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California Sun chords
  C   F   C2x
C  F C F C F C A F G C
Well, I'm Cgoin' out west where FI beClongC  F  C  
Where the days are short and the Fnights are ClonCgF  C  
CWhere they walk and I'll Fwalk
They Ctwist and I'll Ftwist
They Cshimmy and I'll Fshimmy
They Cfly and I'll Ffly
Well they're Cout there a'havin' Afun
In that Fwarm GCalifornia Csun.
Well, I'm Cgoin' out west out Fon the CcoasCtF  C  
Where the California girls are Freally the CmosCtF  C  
CWhere they walk and I'll Fwalk
They Ctwist and I'll Ftwist
They Cshimmy and I'll Fshimmy
They Cfly and I'll Ffly
Well they're Cout there a'havin' Afun
In that Fwarm GCalifornia Csun.
Well the Cgirls are frisky in Fold ‘FrisCcoC  F  C  
A pretty little chick wherFever you CgoC  F  C  
CWhere they walk and I'll Fwalk
They Ctwist and I'll Ftwist
They Cshimmy and I'll Fshimmy
They Cfly and I'll Ffly
Well they're Cout there a'havin' Afun
In that Fwarm GCalifornia Csun.
Yeah they're Cout there a'havin' Afun
In that Fwarm GCalifornia Csun

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California Sun

by The Rivieras

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California Sun chords

C F C

C F C F C F C A F G C

C F C C F C

Well, I'm goin' out west where I belong

F C C F C

Where the days are short and the nights are long

C F

Where they walk and I'll walk

C F

They twist and I'll twist

C F

They shimmy and I'll shimmy

C F

They fly and I'll fly

C A

Well they're out there a'havin' fun

F G C

In that warm California sun.

C F C C F C

Well, I'm goin' out west out on the coast

F C C F C

Where the California girls are really the most

C F

Where they walk and I'll walk

C F

They twist and I'll twist

C F

They shimmy and I'll shimmy

C F

They fly and I'll fly

C A

Well they're out there a'havin' fun

F G C

In that warm California sun.

C F C C F C

Well the girls are frisky in old ‘Frisco

F C C F C

A pretty little chick wherever you go

C F

Where they walk and I'll walk

C F

They twist and I'll twist

C F

They shimmy and I'll shimmy

C F

They fly and I'll fly

C A

Well they're out there a'havin' fun

F G C

In that warm California sun.

C A

Yeah they're out there a'havin' fun

F G C

In that warm California sun

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