Why I Came to California Chords by Leon Ware

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_ Zuma, [Ebm] [Fm] I'd [Bbm] like to walk the [Db] beach on Zuma, _ _ [Gb] [Fm] watching [Ebm] all those [Db] birdie calls.
Venice, _ _ [Gb] [Db] it gets really strange going through Venice, _ _ [Ebm] [Fm] there's a [Db] different [Ab] attitude.
[Fm] On a midsummer evening, [Ebm] found me [Fm] searching for the [A] fire, [Fm] the elusive scent of chowder, [Ebm] it [Db] became my one desire.
There were places in the valley [Ebm] where they [Fm] said that I could find [F] it, [Fm] there were rhythms in the [Ebm] distance in the [Fm] ancient elder [Gb] _ forest.
That is [Db] why _ California is the strangest crew that I [Eb] have ever [Bbm] known, [Em] all [Ebm] the youth seekers [Db] come to California,
[Eb] swing [E] the fountain _ in their [Eb] [Fm] mind.
San Francisco, _ _ [Ebm] [Fm] catch a [Gb] cable [Ab] car to [Db] where your dreams go, _ [Ebm] [Fm] there's a lot of make believe.
San Diego, _ [Ebm] [Fm] from LA you'll find out where your dreams go.
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From the hillside to the desert, [Ebm] following [Fm] the map inside [F] me, [Fm] I can feel the road is leading, [Ebm] the [Fm] treasure that will guide me.
There were places in the valley [Ebm] where they [Db] said that I could find [A] it, [Fm] there were rhythms in the distance [Ebm] in the [Fm] ancient elder [Gb] forest.
That is why [Eb] I came [Bbm] to California, _ _ the [Db] strangest crew that I have _ [Bbm] _ _
[Ebm] ever known, all the [Ab] youth seekers come to [Db] California,
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[Abm] swing the fountain _ [Ebm] in their [Fm] mind, [Bbm] in their mind. _ _ _ _ _
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[Db] _ _ _ [Ebm] Oh, [Db] I'd like to walk the beach on Zuma, _ _ [Ebm] [Fm] watching all those [F] pretty [Db] girls.
Venice, _ [Ebm] [Fm] it gets really strange going through Venice, _ _ [Ebm] [Fm] there's a [Db] different [Eb] attitude.
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[Bbm] [Fm] playing.
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_ is _ [Db] why I came [Bbm] to California, _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] All [Abm] the [Db] _ youth seekers come to California,
[Gb] swing the [Abm] fountain _ in their [Gb] mind. _
_ [Db] _ _ [A] I came to [Bbm] California, _
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_ [Abm] _ _ in [B] their mind. _ _