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California Brown And Blue

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off of "Are You A Dreamer?"
Capo 7
Tuned EADGAD
Chord Shapes
    G320000
   Em022000
C/G  332000 (sometimes also 332010, use at your own taste)
D/A  554030 (sometimes also 554000)
GShe's the kind of girl that tans to broEmwn
C/Gfreckles on her elbows and her knD/Aees
GAnd I'm the boy that passes through these towEmns
C/GI leave before we find out what it meaD/Ans
(Chorus)
C/GI'll send a letter addressed to D/Ayou
GIt says you're my California brown and Emblue
C/GAnother coastline gives into waD/Aves and fades away
G(nEmow C/GvariD/Aous hammers are used at the end of each chord, like the B note of the G chord 
the higher E note of the Em chord (relative to capo of course))
GSo I push through another hotel dEmoor
C/Gand I pull back the bed sheets till they D/Abreak
Gand I sleep so hard I don't even dEmream
C/Gweightless in the arms of Golden GD/Aate
C/GThe only music I wanna D/Ahear
Gis the sound of the last light that disapEmpears
C/GAnother songbird gives up its D/Awings, it fades away
(same chord structure and timing as verse)
Gdada dada daEmda
C/Gdada dada daD/Ada
(Chorus)
I'll send a letter addressed to you
It says you're my California brown and blue
Another coastline gives in to waves
It says you're my California Golden Gate
The only music I wanna hear
is the sound of the last light that disappears
Another songbird gives up its wings
and fades away
Another songbird gives up its wings
and fades away
G

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California Brown And Blue

by Denison Witmer

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 7 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

D/A

off of "Are You A Dreamer?"

Capo 7

Tuned EADGAD

Chord Shapes

320000

022000

C/G 332000 (sometimes also 332010, use at your own taste)

D/A 554030 (sometimes also 554000)

G Em

She's the kind of girl that tans to brown

C/G D/A

freckles on her elbows and her knees

G Em

And I'm the boy that passes through these towns

C/G D/A

I leave before we find out what it means

(Chorus)

C/G D/A

I'll send a letter addressed to you

G Em

It says you're my California brown and blue

C/G D/A

Another coastline gives into waves and fades away

G Em C/G D/A

(now various hammers are used at the end of each chord, like the B note of the G chord

the higher E note of the Em chord (relative to capo of course))

G Em

So I push through another hotel door

C/G D/A

and I pull back the bed sheets till they break

G Em

and I sleep so hard I don't even dream

C/G D/A

weightless in the arms of Golden Gate

C/G D/A

The only music I wanna hear

G Em

is the sound of the last light that disappears

C/G D/A

Another songbird gives up its wings, it fades away

(same chord structure and timing as verse)

G Em

dada dada dada

C/G D/A

dada dada dada

(Chorus)

I'll send a letter addressed to you

It says you're my California brown and blue

Another coastline gives in to waves

It says you're my California Golden Gate

The only music I wanna hear

is the sound of the last light that disappears

Another songbird gives up its wings

and fades away

Another songbird gives up its wings

and fades away

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