Joanna Newsom - In california

^Amon the day i s^D/Aunk in this shunt ^Ato tap me clean ^B7/Aof all the wonder and the sorrow i have se^G/Aen since i left my home ^A Dmaj7b5/A A my home on the old milk lake where the d^Amarkness does fall so ^D/Afast it feels like some kind of mistake ^A just l^B7/Aike they told you it wo^G/Auld just like they ^Atold you it would ^B/Ewhen i came into my^Amaj7/E land

i did ^E7not under^A/Estand neither ^E7dry rot or the burn pile or the ^A#dim/Ebark beetle or the dry well or ^Am/Ethe black ^Ebale

but there is ^Banother who is a little ^Eolder when i broke my ^G#mbone, he carried me up from the river^Eside to spend my ^Blife in spitting distance of the l^Eove that i have known i must stay ^G#mhere in an endless e^Eveningtide and if you come and ^Bsee me you'll upset the ^Eorder you cannot come and ^G#msee me for i set myself ^Eapart but when you come and ^Bsee me in ^ECalifornia you cro^G#mss the border of my heart ^B

well, i have sown unt^Bidy furrows 'c^B7ross my soul but i am s^Etill a coward ^Em content to see my ^Bgarden grow so ^B7sweet

and f^Eull of someone^Em else's flowers sometimes i can ^G#malmost feel the power ^E sometimes i am so in lov^G#me with you ^E like a little clock that^G#m trembles on the edge of the hour ^E only ever calling o^G#mut "cuck-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo" ^E

^F# Dmaj7b5/A when i called you you^A little one in a ^Ambad way did you ^D/Alove me? do you spite me? ^Atime will tell if i ^B7/Acan be w^G/Aell and rise to ^Ameet you rightly

^B/Ewhen moving across ^Amaj7/Emy land ^E7brandishing themselves like a burning branch^{A/E E7}advance the tallow-colored, w^A#dim/Eall-eyed deer ^Am/Equiet as g^Eondoliers

well, i wait all ^Bnight for you in Ca^Elifornia watching the ^G#mfox pick off my goldfish from their sorry, g^Eolden state B E [sus4] and i am no longer afraid of anything save the ^G#mlife that here a^Ewaits

i don't belong to ^Banyone my ^B7heart is heavy as an ^Eoil drum ^Em and i don't want to ^Bbe alone my hea^B7rt is yellow as an ea^Er of corn ^Em and i have torn my ^Bsoul apart from ^B7pulling artlessly with ^Efool commands^Em G#m ^F# some nights i just never go to sleep at all and^E i stand shaking in the doorway li^G#mke a sentinel, all alone ^{E F#} G#m ^F# bracing like the bow upon a ship and ful^Ely abandoning ^F# G#m any thought of anywhere but home ^F# E my home sometimes i can almost fe^G#mel the power ^E and i do love y^G#mou ^E is it only timing th^G#mat has made it such a dark hour ^E only ever chiming ou^G#mt "cuck-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo" ^E

^G#mcu-ckoo, cu-ckoo, koo, ha-a, ha-hour, ^Eha-a, ha-a ^G#mcu-ckoo, cu-ckoo, koo, ha-a, ha-hour, ^Eha-a, ha-a ^G#mcu-ckoo, cu-ckoo, koo, ha-a, ha-hour, ^Eha-a, ha-a ^G#mcu-ckoo, cu-ckoo, koo, ha-a, ha-hour, ^Eha-a, ha-a

i wear y^Aou down ^Ami know gotta think ^D/Astraight keep a clean plate ^Akeep from wearing down ^B7/Aif i lose my ^G/Ahay just where am i g^Aoing to lay?

for it ^Ghas half w^Aho n^Feed to be ha^Gnging a^Around Here among the ^GDaphne ^Ablooming o^Fut of the bi^Gg g^Around i'm a ^Gnative ^Atoo, ^Fbut i^G'm o^Avergrown i am ^Gsure my^A roots are ^Fnear ^Ghere as rich as r^Aope here^G down ^F in Cali^Afornia