{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1805430,"song":"California Snow","artist":"Dave Alvin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11397899-california-snow-chords-by-dave-alvin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1805430?type=chord","rating":4.85704,"votes":8,"content":"Dave Alvin/Tom Russell\r\n\r\nThis song is normally done in A with Capo 2 so that is how I'll show it although \r\nwhen I do this song I do it in C, no Capo.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm just tryin' to make a livin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm an old man at thirty-nine[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith two kids and an ex-wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho moved up to Riverside[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm workin' down on the border[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDrivin' back roads every night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMountains east of El Cajon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNorth of the Tecate line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere the California summer sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill burn right through your soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut in the winter you can freeze to death[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the California snow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI catch the ones I'm able to[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd watch the others slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI know some by their faces[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I even know some by name[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI guess they think that we're all[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMovie stars and millionaires[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI guess that they still believe[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat dreams come true up here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I bet the weather's warmer down in Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd no one ever tells them 'bout the California snow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLast winter I found a man and wife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust about daybreak[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLayin' in a frozen ditch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSouth of the interstate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wrapped 'em both in blankets[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut she'd already died[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe next day we sent him back alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAcross the borderline[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI don't know where they came from[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr where they planned to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut he carried her all night long[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrough the California snow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes when I'm alone out here[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI get to thinkin' about my life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMaybe I should go to Riverside[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd try to fix things with my wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr maybe just get in my truck[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd drive as far as I can go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAway from all the ghosts that haunt[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe California snow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere the California summer sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCan burn right to your soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in the winter you can freeze to death[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the California snow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in the winter you can freeze to death[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the California snow[/tab]","plain_text":"Dave Alvin/Tom Russell\n\nThis song is normally done in A with Capo 2 so that is how I'll show it although \nwhen I do this song I do it in C, no Capo.\n\n\n[Intro]\nA D A D A D A D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["A","C","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}