California
Joni Mitchell
Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzV2u5-kh5Q&ab_channel=swiftlessons
* Asus4 = x00230
* Bsus4 = x24400
* Esus4 = 002200
Intro: (noodling in key of E on top 3 strings) - lines are rhythm, notes, and solfege
(4) & a 1 & 2 & [3 & a 4 & a] (1) & 2 & 3 & 4 & [1 & a 2 & a 3 & a] [4 &]
d# e d# b g# b A d# b d# d# f# d# b E A
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1' 7 5 3 5 [4] 7 5 7 5 2' 7 5 [1] [4]
Verse 1
E Sitting in a park in Paris France A reading the news and it sure looks F# bad
They won't give peace a chance, B that was just a dream some of us E had
Still a lot of lands to A see but I wouldn't want to F# stay here
It's too old and B cold and settled in its ways here
A Ah but Asus4 California, Cali-E-fornia I'm C# coming home
A I'm gonna see the folks I dig E, I'll even kiss a sunset B pig
Bsus4 California I'm coming E home
Intro
RIFF E A
Verse 2
E I met a redneck on a Grecian isle, A we did the goat dance very F# well
He gave me back my smile B but he kept my camera to sell
E Oh the rogue, the red red rogue, A he cooked good omelettes and stews
And I F# might have stayed on with him there, but my B heart cried out for you
A Ah but Asus4 California, Cali-E-fornia I'm C# coming home
A Oh make me feel good rock and roll band, E I'm your biggest fan
Cali-Bsus4-fornia I'm coming E home RIFF
Bridge
E Oh it gets so F# lone-A-ly
When you're walking E and the streets are full of B strangers
All the news of F# home you A read just give you the F# blues
D Just give you the B blues A A E-riff]
Verse
E So I bought me a ticket I caught a plane to A Spain
Went to a party down a red dirt F# road
There were lots of pretty people B there, reading Rolling Stone reading E Vogue
They said how long can you A hang around, I said a week maybe F# two
Just until my skin turns B brown and then I'm going home
A Ah but Asus4 California, Cali-E-fornia I'm C# coming home
A Oh, will you take me as I am, E strung out on another B man
Cali-Bsus4-fornia I'm coming E home RIFF
Bridge 2
E Oh it gets so F# lone-A-ly When you're walking E and the streets are full of B strangers
All the news of F# home you A read, more about the E war and the bloody B changes
Oh F# will you take me as I A am, will you take me as I E am
Will you, B will you take me as I F# a----A-a m
E F# A B (repeat) - end on E