Intro:
   E A E B E
   Bsus4
 
Verse 1:
E
Sitting in a park in Paris, France
A                                  Gb7
 Reading the news and it sure looks  bad

They won't give peace a chance
B         B7                      E
 That was just a dream some of us had
                   A
Still a lot of land to see
               Gb7
But I wouldn't stay here
                     B    B7                      A
It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here
 
Pre-chorus:

Oh, but California
 
Chorus:
  E        Db7
California,  I'm coming home
A
 I'm going to see the folks I dig
E                          B
    I'll even kiss a sunset pig
                   E       Amaj7 E Bsus4
California, I'm coming home
 
Verse 2:
E
I met a redneck on a Grecian isle
A                            Gb7
 Who did the goat dance very well

He gave me back my smile
B            B7
 But he kept my camera to sell
E
Oh, the rogue, the red red rogue
A
 He cooked good omelets and stews
      Gb7
And I might have stayed on with him there
       B           B7          A
But my heart cried out for you,
 
Pre-chorus:

California
 
Chorus:
   E               Db7
Oh, California, I'm  coming home
    A
Oh, make me feel good rock'n roll band
E   
    I'm your biggest fan
    B
California, I'm coming home
 
Bridge:
E Amaj7

E              Gb7    A
 Oh, it gets so  lonely
 
Interlude:

When you're walking
E                            B7
 And the streets are full of strangers
               Gb7         A
All the news of  home you read
              Gb7         D
Just gives you  the blues
               B        B7 A
Just gives you the blues
 
Solo:
B E B7     E
      So I bought me a ticket
 
Verse 3:
                    A
I got on a plane to Spain
                                Gb7
Went to a party down a red dirt road

There were lots of pretty people there
B        B7                E
 Reading Rolling Stone, reading Vogue
                     A
They said, "How long can you hang around?"
                     Gb7
I said a week, maybe two
                         B             B7
Just until my skin turns brown Then I'm
          A
going home to
 
Pre-chorus:

California
 
Chorus:
  E                    Db7
California, I'm coming home
   A
Oh, will you take me as I am
E   
    Strung out on another man
B                      E    Amaj7
 California, I'm coming home
 
Bridge:
E              Gb7
 Oh, it gets so  lonely
 
Interlude:
A
 When you're walking
E                                 B
 And the streets are full of strangers
                Gb7       A
All the news of home you read
               E
More about the war
               B
And the bloody changes
 
Outro:
   Gb7                   A
Oh,  will you take me as I am?
                      E
Will you take me as I am?

Will you?
B                     Gb7   A
 Will you take me as I  am?
 
Outro:
   E B
Hmm
            Gb7  A
Take me as I  am
    E
Take me as I am
B Gb7 A E

B Gb7 A