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[Primeira Parte]

 E
Sitting in a park in Paris France
A                          F#7
  Reading the news and it sure looks bad

They won't give peace a chance
B7                                   E
   That was just a dream some of us had
                A
Still a lot of lands to see
                         F#7
But I wouldn't want to stay here
                  B7
It's too old and cold 

And settled in its ways here

[Refrão 1]

A  A4         A  
      Oh but California
 E         C#7
California     I'm coming home
A        
  I'm going to see the folks I dig
G#m                      B7
    I'll even kiss a Sunset pig
                E
California I'm coming home

[Segunda Parte]

   E            
I met a redneck on a Grecian isle
A                              F#7
  Who did the goat dance very well

He gave me back my smile
B7 
   But he kept my camera to sell
E  
  Oh the rogue the red red rogue
A       
  He cooked good omelettes and stews
       F#7     
And I might have stayed on with him there
        B7                     
But my heart cried out for you 

[Refrão 2]

A  A4      A
      California
E
Oh California
C#7
    I'm coming home
     A                              G#m
Oh, make me feel good, rock'n roll band
         
I'm your biggest fan
     B7                 E
California, I'm coming home

( A  E )

[Ponte]

            F#7    A
Oh it gets so lonely when you're walking
E                                B7
  And the streets are full of strangers
                 F#7      A
All the news of home you read
            F#7      A
Just gives you the blues
                     B7
Just gives you the blues

( A  B7  E )

[Terceira Parte]

      E 
So I bought me a ticket
                      A
I caught a plane to Spain
                                 F#7
Went to a party down a red dirt road
                                   B7
There were lots of pretty people there
                          E
Reading Rolling Stone reading Vogue
                     A
They said "How long can you hang around?"
                      F#7
I said a week maybe two
                           B7
Just until my skin turns brown

[Refrão 3]

                A   A4         A
Then I'm going home    to California
     E                 C#7
California I'm coming home
A                            G#m
  Oh, will you take me as I am
                       B7
Strung out on another man
                 E
California, I'm coming home

( A  E )

[Final]

             F#7
Oh, it gets so lonely
A           
  When you're walking
E                              B7
And the streets are full of strangers
                 F#7      A
All the news of home you read
                E 
More about the war
                 B7
And the bloody changes

F#7                  A
Oh, will you take me as I am?
                      E
Will you take me as I am?
      B7
Will you?
                 F#7     
Will you take me as I am?

( A  E  B7 )

             F#7  A
Take me as I am
 E           B7
Take me as I am