Chords for The Mamas and The Papas California Dreamin & 2 Other Songs
Tempo:
72.6 bpm
Chords used:
B
D
E
Ab
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] While I'm far [G] away from you, [Em] my baby, [Am] [D] I know [G] it's hard for [Em] you, my baby,
[Am] [D]
because [Em] it's hard [Bm] for me, my baby, [Am] and the [D] darkest hour is [G] just before dawn.
[D] Each night before you go to bed, my baby, [C] whisper [D] a little [G] prayer for me, my [D] baby,
and say, [Cm] [G] [D]
I [G] could be satisfied knowing you love me.
This is one thing especially for me, and [Am] it's something [A] that I
[D] need.
While I'm [G] far away from you, my [C] baby, whisper a little [G] prayer for [D] me, my baby,
because it's hard [Bm] for me, my baby, [D] and the darkest hour [G] is just before dawn.
If there's [Em] one thing I want you [G] to do especially [Bm] for me, [Eb] then it's something [D]
that I need.
[G] Each night before you go to bed, my [C] baby, [C] whisper [D] a little [G] prayer for me, my [D] baby,
and say, I could be satisfied knowing you love me.
[G] This is dedicated to [Em] the one I love.
This is dedicated to the one [C] I love.
This is dedicated to the one I [A] love.
[G]
[Bm] [B]
Joan and Mitchie were getting kind of itchy just to leave the folk music behind.
[E] Zol and [E] Denny working for a penny [B] trying to get a fish on the line.
[Gb] In a coffeehouse Sebastian said, [E] and after every number they passed that.
[B] McQueen and McQuire's just are getting higher in L.A., you know [E] where that's at.
And no one's [D] getting fat except [B] Mama Cash.
Zol and Denny, you know there aren't many who can sing a song the way that you do.
Let's go [E] south.
Denny says, Zol and Zolly, don't you think that [B] I wish I could play guitar like you?
[Gb] Zol and Denny answer back.
[E]
[B] McQueen and McQuire's still are getting higher in L.A.,. you know where that's at. And no one's [D] getting fat except [B] Mama Cash. When Cash was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore, but she changed her mind one day. [E] Standing on the turnpike, come out [B] to hitchhike, take her to New York right away. [Gb] When Denny met Cash, he gave a love [E] borrow. Zol's joined in Zol, and that was the [B] most fun. McQueen and McQuire couldn't get no higher, but that's what they were [E] aiming at. And no one's [D] getting fat except [B] Mama Cash. Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps, don't you work as hard as you play. [E] Make up, break up, everything is [B] shake up, can't imagine being that way. [Gb] Sebastian has a former spoon-bro. [E] Zol's gone, Denny getting very [B] sinful. McQueen and McQuire just are catching fire in L.A.,. you know where that's at. And everybody's [D] getting fat, except [B] Mama Cash. [E] [B]
[Gb] [E]
[B]
[E] [D] [B]
Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted, and then she wants to go to the sea. [E] Cash can't make it, she says we'll have to [B] fake it, we knew she'd come eventually. [Gb] [E] We're keeping our [B] peace, our peace with vibrations in our imaginations can't go on [E] indefinitely. And California [D] dreaming is becoming a [B] reality. [E] [D] [B]
[E] [D] [B]
[F] [Eb]
All the leaves are [B] falling, [Ab] [A]
[Ab] they [Db] say through ice [A] they fan, [B] if all was in [Ab] [B]
vain. [Dbm] Stopped into a church, I [B] passed along [Ab] the way. Well I, [Ab] [Dbm] and I pretend [Gb] to pray, I [Ab] pretend to pray, you ain't with me. Cause I, [A] he knows [Ab] I'm gonna stay, he knows I'm gonna [A]
[Ab] stay. [Dbm] I'll [E]
[Ab] [A] [Ab]
[G] [B] [Ab]
stay. All [Gb] [Ab] the leaves are [B] falling, leaves are [A] dry, [Ab] and the sky [A] is gray. [Ab] [Dbm] [Ab] I give my head [Db] and tell him I [A] didn't [B] leave [Ab] today. [Ab] [Dbm] I'm gonna [B] stay, [B] [Db] California dreaming, I'm gonna [Dbm] stay, [B] California dreaming, [B] I'm gonna [A] stay.
[Am] [D]
because [Em] it's hard [Bm] for me, my baby, [Am] and the [D] darkest hour is [G] just before dawn.
[D] Each night before you go to bed, my baby, [C] whisper [D] a little [G] prayer for me, my [D] baby,
and say, [Cm] [G] [D]
I [G] could be satisfied knowing you love me.
This is one thing especially for me, and [Am] it's something [A] that I
[D] need.
While I'm [G] far away from you, my [C] baby, whisper a little [G] prayer for [D] me, my baby,
because it's hard [Bm] for me, my baby, [D] and the darkest hour [G] is just before dawn.
If there's [Em] one thing I want you [G] to do especially [Bm] for me, [Eb] then it's something [D]
that I need.
[G] Each night before you go to bed, my [C] baby, [C] whisper [D] a little [G] prayer for me, my [D] baby,
and say, I could be satisfied knowing you love me.
[G] This is dedicated to [Em] the one I love.
This is dedicated to the one [C] I love.
This is dedicated to the one I [A] love.
[G]
[Bm] [B]
Joan and Mitchie were getting kind of itchy just to leave the folk music behind.
[E] Zol and [E] Denny working for a penny [B] trying to get a fish on the line.
[Gb] In a coffeehouse Sebastian said, [E] and after every number they passed that.
[B] McQueen and McQuire's just are getting higher in L.A., you know [E] where that's at.
And no one's [D] getting fat except [B] Mama Cash.
Zol and Denny, you know there aren't many who can sing a song the way that you do.
Let's go [E] south.
Denny says, Zol and Zolly, don't you think that [B] I wish I could play guitar like you?
[Gb] Zol and Denny answer back.
[E]
[B] McQueen and McQuire's still are getting higher in L.A.,. you know where that's at. And no one's [D] getting fat except [B] Mama Cash. When Cash was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore, but she changed her mind one day. [E] Standing on the turnpike, come out [B] to hitchhike, take her to New York right away. [Gb] When Denny met Cash, he gave a love [E] borrow. Zol's joined in Zol, and that was the [B] most fun. McQueen and McQuire couldn't get no higher, but that's what they were [E] aiming at. And no one's [D] getting fat except [B] Mama Cash. Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps, don't you work as hard as you play. [E] Make up, break up, everything is [B] shake up, can't imagine being that way. [Gb] Sebastian has a former spoon-bro. [E] Zol's gone, Denny getting very [B] sinful. McQueen and McQuire just are catching fire in L.A.,. you know where that's at. And everybody's [D] getting fat, except [B] Mama Cash. [E] [B]
[Gb] [E]
[B]
[E] [D] [B]
Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted, and then she wants to go to the sea. [E] Cash can't make it, she says we'll have to [B] fake it, we knew she'd come eventually. [Gb] [E] We're keeping our [B] peace, our peace with vibrations in our imaginations can't go on [E] indefinitely. And California [D] dreaming is becoming a [B] reality. [E] [D] [B]
[E] [D] [B]
[F] [Eb]
All the leaves are [B] falling, [Ab] [A]
[Ab] they [Db] say through ice [A] they fan, [B] if all was in [Ab] [B]
vain. [Dbm] Stopped into a church, I [B] passed along [Ab] the way. Well I, [Ab] [Dbm] and I pretend [Gb] to pray, I [Ab] pretend to pray, you ain't with me. Cause I, [A] he knows [Ab] I'm gonna stay, he knows I'm gonna [A]
[Ab] stay. [Dbm] I'll [E]
[Ab] [A] [Ab]
[G] [B] [Ab]
stay. All [Gb] [Ab] the leaves are [B] falling, leaves are [A] dry, [Ab] and the sky [A] is gray. [Ab] [Dbm] [Ab] I give my head [Db] and tell him I [A] didn't [B] leave [Ab] today. [Ab] [Dbm] I'm gonna [B] stay, [B] [Db] California dreaming, I'm gonna [Dbm] stay, [B] California dreaming, [B] I'm gonna [A] stay.
Key:
B
D
E
Ab
G
B
D
E
_ [A] _ _ _ _ While I'm far [G] away from you, [Em] my baby, _ [Am] _ [D] I know [G] it's hard for [Em] you, my baby,
[Am] _ _ [D]
because [Em] it's hard [Bm] for me, my baby, [Am] and the [D] darkest hour is [G] just before dawn.
[D] _ Each night before you go to bed, my baby, [C] _ whisper [D] a little [G] prayer for me, my [D] baby,
and say, _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
I [G] could _ _ _ _ _ _ _ be satisfied _ knowing you love me.
This is one thing _ _ especially for me, and [Am] it's something [A] that I _
_ [D] _ _ need.
While I'm [G] far away from you, my _ [C] baby, whisper a little _ [G] _ _ prayer for [D] me, my baby,
because it's hard [Bm] for me, my baby, [D] and the darkest hour [G] is just before dawn. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ If there's [Em] one thing I want you [G] to do especially [Bm] for me, [Eb] then it's something _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ that I need.
[G] Each night before you go to bed, my [C] baby, _ [C] whisper [D] a little [G] prayer for me, my [D] baby,
and say, I could be satisfied knowing you love me. _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ This is dedicated to [Em] the one I love.
This is dedicated to the one [C] I love.
This is dedicated to the one I [A] love.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Joan and Mitchie were getting kind of itchy just to leave the folk music behind.
[E] Zol and [E] Denny working for a penny [B] trying to get a fish on the line.
[Gb] In a coffeehouse Sebastian said, [E] and after every number they passed that.
[B] McQueen and McQuire's just are getting higher in L.A., you know [E] where that's at.
And no one's [D] getting fat except [B] Mama Cash.
_ _ Zol and Denny, you know there aren't many who can sing a song the way that you do.
Let's go [E] south.
Denny says, Zol and Zolly, don't you think that [B] I wish I could play guitar like you?
[Gb] Zol and Denny answer back.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] McQueen and McQuire's still are getting higher in L.A.,. you know where that's at. And no one's [D] getting fat except [B] Mama Cash. _ When Cash was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore, but she changed her mind one day. [E] Standing on the turnpike, come out [B] to hitchhike, take her to New York right away. [Gb] When Denny met Cash, he gave a love [E] borrow. Zol's joined in Zol, and that was the [B] most fun. McQueen and McQuire couldn't get no higher, but that's what they were [E] aiming at. And no one's [D] getting fat except [B] Mama Cash. _ _ Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps, don't you work as hard as you play. [E] Make up, break up, everything is [B] shake up, can't imagine being that way. [Gb] Sebastian has a former spoon-bro. [E] Zol's gone, Denny getting very [B] sinful. McQueen and McQuire just are catching fire in L.A.,. you know where that's at. And everybody's [D] getting fat, except [B] Mama Cash. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ _ Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted, and then she wants to go to the sea. [E] Cash can't make it, she says we'll have to [B] fake it, we knew she'd come eventually. _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [E] _ We're keeping our [B] peace, our peace with vibrations in our imaginations can't go on [E] indefinitely. And California [D] dreaming is becoming a [B] reality. _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
All the leaves are [B] falling, _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ they [Db] say through ice [A] they fan, [B] if all was in [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ vain. [Dbm] Stopped into a church, I [B] passed along [Ab] the way. Well I, _ [Ab] _ [Dbm] and I pretend [Gb] to pray, I [Ab] pretend to pray, you ain't with me. Cause I, [A] he knows [Ab] I'm gonna stay, he knows I'm gonna _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] stay. _ _ _ [Dbm] I'll _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ stay. All [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ the leaves are [B] falling, leaves are [A] dry, _ [Ab] and the sky _ [A] is gray. [Ab] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] I give my head [Db] and tell him I [A] didn't [B] leave [Ab] today. _ _ [Ab] _ [Dbm] I'm gonna [B] stay, _ [B] _ _ [Db] California dreaming, I'm gonna [Dbm] stay, [B] California dreaming, [B] I'm gonna [A] stay. _ _
[Am] _ _ [D]
because [Em] it's hard [Bm] for me, my baby, [Am] and the [D] darkest hour is [G] just before dawn.
[D] _ Each night before you go to bed, my baby, [C] _ whisper [D] a little [G] prayer for me, my [D] baby,
and say, _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
I [G] could _ _ _ _ _ _ _ be satisfied _ knowing you love me.
This is one thing _ _ especially for me, and [Am] it's something [A] that I _
_ [D] _ _ need.
While I'm [G] far away from you, my _ [C] baby, whisper a little _ [G] _ _ prayer for [D] me, my baby,
because it's hard [Bm] for me, my baby, [D] and the darkest hour [G] is just before dawn. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ If there's [Em] one thing I want you [G] to do especially [Bm] for me, [Eb] then it's something _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ that I need.
[G] Each night before you go to bed, my [C] baby, _ [C] whisper [D] a little [G] prayer for me, my [D] baby,
and say, I could be satisfied knowing you love me. _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ This is dedicated to [Em] the one I love.
This is dedicated to the one [C] I love.
This is dedicated to the one I [A] love.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Joan and Mitchie were getting kind of itchy just to leave the folk music behind.
[E] Zol and [E] Denny working for a penny [B] trying to get a fish on the line.
[Gb] In a coffeehouse Sebastian said, [E] and after every number they passed that.
[B] McQueen and McQuire's just are getting higher in L.A., you know [E] where that's at.
And no one's [D] getting fat except [B] Mama Cash.
_ _ Zol and Denny, you know there aren't many who can sing a song the way that you do.
Let's go [E] south.
Denny says, Zol and Zolly, don't you think that [B] I wish I could play guitar like you?
[Gb] Zol and Denny answer back.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] McQueen and McQuire's still are getting higher in L.A.,. you know where that's at. And no one's [D] getting fat except [B] Mama Cash. _ When Cash was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore, but she changed her mind one day. [E] Standing on the turnpike, come out [B] to hitchhike, take her to New York right away. [Gb] When Denny met Cash, he gave a love [E] borrow. Zol's joined in Zol, and that was the [B] most fun. McQueen and McQuire couldn't get no higher, but that's what they were [E] aiming at. And no one's [D] getting fat except [B] Mama Cash. _ _ Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps, don't you work as hard as you play. [E] Make up, break up, everything is [B] shake up, can't imagine being that way. [Gb] Sebastian has a former spoon-bro. [E] Zol's gone, Denny getting very [B] sinful. McQueen and McQuire just are catching fire in L.A.,. you know where that's at. And everybody's [D] getting fat, except [B] Mama Cash. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ _ Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted, and then she wants to go to the sea. [E] Cash can't make it, she says we'll have to [B] fake it, we knew she'd come eventually. _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [E] _ We're keeping our [B] peace, our peace with vibrations in our imaginations can't go on [E] indefinitely. And California [D] dreaming is becoming a [B] reality. _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
All the leaves are [B] falling, _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ they [Db] say through ice [A] they fan, [B] if all was in [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ vain. [Dbm] Stopped into a church, I [B] passed along [Ab] the way. Well I, _ [Ab] _ [Dbm] and I pretend [Gb] to pray, I [Ab] pretend to pray, you ain't with me. Cause I, [A] he knows [Ab] I'm gonna stay, he knows I'm gonna _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] stay. _ _ _ [Dbm] I'll _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ stay. All [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ the leaves are [B] falling, leaves are [A] dry, _ [Ab] and the sky _ [A] is gray. [Ab] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] I give my head [Db] and tell him I [A] didn't [B] leave [Ab] today. _ _ [Ab] _ [Dbm] I'm gonna [B] stay, _ [B] _ _ [Db] California dreaming, I'm gonna [Dbm] stay, [B] California dreaming, [B] I'm gonna [A] stay. _ _