California
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
(Uh, uh, eh, uh)
[Intro]
e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|---------------7-5--|
A|--3-5-7----5-7-9-7--|--3-5-7-5--5-7------|
E|--------3-----------|--------------------|
[Verse 1]
C G D Em
Your daddy bought you a new black Jetta
C G D Em
A little something else to curb the pain
C G D Em
Waiting on a call, text, or whatever
F C
Your life's a storm cloud without any rain
[Pre-Chorus]
C G D Em
Filled your life full of boys that are broken
C G D Em
Validation needed more than you
C G D Em
Scratching your arm with the blade while you're smoking
F C
I wanna cover you
[Chorus]
C G D Em
Said "I love you, California, but you're bringing me down"
C G D Em
You love me then you hate me then you're never around
C G D Em
A natural disaster in a fabricated town
C D
I love you, California, but you're
C
You're bringing me down
G D Em C G D Em
Down, down, down, down, down, down
[Verse 2]
C G D Em
A bitter pill that you never learned to swallow
C G D Em
A sight unseen from your new third eye
C G D Em
Your little tricks, never got them to follow
F C
It's not enough to be the pitiful type
[Pre-Chorus]
C G D Em
So take your medicine, your freak adrenaline
C G D Em
The kind of problems you had always dreamed you'd settle in
C G D Em
Stop making promises, you don't know what honest is
F C
I wanna cover you
[Chorus]
C G D Em
Said "I love you, California, but you're bringing me down"
C G D Em
You love me then you hate me then you're never around
C G D Em
A natural disaster in a fabricated town
C D
I love you, California, but you're
Eb Bb F Gm
You're bringing me down
[Bridge]
Eb Bb F Gm
Eb Bb F Gm
Ab Eb
[Chorus]
Eb Bb F Gm
Said "I love you, California, but you're bringing me down"
Eb Bb F Gm
You love me then you hate me then you're never around
Eb Bb F Gm
A natural disaster in a fabricated town
Eb F
I love you, California, but you're
Eb
You're bringing me down
Bb F Gm Eb Bb
Down, down, down, down, down
F Bb
You're bringing me down
How to play California
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.