Chords for Vampire Weekend performing "California English"
Tempo:
159.2 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I would never dare [Bm] you with a spoon my only [C] true love
[G] Never [B] really speak the way it's [C] unworthy of [A] Funny how the little [C] college cook all language corrupt
[D] Funny how the unbribe schools with no [C] hyperclique Someone took a trip before [B] he came to ski [C] in the house
Five months ago [A] I got you just for some [C] bonus count Now just [Am] got a scholarship on [C] the country, dig what I say
Living like the French connection but without intellect
[G] Pass the phone to Miss [C] Kitty, diddy, twitch [G] Through the garden at the [C] end of the ditch
[G] Miles across the side of [C] South Island beach [G] Bring your brain to [C] California English
[Gm] [C]
No one says South breeze [F] in flat space, [C] said to me
Leavin' through a stack of [E] 80's, that's the system [C] for you
[D] Waitin' when the wind gets your face and [C] jelly in your hair
[D] Shiverin' little unassured but don't seem to be
[G] Pass the phone to Miss Kitty, [C] diddy, twitch [G] Through the garden at the end of the [C] ditch
[G] Miles across the side of [C] South Island beach [G] Bring your brain to California [C] English
[G] Katrina [C] got a brass cake, she don't care how the switch [F] tastes
Can't feel a cheesesteak [G] but she's [C] real [F] toothpaste
Cause if that time [Em] don't work, if it just makes you [F] worse
Would you lose all [G] of your faith in the [F] kids?
And if it's all [Em] a curse, and we're just getting [F] worse
Baby, please don't [G] lose your faith [C] in the kids
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[G] Never [B] really speak the way it's [C] unworthy of [A] Funny how the little [C] college cook all language corrupt
[D] Funny how the unbribe schools with no [C] hyperclique Someone took a trip before [B] he came to ski [C] in the house
Five months ago [A] I got you just for some [C] bonus count Now just [Am] got a scholarship on [C] the country, dig what I say
Living like the French connection but without intellect
[G] Pass the phone to Miss [C] Kitty, diddy, twitch [G] Through the garden at the [C] end of the ditch
[G] Miles across the side of [C] South Island beach [G] Bring your brain to [C] California English
[Gm] [C]
No one says South breeze [F] in flat space, [C] said to me
Leavin' through a stack of [E] 80's, that's the system [C] for you
[D] Waitin' when the wind gets your face and [C] jelly in your hair
[D] Shiverin' little unassured but don't seem to be
[G] Pass the phone to Miss Kitty, [C] diddy, twitch [G] Through the garden at the end of the [C] ditch
[G] Miles across the side of [C] South Island beach [G] Bring your brain to California [C] English
[G] Katrina [C] got a brass cake, she don't care how the switch [F] tastes
Can't feel a cheesesteak [G] but she's [C] real [F] toothpaste
Cause if that time [Em] don't work, if it just makes you [F] worse
Would you lose all [G] of your faith in the [F] kids?
And if it's all [Em] a curse, and we're just getting [F] worse
Baby, please don't [G] lose your faith [C] in the kids
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[C] [E] [G]
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_ _ _ _ I would never dare [Bm] you with a spoon my only [C] true love
[G] Never [B] really speak the way it's [C] unworthy of [A] Funny how the little [C] college cook all language corrupt
[D] Funny how the unbribe schools with no [C] _ hyperclique Someone took a trip before [B] he came to ski [C] in the house
Five months ago [A] I got you just for some [C] bonus count Now just [Am] got a scholarship on [C] the country, dig what I say
Living like the French connection but without intellect
_ [G] Pass the phone to Miss [C] Kitty, diddy, twitch _ [G] Through the garden at the [C] end of the ditch
[G] Miles across the side of [C] South Island beach [G] Bring your brain to [C] California English _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ No one says South breeze [F] in flat space, [C] said to me
Leavin' through a stack of [E] 80's, that's the system [C] for you
_ [D] Waitin' when the wind gets your face and [C] jelly in your hair
[D] Shiverin' little unassured but don't seem to be
[G] Pass the phone to Miss Kitty, [C] diddy, twitch [G] Through the garden at the end of the [C] _ ditch
[G] Miles across the side of [C] South Island beach [G] Bring your brain to California [C] English
[G] Katrina [C] got a brass cake, she don't care how the switch [F] tastes
Can't feel a cheesesteak [G] but she's [C] real [F] toothpaste
Cause if that time [Em] don't work, if it just makes you [F] worse
Would you lose all [G] of your faith in the [F] kids?
And if it's all [Em] a curse, and we're just getting [F] worse
Baby, please don't [G] lose your faith [C] in the kids _ _ _ _
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[G] Never [B] really speak the way it's [C] unworthy of [A] Funny how the little [C] college cook all language corrupt
[D] Funny how the unbribe schools with no [C] _ hyperclique Someone took a trip before [B] he came to ski [C] in the house
Five months ago [A] I got you just for some [C] bonus count Now just [Am] got a scholarship on [C] the country, dig what I say
Living like the French connection but without intellect
_ [G] Pass the phone to Miss [C] Kitty, diddy, twitch _ [G] Through the garden at the [C] end of the ditch
[G] Miles across the side of [C] South Island beach [G] Bring your brain to [C] California English _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ No one says South breeze [F] in flat space, [C] said to me
Leavin' through a stack of [E] 80's, that's the system [C] for you
_ [D] Waitin' when the wind gets your face and [C] jelly in your hair
[D] Shiverin' little unassured but don't seem to be
[G] Pass the phone to Miss Kitty, [C] diddy, twitch [G] Through the garden at the end of the [C] _ ditch
[G] Miles across the side of [C] South Island beach [G] Bring your brain to California [C] English
[G] Katrina [C] got a brass cake, she don't care how the switch [F] tastes
Can't feel a cheesesteak [G] but she's [C] real [F] toothpaste
Cause if that time [Em] don't work, if it just makes you [F] worse
Would you lose all [G] of your faith in the [F] kids?
And if it's all [Em] a curse, and we're just getting [F] worse
Baby, please don't [G] lose your faith [C] in the kids _ _ _ _
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