Chords for Billy Strings + Willie Nelson "California Sober" 04/30/23 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
Tempo:
129.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Hey, Billy.
Thank you.
[D#] [G]
Well, me and Willie just had a song we made.
try to scrub it off for you.
[G]
Well, I used to like to ramble with my good times and friends, but now I find that better
I don't forget to act a mean when I keep my [C#] buzzers swinging and keep the hard [A] stuff and
Thank you.
[D#] [G]
Well, me and Willie just had a song we made.
try to scrub it off for you.
[G]
Well, I used to like to ramble with my good times and friends, but now I find that better
I don't forget to act a mean when I keep my [C#] buzzers swinging and keep the hard [A] stuff and
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Em
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Hey, Billy.
Hey, Billy.
Alright, let me see.
[Gm] _
_ Thank you.
Thank [F#m] you. _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, me and Willie just had a song we made.
_ We're gonna try to scrub it off for you.
It's called California [A#m] Sober.
_ [N] _
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Well, I used to like to ramble with my good times and friends, but now I find that better
lying away ain't better.
I don't forget to act a mean when I keep my [C#] buzzers swinging and keep the hard [A] stuff and
the whiskey [D] from my head. _
[G] Well, I guess that's just the trouble with the blues. _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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[C] When you're always singing double [G] and the rhyme doesn't get _ twice as hard to see.
_ I hadn't even [A] gotten on the call, but I'm told I've [Bm] had about at least [G] some money to
do what looks a lot like me. _
So [C] I'm California Sober [G] as they say. _
_ [C] Hey, Billy, I can't find no [G] other way.
[Em] I dance to [A] get out and party [D] like I did [G] back in the day.
That's one of California's soberest days.
_ All [C] I hear now that they're [G] hails is blue thrills. _
[C] I asked them, funny, [G] like I did back [Em] in the day,
they said _ [Gm] California's sober, they said.
[G] Me,
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ [G] I _ _ was in California sober until I thought the world was over.
And I lost [C] it, no, the world's not [G] on ten. _
When that wagon [C] passes by, [Em] I don't need a matadon.
[A] There's a devil [D] on my shoulder [G] always with me.
When that [Em] wagon passes by, I don't need a matadon.
I _ _ _ [G] can't remember what the name was.
I don't know. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It's Fred. _
Hey, Billy.
Alright, let me see.
[Gm] _
_ Thank you.
Thank [F#m] you. _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, me and Willie just had a song we made.
_ We're gonna try to scrub it off for you.
It's called California [A#m] Sober.
_ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, I used to like to ramble with my good times and friends, but now I find that better
lying away ain't better.
I don't forget to act a mean when I keep my [C#] buzzers swinging and keep the hard [A] stuff and
the whiskey [D] from my head. _
[G] Well, I guess that's just the trouble with the blues. _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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[C] When you're always singing double [G] and the rhyme doesn't get _ twice as hard to see.
_ I hadn't even [A] gotten on the call, but I'm told I've [Bm] had about at least [G] some money to
do what looks a lot like me. _
So [C] I'm California Sober [G] as they say. _
_ [C] Hey, Billy, I can't find no [G] other way.
[Em] I dance to [A] get out and party [D] like I did [G] back in the day.
That's one of California's soberest days.
_ All [C] I hear now that they're [G] hails is blue thrills. _
[C] I asked them, funny, [G] like I did back [Em] in the day,
they said _ [Gm] California's sober, they said.
[G] Me,
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ [G] I _ _ was in California sober until I thought the world was over.
And I lost [C] it, no, the world's not [G] on ten. _
When that wagon [C] passes by, [Em] I don't need a matadon.
[A] There's a devil [D] on my shoulder [G] always with me.
When that [Em] wagon passes by, I don't need a matadon.
I _ _ _ [G] can't remember what the name was.
I don't know. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It's Fred. _