Chords for Bruce Robison--"California 85"
Tempo:
131.9 bpm
Chords used:
Db
Ab
Eb
G
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] Thank you very much.
Two, three, four!
[Ab] Woo!
[Db] Woo!
[Eb]
[Ab] Woo!
[Db] [Ab] Woo!
Come [G] on in, boys.
[Db] Sit down in the bar.
No one in here will [Ab] care who or [Abm] what you are.
Don't ask me how it is, [Db] but I know you're paying the price.
I'll tell you [Eb] now, I know exactly [Bb] how it feels.
[Eb] It gets those suckers that [Db] are crying in their boots.
Anyone knows [Fm] how to win it, you've got to learn how [Db] to lose.
So when your hopes and dreams are gone after the night, [Ab] baby,
you've got to hang your head and try.
I [Em] recommend the [Db] California 85.
There's no one that [Ab] can't be alive.
It doesn't matter [Db] what the wider the road.
Ain't no other thing that [Eb] gets me through another day.
I had my [Db] hangover and it was all gone.
And now [Ab] I'm [Fm] waiting, hanging [Db] on.
It's the time of the California 85, you [Eb] know.
It comes my [Db] way, I've got to lie.
[Ab] [Db]
[Eb] A [Abm] whiskey doesn't work, because it won't let you lie.
[G] Let you lie.
You're buying a man a [Ab] lot of crying, a man will cry.
You'll cry.
You're proposing [Db] or drinking me some beer.
It's just so little that [Eb] it hit the G I found here.
It's the end of the [Db] West, I was mad and she was angry.
She and I, don't [Fm] think we're ever going [Db] to be apart.
So when your hopes and dreams are gone after the night, baby,
[Gm] you've got to hang your head and [Abm] just try.
I recommend [Db] the California 85.
If it's the only [Ab] thing, no one's going to be alive.
It doesn't matter [Db] what the wider the road.
Ain't no other thing [Eb] that gets me through another day.
I had a lot [Db] of love, but it was all gone.
There's no other [Fm] thing that I'll have [Db] at all.
So try the California 85.
[Eb] It feels like we're [Db] alive.
[Ab] So she and I. I.
[Db]
[F] [Db]
[B] [Eb]
[Ab] [G] [Ab] The [Db] day.
[G] Come on.
Well, 31 is [Ab] going to teach you how to breathe.
It's more history than [Db] music.
It's so loud.
You might start spinning.
[Eb] It gets loud.
[F] Call it music.
[Db] Call it.
She stays.
[Fm] [Ab] [Db] This ain't nothing like anyone.
So [Eb] now the first spot is [Abm] only.
[Ab] So God [Em] damn.
[Db] The California 85.
The only [Ab] thing that once kept me alive.
It doesn't matter [Db] what the wider the road.
Ain't no other thing that [Eb] gets me through another day.
I had a lot of [Db] love, but it was all gone.
And now [Fm] I'm feeling.
[Db] Ain't homeless.
So try the California 85.
[Eb] It feels like [Db] we're alive.
[Eb] It feels like [G] we're alive.
[Eb] It feels [G] like [Ab] we're alive.
Two, three, four!
[Ab] Woo!
[Db] Woo!
[Eb]
[Ab] Woo!
[Db] [Ab] Woo!
Come [G] on in, boys.
[Db] Sit down in the bar.
No one in here will [Ab] care who or [Abm] what you are.
Don't ask me how it is, [Db] but I know you're paying the price.
I'll tell you [Eb] now, I know exactly [Bb] how it feels.
[Eb] It gets those suckers that [Db] are crying in their boots.
Anyone knows [Fm] how to win it, you've got to learn how [Db] to lose.
So when your hopes and dreams are gone after the night, [Ab] baby,
you've got to hang your head and try.
I [Em] recommend the [Db] California 85.
There's no one that [Ab] can't be alive.
It doesn't matter [Db] what the wider the road.
Ain't no other thing that [Eb] gets me through another day.
I had my [Db] hangover and it was all gone.
And now [Ab] I'm [Fm] waiting, hanging [Db] on.
It's the time of the California 85, you [Eb] know.
It comes my [Db] way, I've got to lie.
[Ab] [Db]
[Eb] A [Abm] whiskey doesn't work, because it won't let you lie.
[G] Let you lie.
You're buying a man a [Ab] lot of crying, a man will cry.
You'll cry.
You're proposing [Db] or drinking me some beer.
It's just so little that [Eb] it hit the G I found here.
It's the end of the [Db] West, I was mad and she was angry.
She and I, don't [Fm] think we're ever going [Db] to be apart.
So when your hopes and dreams are gone after the night, baby,
[Gm] you've got to hang your head and [Abm] just try.
I recommend [Db] the California 85.
If it's the only [Ab] thing, no one's going to be alive.
It doesn't matter [Db] what the wider the road.
Ain't no other thing [Eb] that gets me through another day.
I had a lot [Db] of love, but it was all gone.
There's no other [Fm] thing that I'll have [Db] at all.
So try the California 85.
[Eb] It feels like we're [Db] alive.
[Ab] So she and I. I.
[Db]
[F] [Db]
[B] [Eb]
[Ab] [G] [Ab] The [Db] day.
[G] Come on.
Well, 31 is [Ab] going to teach you how to breathe.
It's more history than [Db] music.
It's so loud.
You might start spinning.
[Eb] It gets loud.
[F] Call it music.
[Db] Call it.
She stays.
[Fm] [Ab] [Db] This ain't nothing like anyone.
So [Eb] now the first spot is [Abm] only.
[Ab] So God [Em] damn.
[Db] The California 85.
The only [Ab] thing that once kept me alive.
It doesn't matter [Db] what the wider the road.
Ain't no other thing that [Eb] gets me through another day.
I had a lot of [Db] love, but it was all gone.
And now [Fm] I'm feeling.
[Db] Ain't homeless.
So try the California 85.
[Eb] It feels like [Db] we're alive.
[Eb] It feels like [G] we're alive.
[Eb] It feels [G] like [Ab] we're alive.
Key:
Db
Ab
Eb
G
Fm
Db
Ab
Eb
[Eb] Thank you very much.
Two, three, four!
[Ab] Woo!
_ [Db] Woo!
_ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] Woo!
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] Woo!
Come [G] on in, boys.
[Db] Sit down in the bar.
No one in here will [Ab] care who or [Abm] what you are.
Don't ask me how it is, [Db] but I know you're paying the price.
I'll tell you [Eb] now, I know exactly [Bb] how it feels.
[Eb] It gets those suckers that [Db] are crying in their boots.
Anyone knows [Fm] how to win it, you've got to learn how [Db] to lose.
So when your hopes and dreams are gone after the night, [Ab] baby,
you've got to hang your head and try.
I [Em] recommend the [Db] California 85.
_ There's no one that [Ab] _ can't be alive.
It doesn't matter [Db] what the wider the road.
_ Ain't no other thing that [Eb] gets me through another day.
I had my [Db] hangover and it was all gone.
And now [Ab] I'm [Fm] waiting, _ hanging [Db] on.
It's the time of the California 85, you [Eb] know.
It comes my [Db] way, I've got to lie.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ A [Abm] whiskey _ _ _ _ _ _ doesn't work, because it won't let you lie.
[G] Let you lie.
You're buying a man a [Ab] lot of crying, a man will cry.
You'll cry.
You're proposing [Db] or drinking me some beer.
It's just so little that [Eb] it hit the G I found here.
It's the end of the [Db] West, I was mad and she was angry.
She and I, don't [Fm] think we're ever going [Db] to be apart.
So when your hopes and dreams are gone after the night, baby,
[Gm] you've got to hang your head and [Abm] just try.
I recommend [Db] the California 85.
_ If it's the only [Ab] thing, no one's going to be alive.
_ It doesn't matter [Db] what the wider the road.
Ain't no other thing [Eb] that gets me through another day.
I had a lot [Db] of love, but it was all gone.
There's no other [Fm] thing that I'll have [Db] at all.
So try the California 85.
_ [Eb] It feels like we're [Db] _ alive.
_ [Ab] So she and I. I.
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Ab] The _ _ _ [Db] day.
_ [G] Come on.
Well, 31 is [Ab] going to teach you how to breathe.
It's more history than [Db] music.
It's so loud.
You might start spinning.
[Eb] It gets loud.
[F] Call it music.
[Db] Call it. _ _ _ _ _
She stays.
[Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] This ain't nothing like anyone.
_ So [Eb] now the first spot is [Abm] only.
[Ab] So God [Em] damn.
[Db] The California 85.
_ The only [Ab] thing that once kept me alive.
It doesn't matter [Db] what the wider the road.
_ Ain't no other thing that [Eb] gets me through another day.
I had a lot of [Db] love, but it was all gone.
And now [Fm] I'm feeling. _
[Db] Ain't homeless.
So try the California 85.
_ [Eb] _ It feels like [Db] we're alive. _
_ [Eb] _ It feels like [G] we're alive.
_ [Eb] It feels [G] like [Ab] we're _ alive. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Two, three, four!
[Ab] Woo!
_ [Db] Woo!
_ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] Woo!
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] Woo!
Come [G] on in, boys.
[Db] Sit down in the bar.
No one in here will [Ab] care who or [Abm] what you are.
Don't ask me how it is, [Db] but I know you're paying the price.
I'll tell you [Eb] now, I know exactly [Bb] how it feels.
[Eb] It gets those suckers that [Db] are crying in their boots.
Anyone knows [Fm] how to win it, you've got to learn how [Db] to lose.
So when your hopes and dreams are gone after the night, [Ab] baby,
you've got to hang your head and try.
I [Em] recommend the [Db] California 85.
_ There's no one that [Ab] _ can't be alive.
It doesn't matter [Db] what the wider the road.
_ Ain't no other thing that [Eb] gets me through another day.
I had my [Db] hangover and it was all gone.
And now [Ab] I'm [Fm] waiting, _ hanging [Db] on.
It's the time of the California 85, you [Eb] know.
It comes my [Db] way, I've got to lie.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ A [Abm] whiskey _ _ _ _ _ _ doesn't work, because it won't let you lie.
[G] Let you lie.
You're buying a man a [Ab] lot of crying, a man will cry.
You'll cry.
You're proposing [Db] or drinking me some beer.
It's just so little that [Eb] it hit the G I found here.
It's the end of the [Db] West, I was mad and she was angry.
She and I, don't [Fm] think we're ever going [Db] to be apart.
So when your hopes and dreams are gone after the night, baby,
[Gm] you've got to hang your head and [Abm] just try.
I recommend [Db] the California 85.
_ If it's the only [Ab] thing, no one's going to be alive.
_ It doesn't matter [Db] what the wider the road.
Ain't no other thing [Eb] that gets me through another day.
I had a lot [Db] of love, but it was all gone.
There's no other [Fm] thing that I'll have [Db] at all.
So try the California 85.
_ [Eb] It feels like we're [Db] _ alive.
_ [Ab] So she and I. I.
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Ab] The _ _ _ [Db] day.
_ [G] Come on.
Well, 31 is [Ab] going to teach you how to breathe.
It's more history than [Db] music.
It's so loud.
You might start spinning.
[Eb] It gets loud.
[F] Call it music.
[Db] Call it. _ _ _ _ _
She stays.
[Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] This ain't nothing like anyone.
_ So [Eb] now the first spot is [Abm] only.
[Ab] So God [Em] damn.
[Db] The California 85.
_ The only [Ab] thing that once kept me alive.
It doesn't matter [Db] what the wider the road.
_ Ain't no other thing that [Eb] gets me through another day.
I had a lot of [Db] love, but it was all gone.
And now [Fm] I'm feeling. _
[Db] Ain't homeless.
So try the California 85.
_ [Eb] _ It feels like [Db] we're alive. _
_ [Eb] _ It feels like [G] we're alive.
_ [Eb] It feels [G] like [Ab] we're _ alive. _ _ _ _ _ _ _