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Verse 1
G5I'm not falling C5for any mG/Bore of these G5tricks.
I'm so tired of eC5verything D5here.
G5The sun is calliC5ng mG/Be to G5the west.
Everyone's having C5fun out D5there.
G5My bags are packed as I'm C5looking out the G/Bwindow.
G5Everything is so out C5dated D5here.
I G5wanna move west to where the C5sun is G/Bshining.
I want my friends to C5all be D5there.
Pre-Chorus
G5Oh,___________ oh,___________
Chorus
G5Let's pack up and move to California.
C5She's got lots D5of friends out there. 
We'll E5never get bored cause we can go boardin.
C5Lets let the sunchine D5take us there.
Interlude
G5          C5
Verse 2
G5I'm tired C5of taG/Bkin it slG5ow.
So tired but C5I'm not D5sleeping.
G5I'm wired, C5about to pick G/Bup my G5board, cause 
we're all headed C5out for tD5he weekend.
G5Lets pack up and moC5ve to CaliG/Bfornia 
G5Hop on board beC5fore we get D5older.
G5Raise your hands and shout C5for CaliG/Bfornia.
G5Come one,  Come on, Come oC5n,____ cD5ome on. _____
Chorus
G5Let's pack up and move to California.
C5She's got lots D5of friends out there. 
We'll E5never get bored cause we can go boardin.
C5Lets let the sunchine D5take us there.
Pre-Chorus
G5Oh,_____________ oh,_________
Chorus
G5Let's pack up and move to California.
C5She's got lots D5of friends out there. 
We'll E5never get bored cause we can go boardin.
C5Lets let the sunchine D5take us there.
 G5Let's pack up and move to California.
C5She's got lots D5of friends out there. 
We'll E5never get bored cause we can go boardin.
C5Lets let the sunchine D5take us there.
Outro-Chorus 
G5Lets pack up and C5move to CaliG/Bfornia 
G5Hop on board before C5we gD5et oldeD5r
G5Raise your hands we're heaC5ding for the G/BboardeD5r
Come on, G5come on, come on___ come on._______

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California

by Hawk Nelson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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G/B

Verse 1

G5 C5 G/B G5

I'm not falling for any more of these tricks.

C5 D5

I'm so tired of everything here.

G5 C5 G/B G5

The sun is calling me to the west.

C5 D5

Everyone's having fun out there.

G5 C5 G/B

My bags are packed as I'm looking out the window.

G5 C5 D5

Everything is so out dated here.

G5 C5 G/B

I wanna move west to where the sun is shining.

C5 D5

I want my friends to all be there.

Pre-Chorus

Oh,___________ oh,___________

Chorus

Let's pack up and move to California.

C5 D5

She's got lots of friends out there.

We'll never get bored cause we can go boardin.

C5 D5

Lets let the sunchine take us there.

Interlude

G5 C5

Verse 2

G5 C5 G/B G5

I'm tired of takin it slow.

C5 D5

So tired but I'm not sleeping.

G5 C5 G/B G5

I'm wired, about to pick up my board, cause

C5 D5

we're all headed out for the weekend.

G5 C5 G/B

Lets pack up and move to California

G5 C5 D5

Hop on board before we get older.

G5 C5 G/B

Raise your hands and shout for California.

G5 C5 D5

Come one, Come on, Come on,____ come on. _____

Chorus

Let's pack up and move to California.

C5 D5

She's got lots of friends out there.

We'll never get bored cause we can go boardin.

C5 D5

Lets let the sunchine take us there.

Pre-Chorus

Oh,_____________ oh,_________

Chorus

Let's pack up and move to California.

C5 D5

She's got lots of friends out there.

We'll never get bored cause we can go boardin.

C5 D5

Lets let the sunchine take us there.

Let's pack up and move to California.

C5 D5

She's got lots of friends out there.

We'll never get bored cause we can go boardin.

C5 D5

Lets let the sunchine take us there.

Outro-Chorus

G5 C5 G/B

Lets pack up and move to California

G5 C5 D5 D5

Hop on board before we get older

G5 C5 G/B D5

Raise your hands we're heading for the boarder

Come on, come on, come on___ come on._______

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