King Of California Chords by Dave Alvin

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When I left my home and my one [A] true love _ _ [D] East [F#m] of the Ohio [Bm]
River
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father said we'd [A] never wed _ _ _ _ _ [D] For I had [F#m] neither gold [Bm] nor silver
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my darling [D] dear shed no tears _ _ For I think [A] that it's fair [Bm] to warn you
_ _ _ _ That I'll [A] return to claim [Bm] your hand As _ [F#m] _ the [G] King of _
[D] [A] California
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ deserts hot and [A] mountains cold _ [D] I've traveled [A] the [Bm] Indian country
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_ Whispering your name under the [A] lonesome skies _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
Remembering my [Bm] only company _ _ _ _
[F#m] But my darling [G] dear please have no fear [A] _ _ For I [D] think [A] that it's fair [Bm] to warn you
_ _ That _ _ I'll return to claim your hand As _ _ [F#m] the [G] King of _ [D] [A] California
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_ _ _ _ [D] went up from _ Sacramento town _ To the [F#m] [Bm] Sierra gold fields _ _
_ [D] And I worked my stake on a river bank _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Dreaming just [Bm] how a rich man feels
_ _ [F#m] Oh my darling [A] dear [G] listen here _ For [D] I [A] think that it's fair [Bm] to warn you
_ That _ [A] _ _ I'll [D] return to [A] claim [Bm] your hand As [F#m] _ the King [G] of [D] _ [A] California
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[D] Now a dead man's lying [A] at my feet _ [D] _ [A] Tried to [Bm] steal my honey
_ _ _ _ [D] Yet I still _ recall your [Bm] tender _ [A] kiss _ _ _ [D] Though his bullet [F#m] in my [Bm] chest is burning
_ _ _ Oh [F#m] my darling dear [G] please shed no [D] tears _
[A] For [D] I think [A] that it's fair [Bm] to warn you
_ _ _ _ That I'll return to claim your hand As _ [A] the [G] King of _ [D] [A] California
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[D] _ _ I'll return to claim your hand As _ _ [F#m] the King [G] of [D] _ [A] California
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