I Love You, California
Official State Song of California
C Am C G7
I love you, California, you’re the greatest state of all.
E7 Am G D7 G7
I love you in the winter, summer, spring and in the fall.
C Am C7 F
I love your fertile valleys, your dear mountains I adore.
Cdim C F G7 C
I love your grand old ocean and I love her rugged shore.
[Chorus]
F
Where the snow-crowned Golden Sierras
C7
Keep their watch o'er the valleys' bloom
A7 Dm
It is there I would be in our land by the sea,
G7 C7
Every breeze bearing rich perfume.
F Dm
It is here nature gives of her rarest,
F7 Bb
It is Home Sweet Home to me.
Fdim F D7
And I know when I die, I shall breathe my last sigh,
G7 C7 F
for my sunny California.