Chords for James Taylor - Going To California
Tempo:
136.05 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
F#
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m] [E]
[B] The California Los Angeles music scene in the [F#] 70s was [A] rich, it was ripe.
Crosby, Stills and Nash, Neil [E] Young, Joni Mitchell obviously, Carol King.
It was a very [A] fertile, very productive time and a lot of [D] stuff came out of it.
Wherever [Bm] I am, [E] I'll come [A] running to see you [E] again.
[A] Winter, spring, summer [D] or [A] fall,
[D] all you've got to do is call.
[F#m] [Em] [D] And I'll be [A] there, yeah, [B] yeah, yeah.
You've got a [A] friend.
When people are young, [D]
they're sort of [E] blind in a way.
They're very [G#m]
enthusiastic and they're very full of themselves.
And they think that [F#] that's sort of a narcissistic [C#] time.
And [F#m] you're not [Bm] worried about the rest of the world.
You don't have kids, that's why.
So you don't have that connection.
You're just [E] into your own personal [F#] project.
That's sort of what I think about that California time.
[A] It was the product [G#m] of such privilege.
[C#] People were living off the fat of the [F#m] land.
It was like economically, culturally, [A] in all ways, people were just [C] given a huge amount.
And I feel fine [Gm] anytime [C] she's around me now.
[Am] She's around [Dm] me now, almost [G] all the time.
Los Angeles feels like a big spread out place, but actually people put together [A] a city.
They assemble a city in Los Angeles.
And they [F] connect the dots [D] with their automobile.
And that will be your life.
[A#] Then the [D] rest of it is all TV.
[F] It felt small to me.
The distances were small.
Laurel Canyon down to Hollywood, maybe A [F]&M Studios, maybe [D] Sunset Sound [G] or Crystal Sound.
[D] All of those were [F] very close together.
It was a [Am] small, tight-knit community.
[E]
I've [C#m] seen [F#] fire and I've [B] seen rain.
[E] I've seen sunny days that [C#m] I thought would never [B] end.
People [F#] were there to have a good time.
[E] [F#] There were lots of drugs, [B] psychedelics, marijuana, cocaine eventually, plenty of alcohol, plenty of wine.
All of this was just part of the [E] scene.
[D#] People were there to have [F#] a good time.
[Em] [B]
[F#] [A]
[B]
[F#m] [E]
[B] [C#] People will always get high.
[Am] Animals get high if you let them.
For me it stopped working.
Because I'm an addict, it beat me up [E] and I had to stop.
[F#]
It's dangerous too and a waste of time as well.
But [C] I was [F#] lucky that my dance [Em] with it didn't kill me or too terribly injure any other [B] people around me.
[F#m] [F#] The California scene was hugely creative and it [B] was a gas, it was a fucking ball.
[F#m] [B] [F#m]
[F#] [B]
[B] The California Los Angeles music scene in the [F#] 70s was [A] rich, it was ripe.
Crosby, Stills and Nash, Neil [E] Young, Joni Mitchell obviously, Carol King.
It was a very [A] fertile, very productive time and a lot of [D] stuff came out of it.
Wherever [Bm] I am, [E] I'll come [A] running to see you [E] again.
[A] Winter, spring, summer [D] or [A] fall,
[D] all you've got to do is call.
[F#m] [Em] [D] And I'll be [A] there, yeah, [B] yeah, yeah.
You've got a [A] friend.
When people are young, [D]
they're sort of [E] blind in a way.
They're very [G#m]
enthusiastic and they're very full of themselves.
And they think that [F#] that's sort of a narcissistic [C#] time.
And [F#m] you're not [Bm] worried about the rest of the world.
You don't have kids, that's why.
So you don't have that connection.
You're just [E] into your own personal [F#] project.
That's sort of what I think about that California time.
[A] It was the product [G#m] of such privilege.
[C#] People were living off the fat of the [F#m] land.
It was like economically, culturally, [A] in all ways, people were just [C] given a huge amount.
And I feel fine [Gm] anytime [C] she's around me now.
[Am] She's around [Dm] me now, almost [G] all the time.
Los Angeles feels like a big spread out place, but actually people put together [A] a city.
They assemble a city in Los Angeles.
And they [F] connect the dots [D] with their automobile.
And that will be your life.
[A#] Then the [D] rest of it is all TV.
[F] It felt small to me.
The distances were small.
Laurel Canyon down to Hollywood, maybe A [F]&M Studios, maybe [D] Sunset Sound [G] or Crystal Sound.
[D] All of those were [F] very close together.
It was a [Am] small, tight-knit community.
[E]
I've [C#m] seen [F#] fire and I've [B] seen rain.
[E] I've seen sunny days that [C#m] I thought would never [B] end.
People [F#] were there to have a good time.
[E] [F#] There were lots of drugs, [B] psychedelics, marijuana, cocaine eventually, plenty of alcohol, plenty of wine.
All of this was just part of the [E] scene.
[D#] People were there to have [F#] a good time.
[Em] [B]
[F#] [A]
[B]
[F#m] [E]
[B] [C#] People will always get high.
[Am] Animals get high if you let them.
For me it stopped working.
Because I'm an addict, it beat me up [E] and I had to stop.
[F#]
It's dangerous too and a waste of time as well.
But [C] I was [F#] lucky that my dance [Em] with it didn't kill me or too terribly injure any other [B] people around me.
[F#m] [F#] The California scene was hugely creative and it [B] was a gas, it was a fucking ball.
[F#m] [B] [F#m]
[F#] [B]
Key:
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_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ The California Los Angeles music scene in the [F#] 70s was [A] rich, it was ripe.
Crosby, Stills and Nash, _ Neil [E] Young, _ _ _ Joni Mitchell obviously, _ Carol King. _
It was a very [A] fertile, very productive _ time and a lot of [D] stuff came out of it. _
Wherever [Bm] I am, _ [E] I'll come [A] running _ _ to _ _ _ see you [E] again. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Winter, spring, summer [D] or [A] fall, _
_ _ _ [D] all you've got to do is call.
[F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] And I'll be [A] there, yeah, [B] yeah, yeah. _
You've got a [A] friend.
When people are young, [D]
they're sort of [E] blind in a way.
They're very [G#m]
enthusiastic and they're very full of themselves.
And they think that [F#] that's sort of a narcissistic [C#] time.
And _ _ [F#m] you're _ not [Bm] worried about the rest of the world.
You don't have kids, that's why.
So you don't have that connection.
You're just [E] into your own personal [F#] project.
That's sort of what I think about that California time.
[A] It was the product [G#m] of such privilege.
_ [C#] People were living off the fat of the [F#m] land.
It was like economically, culturally, [A] in all ways, people were just [C] given a huge amount.
And I feel fine [Gm] anytime _ [C] she's around me now. _
_ _ [Am] She's around [Dm] me now, almost [G] all the time.
_ Los Angeles feels like a big spread out place, but actually people put together [A] a city.
They assemble a city in Los Angeles.
_ And they [F] connect the dots [D] with their automobile.
_ And that will be your life.
[A#] _ _ Then the [D] rest of it is all TV. _
_ _ [F] It felt small to me.
The distances were small.
Laurel Canyon down to Hollywood, maybe A [F]&M Studios, maybe [D] Sunset Sound [G] or Crystal Sound.
[D] All of those were [F] very close together.
It was a [Am] small, tight-knit community.
[E] _
I've [C#m] seen [F#] fire and I've [B] seen rain. _
_ _ _ [E] I've seen sunny days that [C#m] I thought would never [B] end.
People [F#] were there to have a good time.
[E] _ [F#] There were lots of drugs, [B] psychedelics, _ marijuana, _ _ _ cocaine eventually, _ plenty of alcohol, plenty of wine.
_ _ All of this was just part of the [E] scene. _ _
[D#] _ People were there to have [F#] a good time. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [C#] People will always get high.
_ _ [Am] Animals get high if you let them. _ _
_ _ _ _ For me it stopped working.
_ _ Because I'm an addict, it beat me up [E] and I had to stop.
_ _ _ [F#] _
It's dangerous too _ _ and a waste of time as well.
But [C] I was [F#] lucky _ _ that my dance _ [Em] with it didn't kill me or too terribly injure any other [B] people around me.
[F#m] _ [F#] The _ _ _ _ California scene was hugely creative and it [B] was a gas, it was a fucking ball.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ The California Los Angeles music scene in the [F#] 70s was [A] rich, it was ripe.
Crosby, Stills and Nash, _ Neil [E] Young, _ _ _ Joni Mitchell obviously, _ Carol King. _
It was a very [A] fertile, very productive _ time and a lot of [D] stuff came out of it. _
Wherever [Bm] I am, _ [E] I'll come [A] running _ _ to _ _ _ see you [E] again. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Winter, spring, summer [D] or [A] fall, _
_ _ _ [D] all you've got to do is call.
[F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] And I'll be [A] there, yeah, [B] yeah, yeah. _
You've got a [A] friend.
When people are young, [D]
they're sort of [E] blind in a way.
They're very [G#m]
enthusiastic and they're very full of themselves.
And they think that [F#] that's sort of a narcissistic [C#] time.
And _ _ [F#m] you're _ not [Bm] worried about the rest of the world.
You don't have kids, that's why.
So you don't have that connection.
You're just [E] into your own personal [F#] project.
That's sort of what I think about that California time.
[A] It was the product [G#m] of such privilege.
_ [C#] People were living off the fat of the [F#m] land.
It was like economically, culturally, [A] in all ways, people were just [C] given a huge amount.
And I feel fine [Gm] anytime _ [C] she's around me now. _
_ _ [Am] She's around [Dm] me now, almost [G] all the time.
_ Los Angeles feels like a big spread out place, but actually people put together [A] a city.
They assemble a city in Los Angeles.
_ And they [F] connect the dots [D] with their automobile.
_ And that will be your life.
[A#] _ _ Then the [D] rest of it is all TV. _
_ _ [F] It felt small to me.
The distances were small.
Laurel Canyon down to Hollywood, maybe A [F]&M Studios, maybe [D] Sunset Sound [G] or Crystal Sound.
[D] All of those were [F] very close together.
It was a [Am] small, tight-knit community.
[E] _
I've [C#m] seen [F#] fire and I've [B] seen rain. _
_ _ _ [E] I've seen sunny days that [C#m] I thought would never [B] end.
People [F#] were there to have a good time.
[E] _ [F#] There were lots of drugs, [B] psychedelics, _ marijuana, _ _ _ cocaine eventually, _ plenty of alcohol, plenty of wine.
_ _ All of this was just part of the [E] scene. _ _
[D#] _ People were there to have [F#] a good time. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [C#] People will always get high.
_ _ [Am] Animals get high if you let them. _ _
_ _ _ _ For me it stopped working.
_ _ Because I'm an addict, it beat me up [E] and I had to stop.
_ _ _ [F#] _
It's dangerous too _ _ and a waste of time as well.
But [C] I was [F#] lucky _ _ that my dance _ [Em] with it didn't kill me or too terribly injure any other [B] people around me.
[F#m] _ [F#] The _ _ _ _ California scene was hugely creative and it [B] was a gas, it was a fucking ball.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _