Intro:
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Verse:
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Verse (Last Round):
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Intro: G, Em, D, Em, C
Verse 1:
G Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?
D Em C
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
G Em
I guess if you like sandy beaches and blue ocean water
D Em C
There's just something about it, to which I cannot relate
G Em
I need to see the leaves change and the snowflakes falling
D Em C
I need to hear the call, the wind whistling through the winter pines
D A7 Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?
A7 G C
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
D Em C
And people still follow their dreams to sweet California
Am G C
And from time to time I?ll pass on by, but I will never stay
Verse 2:
G Em
Sure there are beautiful people, in the city of lost angels
D Em C
They're living like they're kings and queens, from some royal age
G Em
But fortune and fame won't save you, when California
D Em C
Is wiped out by the ring of fire or a great earthquake
D A7 Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?
A7 G C
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
D Em C
And people still follow their dreams to sweet California
Am G C
And from time to time I?ll pass on by, but I will never stay
Outro:
G
No I will never stay
C, G
C G
Never stay
C, G
C G
Never stay