{"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":1666338,"song":"California English","artist":"Vampire Weekend","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1666338-california-english-chords-by-vampire-weekend/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1666338?type=chord","rating":4.58207,"votes":9,"content":"This song can be played with open chords, but I think that it sounds much better played with barre \r\nchords.\r\nAlso, if you watch a live performance, The band members play it with barre chords. \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWouldn’t ever gag you with a spoon, my only true love [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever really heard you speak that way, it’s unworthy of… [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFunny how that little college girl called language corrupt [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFunny how the other private schools had no Hapa Club [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSomeone took a trip before you came to ski in the Alps [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour father moved across the country just to sunburn his scalp [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nContra Costa, Contra Mundum, contradict what I say [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLiving like the French Connection, but we’ll die in LA [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBlasted from a disconnected light switch [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThrough the condo that they’ll never finish [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBounced across a Saudi satellite dish [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd through your brain to California English [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo one sits inside a freezing flat and stays there ‘til May [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLeafing through a stack of A-Zs to surf the UK [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWaiting with the wind against your face and gel in your hair [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShivering in little undershirts, but don’t seem to care [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBlasted from a disconnected light switch [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThrough the condo that they’ll never finish [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBounced across a Saudi satellite dish [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd through your brain to California English [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         \r\nSweet carob rice cake [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe don’t care how the sweets taste [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              \r\nFake Philly cheese steak [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut she use real toothpaste [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    \r\nCuz if that Tom’s don’t work [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf it just makes you worse [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWould you loose all of your faith in the good earth [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    \r\nAnd if it’s all a curse [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd we’re just getting worse [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBaby, please don’t lose your faith in the good earth [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBlasted from a disconnected light switch [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThrough the condo that they’ll never finish [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBounced across a Saudi satellite dish [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd through your brain to California English [/tab]","plain_text":"This song can be played with open chords, but I think that it sounds much better played with barre \nchords.\nAlso, if you watch a live performance, The band members play it with barre chords.","chords":["C","F","Em","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}