California Chords by Joni Mitchell

[F] _ The instrument is [Bb] the dulcimer and the voice is Miss [C] Joni Mitchell.
[F] _ _ Sitting _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] in a park in Paris, _ reading the news and it's [G] all bad.
They won't give [Em] peace a chance, that was just a dream [Bb] some of us had.
Still a lot of lands to see, but [G] I wouldn't want to stay here.
No, it's [Em] too old and cold and settled in its [Bb] ways here.
Oh, but California, _
_ [F] _ _ California [Bb] ain't _ _ [Bb] home.
I'm gonna see the folks [F] I dig, I'll even kiss [Em] a sunset pig.
[F] California when I get home.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] I met a redneck on a Grecian isle, who did the [Fm] goat dance [G] very well.
He gave me back my [Em] smile, but he kept my camera [F] cell.
Oh, [Bb] the rogue, the red, red rogue, he cooked good omelettes [Bm] and stews.
And I might have stayed on [Em] with him, but my heart cried out for [Bb] you. _
California, _ _ _ [F] oh, California.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] [Bb] Oh, make me feel good [F] rock and roll band, I'm your biggest fan.
California, I'm coming _ home.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, it [G] gets so _ _ [Bb] lonely _ [F] when you're walking and the [C] streets are full of strangers.
[G] All the news, all [Bb] you read, [G] just give you the _ [F] [B] blues. _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
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_ So I [Bb] bought me a ticket, I caught a plane to Spain, went to a party [Em] down Red Dirt Road.
There were lots of pretty people there, reading Rolling [F] Stone, reading [Bb] Vogue.
They said, how long can you hang around?
I [F] said, a [G] week, maybe two, just [C] until my skin turns brown.
And then I'm [Bb] going home to California, [F] oh, _ California, [D] I'm _
_ [Bb] _ home.
Oh, will you take [Am] me as I am, [F] strung out on another man?
California, I'm coming _ [Bb] home.
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_ _ _ Oh, it gets [G] so _
_ [F] [Bb] lonely _ [F] when you're walking and the streets are [C] full of strangers.
[F] All [Em] the news, all _ [F] [Bb] you read, [F] more about the war and [C] the bloody changes.
_ [G] Oh, will you [Bb] take me as I am, will you [F] take me as I am?
[Em] Oh, will [A] you take me as [G] I _
[Bb] am, _ _ _ will _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ you _ [C] take me? the [G] the _ [F] the
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_ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ the _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ the the the _
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