Chords for Kingston Trio live 1981 "Zombie Jamboree" "California/Sacramento"

Tempo:
127.75 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

A

Bm

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Kingston Trio live 1981 "Zombie Jamboree" "California/Sacramento" chords
Start Jamming...
We rehearsed this show on the way over.
Yes.
Came in two cars.
Yes.
[F#]
[G] But we're starting to show a little bit.
We started off singing an eucalyptus, so that's how we got the name Kingston.
And then we slowly but surely went into a folk type of material.
And to further confuse the matter, in 1959 we received [Am] a Grammy for being the best country and western group of the year.
So what did we know?
But this is a song we started off singing.
This song was written in 1939 by Lord and Vader and his 12 penetrators, which was a real name of an act group from down the island somewhere.
And Lord and Vader was a great calypso writer, and he wrote this song about a party he went to in Long Island in 1939.
And he wrote about the people he met there and the people he met at the party.
Very interesting song.
[Bm] [G] [D]
The same intro to all the songs.
Well [Em] [B] [G]
[D] [C] now.
[G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [Bm]
[G]
Well
[C]
now.
Oh, what you singing now?
[G]
[C]
[F#m]
[C]
[G] [C]
[B] Can you imagine me with a zombie wife?
[C] Yes.
[F#m] [G] [C]
[F#m] [G] Wow.
[C] [F#m] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
[N]
[B] [G]
Here's [A] a song called California, or I'm going home.
It was written by a real hobo, who is probably now the president of Union Pacific for all I know.
[D] This has been a real fun thing for us to do, and it's very, very nice of you to come and to applaud and to have fun.
And thank you very much for being here.
Very nice.
It's been delightful.
[B] Thank you.
[Bm] Thank you.
[A] [Bm]
[E] [D]
Well, no [Bm] matter where I [G] wander, I know I'll [A] always find a [D] welcome.
[Bm] At the end [F#m] of [F#] every journey, [G] there'll be friendly [A]
people waiting.
[D] [Bm] California will not hold [G] me, though I love [A] her timber [D] mountains, work her fields [F#m] and work [Bm] her [G] orchards.
Up and down [A] her central [D] valleys, I have driven [Bm]
open [G] highways, cross the Golden [A]
Utah Valley, [Bm] and I've watched the rivers [F#m]
gently [Bm] gliding [G] away my [A] hand on a brimly beam.
[D] California [B]
will not hold [G] me, though I [A] love her timber [F#m] mountains, work her fields and work her [G] orchards.
Up and down [A] her central valleys.
[D] [Bm]
[A] [D]
[Bm] Folks who know me call me a drifter.
[G] They don't [A] know I'll stop my rambling.
[D] They [Bm] don't know [F#m] that someday, [G] somewhere, [Em] somebody's [A] gonna make me sing.
[D] I'm going home, [G]
I'm going [F#m] home.
I'm going home, [Em] I'm [A] going home.
[D] Well, no matter [Bm]
where I [G] wander, I know I'll [A] always find a [D] welcome.
At the [F#m] end of [Bm] every [G] journey, there'll be friendly [A] people waiting.
[D] [Bm] California will not hold [G] me, though I love her [A]
timber mountains, [D]
work [Bm] her fields [F#m] and work her [Bm] orchards.
[G] Up and down [A] her central valleys.
[G]
[A] I'm going
[D] home.
[D]
[Bm]
[G] [A]
[B] It's the music of people, [F#] and it belongs to all of us.
[Em] Thank you for coming to our town meeting.
Hope you [D] enjoyed the show, and good night.
[G] [G#]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
A
1231
Bm
13421112
C
3211
G
2131
D
1321
A
1231
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Learn the basic chords of Kingston Trio - Zombie Jamboree chords, with this master sequence: Bm, G, A, D, C, G, D and G. Adjust your pace with the tempo control on ChordU, starting slowly and speeding up progressively. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: D Major.

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_ _ We rehearsed this show on the way over.
Yes.
_ _ Came in two cars.
Yes.
_ [F#] _
[G] But we're starting to show a little bit. _ _
_ We started off singing an eucalyptus, so that's how we got the name Kingston.
And then we slowly but surely went into a folk type of material.
_ And to further confuse the matter, in 1959 we received [Am] a Grammy for being the best country and western group of the year.
So what did we know?
_ But this is a song we started off singing.
This song was written in 1939 by Lord and Vader and his 12 penetrators, which was a real name of an act group from down the island somewhere.
And Lord and Vader was a great calypso writer, and he wrote this song about a party he went to in Long Island in 1939.
And he wrote about the people he met there and the people he met at the party.
Very interesting song.
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ The same intro to all the songs.
_ _ _ Well [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] now.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
now.
_ _ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ what you singing now?
[G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [B] Can you imagine me with a zombie wife?
[C] Yes.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] Wow.
[C] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ Here's [A] a song called California, or I'm going home.
It was written by a real hobo, _ who is probably now the president of Union Pacific for all I know. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ This has been a real fun thing for us to do, and _ it's very, very nice of you to come and to applaud and to have fun.
And thank you very much for being here.
Very nice.
It's been delightful.
[B] Thank you. _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ Thank you. _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, no [Bm] matter where I [G] wander, I know I'll [A] always find a [D] welcome.
[Bm] At the end [F#m] of [F#] every journey, [G] _ there'll be friendly [A] _
people waiting.
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] California will not hold [G] me, though I love [A] her timber _ [D] mountains, work her fields [F#m] and work [Bm] her [G] orchards.
Up and down [A] her central [D] valleys, I have driven [Bm] _
open [G] highways, cross the Golden [A]
Utah Valley, [Bm] and I've watched the rivers [F#m]
gently [Bm] gliding [G] away my [A] hand on a brimly beam.
[D] _ _ California [B]
will not hold [G] me, though I [A] love her timber _ [F#m] mountains, work her fields and work her [G] orchards.
Up and down [A] her central valleys.
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ Folks who know me call me a drifter.
[G] They don't [A] know I'll stop my rambling.
[D] They [Bm] don't know [F#m] that someday, _ [G] somewhere, [Em] somebody's [A] gonna make me sing.
[D] I'm going home, [G]
I'm going [F#m] home.
I'm going home, [Em] I'm [A] going home.
[D] Well, no matter [Bm]
where I [G] wander, I know I'll [A] always find a [D] welcome.
At the [F#m] end of [Bm] every [G] journey, _ there'll be friendly [A] _ _ people _ waiting.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] California will _ not hold [G] me, _ though I love her [A] _
timber _ _ mountains, [D] _
work [Bm] her fields [F#m] and work _ her [Bm] _ orchards.
[G] Up and down [A] her central _ _ valleys.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ I'm going _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ home. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [B] It's the music of people, [F#] and it belongs to all of us.
[Em] Thank you for coming to our town meeting.
Hope you [D] enjoyed the show, and good night.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [G#] _

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