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Miss California

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1/12

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 12Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Intro]
  (A) 
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------| x6
A|--------------------3p0----|
E|-5---5-3--5---5-3h5-----3--|
[Verse] (Riff over verse)
AMiss California what did I do wrong
AIt seems I've loved you
AFor just a little too long
You've gone and Cleft me
For some preacher's Dway
          AN.C.
Now you act like you never knew me
And you can't hear a word I say
[Verse]
AMiss California did I get in your way
ADid the neighbors warn you
AWhat would happen some day
That a love like mCine
Was never good anyDway
            AN.C.
They said think about your reputation now
Before you get carried away
[Chorus]
Don't you Cknow what's good for Dme, can be good for yoAuA  
Don't you Cknow what's good for Dme, can be good for yoAuA  
Don't you knDow what is good for yCou
Can Gbe good for me BbtooA  
Don't you know Cwhat's good for mDe, can be good for yoAuA  
[Verse]
Miss CaAlifornia was I a little too proud
AI'm standing in the streets now
AAnd I'm screaming out loud
You try to shove me in your cCloset
With your skulls and your boDnes
I Acan be who I am, you see
AIf I want to do it all alone
[Chorus]
YeCah yeah yeDah yeaA  A  
Don't you knCow what's good for Dme, could be good for youA  A  
Don't you kDnow what is good for Cyou
Can bGe good for me tBbooA  
Don't you kCnow what's good for mDe, could be good foAr youA  
[Verse]
AYour sweet seduction led me far from home
AYour self-destruction gives me sticks and stones
CYour propositions make me feel so Dcold
[Bridge]
N.C.
When the hand that's trying to hold me down
Is the one I'm trying to hold
I know the hand that's trying to hold me down
Is the one I'm trying to hold
I said the hand that's trying to force me back
Is the one that won't let me go
(Rest 3 beats)
Miss CaliDfornia       YCeah yeah AyeaAh    x4
Yeah yeah yeah
Ah huh
Yeah
(11th measure) You know what's good for me

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Miss California

by Melissa Etheridge

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

()

e|---------------------------|

B|---------------------------|

G|---------------------------|

D|---------------------------| x6

A|--------------------3p0----|

E|-5---5-3--5---5-3h5-----3--|

[Verse] (Riff over verse)

Miss California what did I do wrong

It seems I've loved you

For just a little too long

You've gone and left me

For some preacher's way

N.C.

Now you act like you never knew me

And you can't hear a word I say

[Verse]

Miss California did I get in your way

Did the neighbors warn you

What would happen some day

That a love like mine

Was never good anyway

N.C.

They said think about your reputation now

Before you get carried away

[Chorus]

C D A A

Don't you know what's good for me, can be good for you

C D A A

Don't you know what's good for me, can be good for you

D C

Don't you know what is good for you

G Bb A

Can be good for me too

C D A A

Don't you know what's good for me, can be good for you

[Verse]

Miss California was I a little too proud

I'm standing in the streets now

And I'm screaming out loud

You try to shove me in your closet

With your skulls and your bones

I can be who I am, you see

If I want to do it all alone

[Chorus]

C D A A

Yeah yeah yeah yea

C D A A

Don't you know what's good for me, could be good for you

D C

Don't you know what is good for you

G Bb A

Can be good for me too

C D A A

Don't you know what's good for me, could be good for you

[Verse]

Your sweet seduction led me far from home

Your self-destruction gives me sticks and stones

C D

Your propositions make me feel so cold

[Bridge]

N.C.

When the hand that's trying to hold me down

Is the one I'm trying to hold

I know the hand that's trying to hold me down

Is the one I'm trying to hold

I said the hand that's trying to force me back

Is the one that won't let me go

(Rest 3 beats)

D C A A

Miss California Yeah yeah yeah x4

Yeah yeah yeah

Ah huh

Yeah

(11th measure) You know what's good for me

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