California Chords by Joni Mitchell

[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] [E] Sitting in a park in Paris, [A] France
Reading the news and [F#] it sure looks bad
They won't give [B] peace a chance
That was just a [E] dream some of us had
Still [A] a lot of lines to say
[E] But I wouldn't [F#] want to stay here
It's too old [B] and cold and settled in its [A] ways here
All but California
_ [E] _ _ Californian [C#] _ _ home
[A] I'm gonna see the folks I [E] dig
I'll even [C#] kiss a [B] sunset pig _
[E] Californian coming home
[A] _ _
[F#m] I [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ met a redneck on a Grecian [A] isle
Who did the goat dance very [F#] well
He gave me back my [B] smile
But he kept my camera [E] cell
Hold a rogue, the red, red [A] rogue
He cooked good omelettes and [F#] stews
And I might have stayed on with him
[B] There but my heart cried out for [A] you
_ _ _ California, oh, [E] _ California
[C#] Oh, _ _
_ [A] make me feel good, rock and [E] roll band
I'm your biggest [C#] fan
[B] California, coming [E] _ _
home
[A] _ _ _ [D#] [E] Oh, _ _ _ _ _ it gets [F#] so _ [A] lonely
When you're [E] walking in the streets
The streets are [B] full of strangers
All a [F#] new zone _
[E] [A] you read
Just [F#] give you the blues
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] Just give you the blues
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] So _ _ _ _ _ I bought me a ticket
I caught a [A] plane to Spain
Went to a party down a [F#] red dirt road
There were lots of pretty [B] people there
[F#m] Reading [A] Rolling [E] Stone, reading Vogue
I said, [A] how long can you hang around?
I said, a week, [F#] maybe two
Just until my [B] skin turns brown
[F#m] And I'm going [A] home
To California, _ _ [E] _ California
[C#] Oh, _ _ _ [A] _ will you take me as I [E] am
Strung out on [F#m] another man
_ [B]
California, [E] I'm coming home
[A] _ _
[D#] Oh, [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
it [F#] gets so lonely
[A] _ When you're walking [E] in the streets
The streets are [B] full of strangers
All [F#] a new zone _ [A] you read
[E] More about the war and the [B] bloody change
Oh, [F#] will you take [A] me as, will you take me as [E] I am
Will, [B] _ will you take me [F#] as, _ _ [C#m] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
take me [F#] as I am
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _