The Golden State

City And Colour

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[Intro]

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[Verse]

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[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

G                                      Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?
D*                     Em                C*
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
  G                                              Em
I guess if you like sandy beaches and blue ocean water
             D*                 Em                   C*
There's just something about it, to which I cannot relate
  G                                                  Em
I need to see the leaves change and the snowflakes falling
  D*                         Em                           C*
I need to hear the cold wind whistling through the winter pines


[Chorus]

D*                   A7                Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?
A7               G                       C*
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
    D*                        Em                   C*
And people still follow their dreams to sweet California
          Am                          G                 C
And from time to time I’ll pass on by, but I will never stay


[Verse 2]

G                                                    Em
Sure there are beautiful people, in the city of lost angels
        D*                                  Em                C*
They're living like they're kings and queens, from some royal age
    G                                         Em
But fortune and fame won't save you, when California
   D*                           Em               C*
Is wiped out by the ring of fire or a great earthquake


[Chorus]

D*                   A7                Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?
A7               G                       C*
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
    D*                        Em                   C*
And people still follow their dreams to sweet California
          Am                          G                 C
And from time to time I’ll pass on by, but I will never stay


[Outro]

                 G
No, I will never stay

C*  G

C*    G
Never stay

C*  G

C*    G
Never stay


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