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[Intro]
G Em C G Em C G
G Em C G Em C G
[Chorus]
GOh CaliEmfornia Ctake my Ghand
EmI ain't Cready to Ggo
GOh CaliEmfornia Ctake my Ghand
 EmTeach me Ceverything you Gknow
[Verse]
EmI arGrived on a  Embig jet Gplane
With the Emweight of the Gworld on my Cshoulders
 EmBut you took me Gin with your Embig blue Gskies
And a Emvoice that could Ghold the sound of Claughter
[Break]
 DYou're my Gisland in the Csun
 DWith a Gdance for everyCone
 GOh CaliEmfornia Ctake my Ghand
 EmI ain't Cready to Ggo
 GWoa CaliEmfornia Ctake my Ghand
 EmTeach me Ceverything you kGnow
[Instrumental]
G Em C G Em C G
[Verse]
 EmI was Gblind by the Emthings I was Gtold
 EmAnd the people I Gknew in my Chomeland
 EmBut you took me Gin with your Emglimpses of Ggold
And a Emheart full of Ghope that I've been Csearching for
[Break]
 DYou're my Gisland in the Csun
 DWith a Gdance for everyCone
GOh CaliEmfornia Ctake my Ghand
EmI ain't rCeady to Ggo
[Chorus]
 GOh CaliEmfornia, Ctake my Ghand
 EmTeach me Ceverything you Gknow
[Instrumental Break]
Em C G Em C G
[Outro]
 GOh CaliEmfornia Ctake my Ghand
 EmI ain't Cready to  Ggo

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California

by Little Georgia

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G Em C G Em C G

[Chorus]

G Em C G

Oh California take my hand

Em C G

I ain't ready to go

G Em C G

Oh California take my hand

Em C G

Teach me everything you know

[Verse]

Em G Em G

I arrived on a big jet plane

Em G C

With the weight of the world on my shoulders

Em G Em G

But you took me in with your big blue skies

Em G C

And a voice that could hold the sound of laughter

[Break]

D G C

You're my island in the sun

D G C

With a dance for everyone

G Em C G

Oh California take my hand

Em C G

I ain't ready to go

G Em C G

Woa California take my hand

Em C G

Teach me everything you know

[Instrumental]

G Em C G Em C G

[Verse]

Em G Em G

I was blind by the things I was told

Em G C

And the people I knew in my homeland

Em G Em G

But you took me in with your glimpses of gold

Em G C

And a heart full of hope that I've been searching for

[Break]

D G C

You're my island in the sun

D G C

With a dance for everyone

G Em C G

Oh California take my hand

Em C G

I ain't ready to go

[Chorus]

G Em C G

Oh California, take my hand

Em C G

Teach me everything you know

[Instrumental Break]

Em C G Em C G

[Outro]

G Em C G

Oh California take my hand

Em C G

I ain't ready to go

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