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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 15:02:12 -1000 From: Harlan L Thompson Subject: california- joni mitchell CALIFORNIA- Joni Mitchell TUNING: E B E G# B E, capo 1st fret INTRO: E ------------------5--5-5--5-------------------0-| B ---4h5p4-0-0---0--5--5-5--5-5--------7--------0-| G# -------------0----5--5-5--5-----5--7---7------0-| E Esus4 E Esus4 E E ------------------5--5-5--5---5----------7----0-|
E(2)Sitting in a park in Paris FrancAe reading the news and it sure looks bF#ad They won't give peace a chaBnce, that was just a dream some of us hadE(2) E(2)Stole a lot of liAnes to sing but I wouldn't want to F#stay here It's too old and colBd and settled in its waAys here A (Asus4) E C# Ah but California, California I'm coming home AI'm gonna see the folks I digE, I'll even kiss a sunset Bpig CaliBsus4fornia I'm coming hEome
RIFF: E -2h4p2-0-0---0-4--4-2-4-4---| B -----------2---0--0-0-0-0---| G# ---------------3--3-1-0-0---| E(3) EaddA E(3) Esus4 E Esus4 E E ---------------4--4-2-0-0---| I met a redneck on a Grecian isle, we did the goat dance very well He gave me back my smile but he kept my camera to sell Oh the rogue, the red red rogue, he cooked good omelettes and stews And I might have stayed on with him there, but my heart cried out for you California, Oh California I'm coming home Oh make me feel good rock and roll band, I'm your biggest fan California I'm coming home RIFF BRIDGE:
EOh it gets soF# lonely A When you're walking E(2) and the streets are full of stBrangers All the news of hF#ome you reAad just give you the BblDues B Bsus4 A Asus4 A B E [like intro] Esus4 E Esus4 E Just give you the blues
So I bought me a ticket I caught a plane to Spain Went to a party down a red dirt road There were lots of pretty people there, reading Rolling Stone reading Vogue They said how long can you hang around, I said a week maybe two Just until my skin turns brown and then I'm going home To California, California, I'm coming home Oh, will you take me as I am, strung out on another man California I'm coming home RIFF BRIDGE #2:
EOh it gets so lF#onely A when you're walkingE(2) and the streets are full of stBrangers All the news of F#home you rAead, more about the wE(2)ar and the bloody chBanges OF#h will you take me as I Aam, will you take me as I E(2)am Will youB, will you take me as IF# am A Mmm mmm mmm mE(2)mm mmm mmm mmBm, take me as I F#am ...A... E(2) B
CHORDS: E Esus4 F# A B C# D E(2) Bsus4 Asus4 E(3) EaddA E -0---0-----2--5--7---9--10---12-----7------5----4-----5----| B -0---0-----2--5--7---9--10---12-----7------5----0-----0----| G# -0---1-----2--5--7---9--10---12-----8------6----0-----0----| E -0---0-----2--5--7---9--10---12-----7------5----0-----0----| B -0---2-----2--5--7---9--10---12-----9------7----0-----0----| E -0---0-----2--5--7---9--10---12-----7------5----0-----0----| NOTE: There have been some previous postings of this song in different tunings. I recently saw a video of Joni doing this song live, and believe me, this is the correct tuning.