Dave Alvin - King of california

^CWell, I left my home and my one true l^C/Gove C G/add4b Am7 East of the Ohio River ^CMy father said we'd never wed ^C/G C G/add4b Am7 For I had me no gold nor silver

Bu^Emt my darling ^Fdd9dear, please shed no tears C G/add4b Am7 But I think that it's fair to warn you T^Fdd9hat I retur^Cn to cla

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im your ha^Am7nd As^Em the King of ^Fdd9California ^C

^COver deserts hot and mountains cold ^C/G C G/add4b Am7 I traveled the Indian country ^CWhispering your name under lonesome sk^C/Gies C G/add4b Am7 Remembering my only company

^EmBut my darling dear, have no^Fdd9 fears C G/add4b Am7 But I think that it's fair to warn you T^Fdd9hat I retur^Cn to cla

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^CI went up from Sacramento town ^C/G C G/add4b Am7 To the Sierra gold fields ^CAnd I worked my stake on a riverbank ^C/G C G/add4b Am7 Dreaming just how a rich man feels

^EmBut my darling dear, ^Fdd9listen here C G/add4b Am7 But I think that it's fair to warn you T^Fdd9hat I retur^Cn to cla

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im your ha^Am7nd As^Em the King of ^Fdd9California ^C

N^Cow, the dead man's lying at my feet ^C/G C G/add4b Am7 Who tried to steal my earnings Y^Cet, I still recall your tender kiss ^C/G C G/add4b Am7 Though this bullet in my chest is burning

^EmBut my darlin^Fdd9g dear, please have no fear C G/add4b Am7 But I think that it's fair to warn you T^Fdd9hat I retur^Cn to cla

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B^Fdd9ut I'll I r^Ceturn to

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