{"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":1850583,"song":"California","artist":"Joey Ryan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11410127-california-chords-by-joey-ryan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1850583?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"The strum pattern is pretty basic. Although, Joey throws in some little inflections to the C chord\r\nand he hits the high e string almost every other chord.\r\nThe entire song is played in the same fashion. It’s just back and forth with the thumb \r\nand middle/ring fingers.\r\nIt is easier to play when holding the chords I have written.\r\n\r\nNot sure if he is playing a [ch]G[/ch] or a [ch]G/D[/ch].  \r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G/D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nE|-------0---------------0------------------0-------------0---------------------------------------|\r\nB|---1---1-1---1-----1---1-1---1--------1---1-1-------1---1-1---1---1---1---3---3---1---1---1---1-|\r\nG|---2-----2---2-----2-----0---0--------2-----2-------2-----0---0---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0-|\r\nD|---------------0h2----------------0h3-----------0h2---------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-3---3-----3---------3-----3------------3-----3-------3-----3---0---0-----------3---3---3---3---|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3-------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nE|---------------------------|\r\nB|---1---1-----1---1---1---1-|\r\nG|---0---0-----0---0---0---0-|\r\nD|-----2---2h3---2---0---2---|\r\nA|-3-------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe last part of the intro is used at the end of every chorus\r\n                               \r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nCalifornia, California [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nKnow I love you, California [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I leave, I know you wait for me [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCause in the sun and in the weather [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo one else has loved me better [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCalifornia you're the place for me [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nLos Angeles, Los Angeles [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy heart goes out to you and if [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI make it back I'd love to drive around [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCause your streets are wide and dirty [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou'd have raised me in a hurry [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou’re the city with the angels, yes indeed [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSan Francisco, San Francisco [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlways busy, you're always pretty [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can see you just across the bay [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYour red bridge over the sea [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nKeeps me safe and warm and free [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn a clear day, there's no place I'd rather be [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the mountains, in the mountains [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo one knows you like I do [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd summer streams are knee deep in the snow [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust like the giving tree you have made a man of me [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCause everyone needs someplace beautiful [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI think everyone needs someplace beautiful [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nCalifornia, California [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nKnow I love you, California [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I leave I know you wait for me [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCause in the sun and in the weather [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo one else has loved me better [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCalifornia you're the place for me [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the valley, in the valley [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nGive me life and cradle me [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe sun is setting as I drive ahead [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo keep us and sustain us [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGive us food and love and I trust [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat without you we'd all soon be dead [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the forest, all the trees [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou make a little child of me [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow I long to know what you have seen [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll the people who are gone [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all the ones who once were strong [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh won't you keep their fate from claiming me [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the oceans, in the sea [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe have seen eternity [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow can I tell when you really end [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI imagine that you lead to other worlds entirely [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere we can save ourselves and start again [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes we need to save ourselves and start again [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nCalifornia, California [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKnow I love you, California [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I leave I know you wait for me [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCause in the sun and in the weather [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo one else has loved me better [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCalifornia you're the place for me [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\noooooooo ooo ooo ooo ooo  ooooouuuuooo ooo ooo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\noooooooo ooo ooo ooo ooo  ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo[/tab]\r\n\r\nEnd the bridge just like the chorus\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo nurse me like a mother [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRaise me strong just like my father [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me wander off, discover who I am [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll have learned your deepest lessons [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGathered up your finest blessings [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nReturn to California once again [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes, I'll come home to California once again [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nCalifornia, California [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nKnow I love you, California [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I leave I know you wait for me [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCause in the sun and in the weather [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo one else has loved me better [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCalifornia you're the place for me [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes California you're the place for me [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCalifornia won't you save a place for me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G/D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nE|-------0---------------0------------------0-------------0---------------------------------------|\r\nB|---1---1-1---1-----1---1-1---1--------1---1-1-------1---1-1---1---1---1---3---3---1---1---1---1-|\r\nG|---2-----2---2-----2-----0---0--------2-----2-------2-----0---0---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0-|\r\nD|---------------0h2----------------0h3-----------0h2---------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-3---3-----3---------3-----3------------3-----3-------3-----3---0---0-----------3---3---3---3---|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3-------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nE|---------------------------|\r\nB|---1---1-----1---1---1---1-|\r\nG|---0---0-----0---0---0---0-|\r\nD|-----2---2h3---2---0---2---|\r\nA|-3-------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"The strum pattern is pretty basic. Although, Joey throws in some little inflections to the C chord\nand he hits the high e string almost every other chord.\nThe entire song is played in the same fashion. It’s just back and forth with the thumb \nand middle/ring fingers.\nIt is easier to play when holding the chords I have written.\n\nNot sure if he is playing a G or a G/D.  \n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\nThe last part of the intro is used at the end of every chorus\n                               \n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\nEnd the bridge just like the chorus\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n************************************\n\n| h  Hammer-on\n\n************************************","chords":["C","G","G/D","F","Am","E","B","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}