"California" (Petty)
From "She's the One"(1996)
Use a capo on the second fret.
[intro]:
C Csus2 C Csus2
[chorus]:
C G C Fadd9
California's been good to me,
C G C Fadd9
hope it don't fall into the sea.
C G C Fadd9
Sometimes you gotta trust yourself,
Am G C Fadd9
it ain't like anywhere else,
Am G C Fadd9
it ain't like anywhere else.
[verse]:
C G C Fadd9
it's time to roll, I'm all done,
C G C Fadd9
it's time we better hit the road.
C G C Fadd9
I got work later on,
C G C Fadd9
It's time we better hit the road.
[chorus]:
C G C Fadd9
California's been good to me,
C G C Fadd9
hope it don't fall into the sea.
C G C Fadd9
Sometimes you gotta save yourself,
Am G C Fadd9
it ain't like anywhere else,no,
Am G C Fadd9
it ain't like anywhere else.
[harmonica break]:
C G C Fadd9 C G C Fadd9
C G C Fadd9 Am G C Fadd9
Am G C Fadd9
[verse]:
C G C Fadd9
sundown, red skies,
C G C Fadd9
nobody's been around,
C G C Fadd9
sundown, blue eyes,
C G C Fadd9
I kinda like this part of town.
[chorus]:
C G C Fadd9
California has treated me good (California's been good to me!)
C G C Fadd9
I pray to god that the hills don't flood (Hope it don't fall into the sea!)
C G C Fadd9
sometimes you gotta trust yourself (sometimes you gotta trust yourself)
Am G C Fadd9
It aint like anywhere else (sometimes you gotta save yourself)
Am G C Fadd9
It ain't like anywhere else (ain't like anywhere else)
[harmonica outro]:
C G C F C G C