Gm        Cm
Going to calfornia, 
              Gm   Cm
To live in the summer sun
 Gm                Cm
The streets are made of silver, 
                Gm        Cm
I'm like a rabbit on the run
          Gm     Cm
Philadelphia freedom
                      Gm   Cm
Well, it's not like you have heard
Gm                   Cm
The city of brotherly love
               Gm     Cm
Is full of pain and hurt
 
Chorus
 
Dm                  Cm
I'm going to California
           Gm       Cm
To find my pot of gold 
 
            Gm     Cm
Corruption on every corner
           Gm      Cm
Hustlers selling sweets
Gm           Cm
baby is home crying
              Gm      Cm
While her momma's on the streets
       Gm    Cm
Every bodys dying 
           Gm     Cm
Have heard the news today
Gm                       Cm
A women in the Philly is mournin'
                 Gm      Cm
A bullet took another son away
 
Chorus
 
Dm                Cm
I'm going to California
           Gm      Cm
I'm going far far away
 
(Saxophone bit)
 
Dm     C#m7 - Cm  Gm x2   


           Gm       Cm
I'm going to California
          Gm      Cm
To resurrect my soul
Gm                Cm
The sun is always shining
                   Gm      Cm
Or at least thats what I'm told
 
Chorus
 
Dm                  Cm
I'm going to California
                Gm        Cm
To find a better life for me
Dm                 Cm
I'm going to California
                      Gm     Cm
I'll write and tell you what I see
Dm                 Cm
I'm going to California
             Gm
Somebody say a prayer for me     
 
fade
Cm        Gm