I Am California

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 3 half steps down [ -3 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 3 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro:
| Cm  | Cm  | Cm | Eb  |
| Eb  | Eb  | Eb | Gm  |
 
Verse 1:
    Cm
You try to drown your sorrows
                   Eb
You shouldn't have taught them how to swim
                Ab    Eb   Bb           Cm
And now you are right back where you began 
 
Verse 2:
Cm
Winter skies approaching 
      Eb
All alone in the wasteland
             Ab Eb Bb
Alone is the on-ly way
                  Eb
That they let you in
 
Chorus:
                Cm                Ab
So drink all my wine,  cut all my trees 
                Eb                    Bb
Make love on my beaches, smoke all my weed    
         Cm                 Ab
I am California, can't you see?
             Eb             Bb        Eb
Wherever you roam, you'll always want me
 
Interlude: | Eb  | Eb  | Eb | Eb   |
 
Verse 3:
    Cm
We struggle with our lovers
               Eb
We don't know what to let in 
           Ab  Eb   Bb                    Cm
'Cause the new ones pay for the old ones sins
 
Verse 4:
Cm
Blinded by your shadows
Eb
Faded on your love
                   Ab   Eb  Bb
You don't know how deep you are
                         Eb
'Til you get pulled back up 
 
Chorus:
                Cm                Ab
So drink all my wine,  cut all my trees 
                Eb                    Bb
Make love on my beaches, smoke all my weed    
         Cm                 Ab
I am California, can't you see?
             Eb             Bb        Eb
Wherever you roam, you'll always want me
 
Solo 1:
| Cm  | Cm  | Cm | Cm |
| Eb  | Eb  | Eb | Eb |
| Ab  | Gm  | Bb | Bb |
| Cm  | Cm  | Cm | Cm |
 
Solo 2:
| Cm  | Cm  | Cm | Cm |
| Eb  | Eb  | Eb | Eb |
| Ab  | Gm  | Bb | Bb |
| Eb  | Eb  | Eb | Eb |
 
Chorus:
                Cm                Ab
So drink all my wine,  cut all my trees 
                Eb                    Bb
Make love on my beaches, smoke all my weed    
         Cm                 Ab
I am California, can't you see?
             Eb           Bb          Eb
Wherever you roam, you'll always want me
 
Chorus 2:
                 Cm                  Ab
Yeah, dig all my gold,  soak in my springs
           Eb                             Bb
Conquer my mountains, if that's what you need 
         Cm                Ab
I am California can't you see
             Eb             Bb        Eb
Wherever you roam, you'll always want me
 
Outro:
                   F7                     Ab                     Eb
You'll always want me, you'll always want me, you'll always want me
                   F7                     Ab                     Eb
You'll always want me, you'll always want me, you'll always want me
                         F7                     Ab                     Eb
Yeah, you'll always want me, you'll always want me, you'll always want me

| Bb | Bb | Ab | Ab | Eb | Eb |
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John Craigie is an American singer-songwriter. He has been hailed as a “Modern-Day Troubadour” in the style of Woody Guthrie and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott.

Over the years, Craigie has taken his unique musical style across the western United States. He stays true to the essence of folk music, and the traditions of the seminal writers of our past century. With timeless melodies and insightful lyrics—interspersed with witty storytelling—his songs take many poetic turns before bringing you back home.

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