California

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Sitting in a park in Paris, France
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 Reading the news and it sure looks  bad
They won't give peace a chance
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 That was just a dream some of us had
                   G
Still a lot of land to see
               E7
But I wouldn't stay here
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It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, but California

[Chorus]
  D        B7
California,  I'm coming home
G
 I'm going to see the folks I dig
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    I'll even kiss a sunset pig
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California, I'm coming home

[Verse 2]
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I met a redneck on a Grecian isle
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 Who did the goat dance very well
He gave me back my smile
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 But he kept my camera to sell
D
Oh, the rogue, the red red rogue
G
 He cooked good omelets and stews
      E7
And I might have stayed on with him there
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But my heart cried out for you,

[Pre-Chorus]
California

[Chorus]
   D               B7
Oh, California, I'm  coming home
    G
Oh, make me feel good rock'n roll band
D/F#
    I'm your biggest fan
    A
California, I'm coming home

[Bridge]
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 Oh, it gets so  lonely

[Interlude]
When you're walking
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 And the streets are full of strangers
               E7         G
All the news of  home you read
              E7         C
Just gives you  the blues
               A        A7 G
Just gives you the blues

[Solo]
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      So I bought me a ticket

[Verse 3]
                    G
I got on a plane to Spain
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Went to a party down a red dirt road
There were lots of pretty people there
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 Reading Rolling Stone, reading Vogue
They said,
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"How long can you hang around?"
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I said a week, maybe two
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Just until my skin turns brown Then I'm
          G
going home to

[Pre-Chorus]
California

[Chorus]
  D                    B7
California, I'm coming home
   G
Oh, will you take me as I am
D/F#
    Strung out on another man
A                      D    Gmaj7
 California, I'm coming home

[Bridge]
D              E7
 Oh, it gets so  lonely

[Interlude]
G
 When you're walking
D                                 A
 And the streets are full of strangers
                E7       G
All the news of home you read
               D
More about the war
               A
And the bloody changes

[Outro]
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Oh,  will you take me as I am?
                      D
Will you take me as I am?
Will you?
A                     E7   G
 Will you take me as I  am?

[Fade Out]
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Hmm
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Take me as I  am
    D
Take me as I am
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