chorus]
AE
Sweet California, sour California
AE
Sweet California, bitter California
A
Sweet California
E
Oh, I should've known better
A
I should've known better
E
The leaves, they don't change here