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California Nights

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[Intro]
 A   Em   D(1x)
[Verse]
AI stay Emhig.....Dh all Athe time
EmJus......Dt to get Aby
I Emclim.....Db into the Asky
And my Emeye.....Ds, they Acry
ACalifornia nights
Make me Emfeel so Dhappy I could Adie
But I Emtr......Dy
Still AI
[Verse]
I Gnever wanna get so high
That I can't come back down to real life
And look you in the eyes and say
Baby, you're Amine
Fading back and forth 
I Emfl......Dy through my Amind
I Emtak....De the weight I've Aknown
But have EmI.....D. really Agrown?
[Chorus]
ACalifornia nights
Make me Emfeel so Dhappy I could Adie
But I Emtr......Dy
Still AI
[Chorus]
I never Gwanna get so high
That I can't come back down to real life
And look you in the eyes and say
Baby, you're Amine
[Instrumental]
 A   Em   D(3x)
[Chorus]
I never Gwanna get so high
That I can't come back down to real life
And look you in the eyes and say
Baby, Oh youA're mine
(It ends with A)

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California Nights

by Best Coast

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

A Em D

(1x)

[Verse]

A Em D A

I stay hig.....h all the time

Em D A

Jus......t to get by

Em D A

I clim.....b into the sky

Em D A

And my eye.....s, they cry

California nights

Em D A

Make me feel so happy I could die

Em D

But I tr......y

Still I

[Verse]

I never wanna get so high

That I can't come back down to real life

And look you in the eyes and say

Baby, you're mine

Fading back and forth

Em D A

I fl......y through my mind

Em D A

I tak....e the weight I've known

Em D A

But have I...... really grown?

[Chorus]

California nights

Em D A

Make me feel so happy I could die

Em D

But I tr......y

Still I

[Chorus]

I never wanna get so high

That I can't come back down to real life

And look you in the eyes and say

Baby, you're mine

[Instrumental]

A Em D

(3x)

[Chorus]

I never wanna get so high

That I can't come back down to real life

And look you in the eyes and say

Baby, Oh you're mine

(It ends with )

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