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[Verse 1]
(F#Give me that)
F#West coast, golden state of mBine
Where the sunshine never dD#mies
And your love is like the wBave I ride beside you
(Give me that)
OF#pen, orange coloured sBky
Can you feel that
It's the D#mmotion in the ocean
That makes you brBighter than the sun
(Cruisin' down the 101)
[Chorus]
F#You're my
California sBunrise
Open up your gD#mold eyes
Meet me on the Bcoast
'Cause that's where I'll be at
At F#sundown
Never looking Bback now
Dancing to our D#mown sound
Making historBy
Just you and F#me, yeah
[Verse 2]
(Give me that)
F#Halo, smile to pull me Bin
Can I kiss your summer D#mskin
'Cause my heart is here to swBim with you, I know it
(Give me that)
F#Summer loving all the wBay
From the Bay down to D#mLA
Cruisin' down the PBCH with you 'til morning
(Singing)
[Chorus]
F#You're my
California sBunrise
Open up your gD#mold eyes
Meet me on the Bcoast
'Cause that's where I'll be at
At F#sundown
Never looking Bback now
Dancing to our D#mown sound
Making historBy
JBust you and me, yF#eah 
JBust you and me, yF#eah 
JBust you and me, yF#eah 
F#You're my
California sBunrise
Open up your D#mgold eyes
Meet me on the Bcoast
Just you and me, F#yeah
[Interlude]
F# B F# C#
[Bridge]
If you F#feel like you wanna watch the stBars
From the backseat of my F#car
With the top-down we'll be
C#Close enough to reach them
And I F#hope someday we'll be the Bones
Living life under the F#sun
Until then we'll be C#California dreaming
C#Yeah, we'll be California dreaming
[Chorus]
N.C.
You're my
N.C.  
California sunrise
N.C.        
Open up your gold eyes
N.C.              
Meet me on the coast
N.C.            
'Cause that's where I'll be
N.C.
At sundown
N.C.
Never looking back now
N.C.
Dancing to our own sound
N.C.
Making history
N.C.      
Just you and me, yeah
[Chorus]
F#You're my
California sBunrise
Open up your gD#mold eyes
Meet me on the Bcoast
'Cause that's where I'll be at
At F#sundown
Never looking Bback now
Dancing to our D#mown sound
Making historBy
Just you and me, yF#eah 
[Outro]
BJust you and me, yeahD#m  
BJust you and me, yeah
F#You're my
California sBunrise
Open up your D#mgold eyes
Meet me on the cG#moast
N.C.
Just you and me, yeah

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California

by Silent Pilot

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D#m

G#m

[Verse 1]

(Give me that)

F# B

West coast, golden state of mine

D#m

Where the sunshine never dies

And your love is like the wave I ride beside you

(Give me that)

F# B

Open, orange coloured sky

Can you feel that

D#m

It's the motion in the ocean

That makes you brighter than the sun

(Cruisin' down the 101)

[Chorus]

You're my

California sunrise

D#m

Open up your gold eyes

Meet me on the coast

'Cause that's where I'll be at

At sundown

Never looking back now

D#m

Dancing to our own sound

Making history

Just you and me, yeah

[Verse 2]

(Give me that)

F# B

Halo, smile to pull me in

D#m

Can I kiss your summer skin

'Cause my heart is here to swim with you, I know it

(Give me that)

F# B

Summer loving all the way

D#m

From the Bay down to LA

Cruisin' down the PCH with you 'til morning

(Singing)

[Chorus]

You're my

California sunrise

D#m

Open up your gold eyes

Meet me on the coast

'Cause that's where I'll be at

At sundown

Never looking back now

D#m

Dancing to our own sound

Making history

B F#

Just you and me, yeah

B F#

Just you and me, yeah

B F#

Just you and me, yeah

You're my

California sunrise

D#m

Open up your gold eyes

Meet me on the coast

Just you and me, yeah

[Interlude]

F# B F# C#

[Bridge]

F# B

If you feel like you wanna watch the stars

From the backseat of my car

With the top-down we'll be

Close enough to reach them

F# B

And I hope someday we'll be the ones

Living life under the sun

Until then we'll be California dreaming

Yeah, we'll be California dreaming

[Chorus]

N.C.

You're my

N.C.

California sunrise

N.C.

Open up your gold eyes

N.C.

Meet me on the coast

N.C.

'Cause that's where I'll be

N.C.

At sundown

N.C.

Never looking back now

N.C.

Dancing to our own sound

N.C.

Making history

N.C.

Just you and me, yeah

[Chorus]

You're my

California sunrise

D#m

Open up your gold eyes

Meet me on the coast

'Cause that's where I'll be at

At sundown

Never looking back now

D#m

Dancing to our own sound

Making history

Just you and me, yeah

[Outro]

B D#m

Just you and me, yeah

You're my

California sunrise

D#m

Open up your gold eyes

G#m

Meet me on the coast

N.C.

Just you and me, yeah

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