D F#m A D [Verse 1] D Bm Well, no matter where I wandered G A I know I'll always find a welcome D Bm F#m Bm at the end of every journey G A There'll be friendly people waitin' [Chorus] D Bm California would not hold me G A 'though I loved her timber mountains D Bm F#m Bm Worked her fields and worked her orchids G A up and down her central valley [Verse 2] D Bm I have driven open highway G A through the golden Utah valley D Bm F#m Bm And I watched the rivers gently gliding. G A I wave my hand to friendly people [Chorus] D Bm California would not hold me G A 'though I loved her timber mountains D Bm F#m Bm Worked her fields and worked her orchids G A up and down her central valley [Instrumental] D Bm G A D [Verse 3] D Bm Folks who know me call me a drifter. G A They don't know I'll stop my ramblin' D Bm F#m Bm They don't know that someday G A somewhere somebody's gonna make me settle down [Bridge] D Bm I'm going home, Lord, G A I'm going home. D Bm I'm going home, Lord, G A I'm going home. [Verse 4] D Bm Well, no matter where I wandered G A I know I'll always find a welcome D Bm F#m Bm at the end of every journey G A There'll be friendly people waitin' [Outro] D Bm California would not hold me G A 'though I loved her timber mountains D Bm F#m Bm Worked her fields and worked her orchids G A up and down her central valley G A D I'm going home.