Chords for The Seldom Scene - California Earthquake

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_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ There was a _ _ _ California _ earthquake
_ _ [B] In the year of _ 83 _ _
_ _ _ The ship _ [B] threw living _ [D#m] _
daylights
_ Out [C#] of the Owens County _ _ _ sea
_ [F#] Weren't her buildings _ still _ _ [D#m] upstanding
Oh, [B] it does take a pretty [F#] good way
_ _ _ [F#] Just to look in [D#m] the distance
_ All [F#] the way to San Andres _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] Well, Sherman Buck
Was driving _ his [B] old loan into [F#] town
_ When _ _ biggin' _ came, the ship so hard
That [G#] it knocked him to the [C#]
ground
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] Lofty opened _ up a _ false event
[B] He just knew that his time [F#] was up
_ And _ it swallowed _ up [D#m] that poor old you
And [C#] it just _ missed _ [F#] Sherman Buck
_ _ _ _ [B] _
California _ _ _ earthquake
_ You [F#] just _ don't know what _ you've done
_ We might fall off [F#] _ [D#m] in the ocean _ low
But [C#] you'll never make us run
_ _ [F#] You're a partner to [D#m] the devil
_ _ _ [B] Be _ afraid [F#] of him
_ _ _ And [B] build _ ourselves _ [D#m] another town
So [C#] you can tear it _ [F#] down again
_ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] Then it came the quake of _ 99
At [B] the level of Mission Creek
[F#] _
_ _ _ _ The earth was _ like an ocean [D#m] churning
_ Of [G#] waves of 20 [C#] _
feet
_ But [D#m] Lord, it sounded [F#] _ like a thousand _ trains
[B] Were screaming _ _ _ [F#] under the ground
_ _ Clean _ across the [C#] _ sand _
_ _ _ [C#] Folks _ heard that _ mournful [F#] _
_ sound
_ [B] _ _
_ _ _ California earthquake
_ You [F#] just don't know what you've done
_ We might fall [F#] off in [D#m] the ocean _ low
But [C#] you'll never _ make us _ _ run
_ [F#] You're a partner to the devil
_ _ _ [B] Be _ afraid of [F#] him
_ _ And build _ _ ourselves [D#m] another _ town
So you [C#] can tear it down [F#] again _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
[C#] _ _ Then [F#] it came one day, _ the Holocaust
_ _ [B] And it rocked the Frisco [F#] _
Bay _ _ _ _
Miles of [F#] _ [D#m] walls came coming down
_ _ [C#] Like on _ Jacob _ that _ day
_ [F#] Might near _ everything that the earthquake missed
[B] But the wave passed
[F#] _ _
And _ just left them [B] to smoke
[D#m] The ashes _ _ of [C#] the dreams that they [F#] had
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ California earthquake
_ _ _ [F#] You just don't know what you've done
_ _ _ [F#] We might fall off in [D#m] the ocean low
_ [C#] But you'll never _ make us _ run
_ [F#] You're a partner [F#] to [D#m] the devil
_ _ Be [B] _ _
_ afraid [F#] of him
_ And build _ ourselves _ _ [D#m] another _ town
So [C#] you can tear it down [F#] _
again
_ _ _ [B] We'll build _ ourselves [D#m] another _ _ town
[B] So you can tear it [C#] _ down _ _ _ [F#] again _
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