Chords for Dave Alvin - King of California (10/12/12)

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_ _ _ I [D] [A] like my home and my [F#] one true _ love _ _ _ _ _ East of the Ohio River, _ _ _ _ _ [D] the [F#] fondest scent I've ever
met Bright _ _ _ _ _ neither gold nor silver, _ _ _ but my darling
dear, [Em] please shed no _ tears _ [F#] What makes that stay so long? _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Shall I return [F#] to claim your hand? _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ California _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ over _ deserts hot and mountains cold
_ _ _ _ Shall I travel to the Indian country _ and _ _ _ [D] whisper your [F#] name under the old sun _ sky?
_ _ _ I have every mile only coming, _ _ _ _ but my darling dear, [Em] please have no _ fear
_ [F#] What makes that stay so _ _ _ long?
_ _ [Em] Shall I return [F#] to claim your hand? _ _ _
_ _ [G] California _ [F#] _ _
over _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
deserts hot and mountains cold
I went up from Sacramento _ town _ _ _ _ _ to the Sierra gold field _ _
_ _ And I was my stake on the river bank _ _ _ _
And I was just how rich man feel
_ _ _ So my darling dear, [Em] listen _ here _ _
[F#] Oh I think that it's clear to him
_ _ _ _ [E] That I'll return [F#] to claim _ your hand _
_ _ Where's the king?
[G] _ [F#] California
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_ _ _ Now [D] a dead man's lying [F#] in my bed _ _ _
_ _ And he tried to steal my head
_ _ _ _ _ And I [E] still recall your tender _ kiss _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Even though his bullet in my [F#] chest is burning _ _
_ Oh my _ darling [Em] dear, please shed no tears
_ [F#] Oh I think that it's clear to him
_ That _ _ _ [G] _ I'll return [F#] to claim your hand _ _ _
Where's the king?
[Em] _ _ [F#] California _
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[Bm] Yes I'll return to [B] claim _ _ [E] your _ _ hand
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_ _ California _ _ _ _
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