Chords for Leon Ware - Why I Came To California (Live in Amsterdam, 2001)

[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] [D] this is one you can also sing with us [F#m] some [E] of you [Bm] may remember it it may be
older than you this is a nice melody [F#] just try it [Bm] out
_ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ Zoom up, [D] oh I'd like to walk the [E] beach, oh
[F#m] _ Zoom [D] up, watch it all, pretty girl
[A] Venice, _ [D] it gets really strange [A] going through Venice
_ [D] There's a different attitude
[A] From her many a summer [F#] evening, [D] me searching for the fire
[F#m] The elusivity of childhood, [D] it became my one desire
[F#m] There are places in the valley, where [D] they say that I could find it
[A] There are rhythms in the [F#] distance, in [D] the ancient of the forest
That is why [F#m] I came to California _
It's the strangest move that I have ever known
[Cm] [G] All the new seekers come [D] to California
Following [C] the fountain _ in their [B] _ [E] mind
San [F#m] Francisco, _ _ [D] catch a cable car to [F#m] where your dreams go
[D] There's an island made for [A] me
San Diego, [F#m] _ [D] catch a cable car to where [F#m] your [C#m] _ dreams [D] go
_ From [F#m] the hillside to the desert, I [D] can feel the map inside me
I [F#m] can feel the road is leading, with [D] the treasures that will guide [A] me
There are places in the valley, where they [D] say that I could find it
[F#m] There are rhythms in the distance, [B] in [D] the ancient of the forest _
That is why [F#m] I came to California _
It's the strangest move that I have ever _ _ [Cm] known
All [Em] the new seekers come to [F#m] California
Following [G] the fountain in [B] their [C#m] mind _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [F#m] Da da da da da da
Da da da [Bm] da da da
Da da [C#] da da da da
_ [G#]
[F#] Da da da da da da
_ [F#m] Da _ _
[D] da da da [Bm] da da
_ [E] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#]
I'd _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [A#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [Em] like to walk the beach on Zuma
_ [N] Watch your other [C#] sexy girls
[A] I think it's really strange going [F#m] through _ this
I have a [A] different attitude
[F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] That [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ is why I came to California
_ It's the strangest move that I have ever known
[Cm] [G] All the new [Em] seekers come to [D] California
Following [Em] the fountain in their [B] [C#] mind
[A] That is [D] why [F#m] I came to California
_ It's the strangest move that I have ever known
_ [G#] [Em] All the new seekers come to [A] California
Following [G] the fountain [B] in their [C#] mind
_ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [D#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Gm] She [D#m] caught a glimpse of the rainbow
[E] When she opened up a late night club
[D] She met a cute girl and she fell in [A#] love
[E] Now she is the queen, the California [C#] dream
[F#m] _ _ That is why I came to California
_ It's the strangest move that I have ever _ [F] known
[G] All the new seekers come to [F#m] California
Following [Em] the fountain in [B] their mind
[F#m] That is why I came to California
_ It's the strangest move that I have ever known
All [Fm] [Em] the new seekers come to [D] California
Following [G] the [C] fountain in their [B] _ [C#m] mind
[F#m] That is why I came to California
It's the _ [D] strangest move that [F#m] I have ever known
_ [G#] [Em] All the new seekers come to [D] California
Following [C] the fountain in their [B] _ [C#m] mind
In their [F#m] mind
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _