California

[Intro] G  A  D

[Primera Parte]

 D
Sitting in a park in Paris France
G                          E
  Reading the news and it sure looks bad

They won't give peace a chance
A                                   D
  That was just a dream some of us had
                G
Still a lot of lands to see
                         E
But I wouldn't want to stay here
                  A
It's too old and cold

And settled in its ways here

[Estribillo 1]

G
  Oh but California
 D         A
California   I'm coming home
G
  I'm going to see the folks I dig
F#m                      A
    I'll even kiss a Sunset pig
                D
California I'm coming home

[Segunda Parte]

   D
I met a redneck on a Grecian isle
G                              E
  Who did the goat dance very well

He gave me back my smile
A
  But he kept my camera to sell
D
  Oh the rogue the red red rogue
G
  He cooked good omelettes and stews
       E
And I might have stayed on with him there
        A
But my heart cried out for you

[Estribillo 2]

G
  California
D
Oh California
B7
   I'm coming home
     G                              F#m
Oh, make me feel good, rock'n roll band

I'm your biggest fan
     A                  D
California, I'm coming home

( G  D )

[Puente]

            E      G
Oh it gets so lonely when you're walking
D                                A
  And the streets are full of strangers
                 E        G
All the news of home you read
            E        G
Just gives you the blues
                     A
Just gives you the blues

( G  A  D )

[Tercera Parte]

      D
So I bought me a ticket
                      G
I caught a plane to Spain
                                 E
Went to a party down a red dirt road
                                   A
There were lots of pretty people there
                          D
Reading Rolling Stone reading Vogue
                     G
They said "How long can you hang around?"
                      E
I said a week maybe two
                           A
Just until my skin turns brown

[Refrão 3]

                G
Then I'm going home to California
     D                 B7
California I'm coming home
G                           F#m
  Oh, will you take me as I am
                       A
Strung out on another man
                 D
California, I'm coming home

( G  D )

[Final]

             E
Oh, it gets so lonely
G
  When you're walking
D                              A
And the streets are full of strangers
                 E        G
All the news of home you read
                D
More about the war
                 A
And the bloody changes

E                    G
Oh, will you take me as I am?
                      D
Will you take me as I am?
      A
Will you?
                 E
Will you take me as I am?

( G  D  A )

             E  G
Take me as I am
 D           A
Take me as I am