Dani California Chords by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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[A] _ _ Getting old [G] in the state of Mississippi, [Dm] Papa was a copper [E] and a mama was a heavy.
[A] In Alabama [G] she was wearing a hammer,
[D] but she got a big when [A] you break the panorama.
She never knew [Dm] that there was anything [C] more than [Am] gold.
What in [G] the world was your [D] company [G] trained me for?
[A] Black bandana, sweet Louisiana,
[Dm] Robbin' on a pig in [E] the state of Indiana.
She's a runner, [G] rebel and a stunner,
[D] callin' them everywhere [A] sayin' baby what you gonna do?
Lookin' down [G] the barrel of [D] a Hotman [Am] .45,
just another [G] way to [Dm] survive. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] California, [C] best in [D] peace,
[G] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] simultaneous [D] release.
_ [G] _ [F] California, [C] you shall [D] see,
[G] she's my [F] _
[C] priestess,
I'm your [D] priest, yeah, _ yeah.
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Em] _ California, she's a [G] lover, baby and a [D] fighter,
shoulda seen the color when it got a little [A] brighter.
With the [G] name Black Bay in [D] California,
day was gonna fall when [Am] I was gonna mourn ya.
But [G] little did [Dm] she know she was stealin' another [Am] breath.
I [G] love my baby [Dm] to _ _ death.
_ _ [F] California, _
[C] best in peace,
[D] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] simultaneous release.
[D] _ _ [F] California, _ [C] you shall [D] see,
_ [F] she's my priestess,
[C] I'm your [D] priest, yeah, yeah.
_ _ [Bm] _ When [G] you are a _ [Bm]-stylin',
when you [G] are a _ [Bm]-stylin',
the truth [G] will say [D] goodbye [Bm] to you,
the truth will say goodbye.
_ [A] Pushed a [G] plate up, yipped it and I [Dm] made a,
one for the [E] now and eleven for the [A] later.
Never [G] made it up to [D] Minnesota,
North Dakota man was a [Am] gunnin' for the quota.
Down [G] in the Badlands,
[Dm] he was servin' [Am] the best for last.
It [G] only hurts when [Dm] a _ _ _ _ man's gone too [E] _
fast.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] California, [C] best in [D] peace,
[G] _ [F] simultaneous _
[C] _ [D] release.
_ [G] _ [F] California, [C] you [D] shall see,
[G] she's [F] my priestess,
[C] I'm your [D] priest, yeah, _ yeah.
_ _ [F] California, [C] best [Dm] in peace,
_ [F] simultaneous _ _ [Dm] release. _
_ [F] California, _ [C] you [Dm] shall see, _
she's my [F] _ [C] priestess,
I'm your [Dm] _
priestess.
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