California - Joni Mitchell
Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: E, E A D G B E
Song: California
Artist: Joni Mitchell
Composer: Joni Mitchell
Album: Blue
Tabbed by DJ 29th July 2020
Based on James Taylor's guitar accompaniment
to Joni's dulcimer.
CAPO: 2nd fret
(Song will then sound in the recorded key of E)
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
A7 = x02020 (D/A) = x0xxxx D5 = xx0235
G = 320003 (D+/A#) = x1xxxx E = 022100
A = x02220 B7 = x21202 C = x32010
D = xx0232 B7/F# = 2x1202 Asus2 = x02200
A7sus4 = x02030 D/F# = 20023x G/B = x2003x
(G/F#) = 2xxxxx Dsus2 = xx0230 G * = xx5433
E7 = 020100 Gmaj7 = 320002 E7 * = xx2434
A7sus2 = x02000 G6 = 320000 A7 * = x05655
G4 = 320013 D4 = xx0233 A4 = x02230
Chords in brackets are intended to be played as
passing bass notes only.
G *, E7 * and A7 * chords marked with an asterisk
are specific voicings to that section of the song
and are played staccato.
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[Intro]
(See bottom of page for an adapted guitar tablature
of the dulcimer Riff)
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[Verse 1]
Sitting in a p
ark in Paris,
France
Reading th
(
e news and it
sure looks bad
,
They won't giv
e peace a chan
ce,
That w
as just a drea
m some of us h
ad,
Still a lot of
lands to see,
(
But I wouldn't
wanna stay he
re,
It's too old a
nd cold and se
ttled in its w
ays here,
Ah, but Ca
li - fornia,
Ca---li - forn
(
ia------------
--- I'm coming
home,
I'm go
ing to see the
folks I dig,
I'll even
kiss a sunset
pig, Cali - f
ornia...
I'm coming hom
e-------------
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-!
[Verse 2]
I met a rednec
k on a Grecian
isle,
Who did th
e goat dance v
ery well,
He gave me bac
k my smile,
...But he kept
my camera to
sell,
Oh, the rogue,
the red red r
ogue,
He cooked g
ood omelettes
and stews,
And I might ha
ve stayed on w
ith him there,
But my heart c
ried out for y
ou----,
Cali - fornia,
oh---- oh,
California
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---, I'm comin
g home,
Oh, make me f
eel good, rock
'n'roll band,
...I'm your
biggest fan,
Cali - fornia
,
I'm coming hom
e-------------
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!
[Bridge]
Oh, it get
s so lone - ly
, when you're
walking,
And the st
reets are full
of strangers,
All the news o
f home you rea
d...
Just give you
the blues-----
,
Just give you
the blues-----
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[Verse 3]
So I bought me
a ticket, I c
aught a plane
*
to Spain,
Went to a part
y down a red d
*
irt road,
*
There wer
e lots of pret
ty people ther
e,
*
Reading '
Rolling Stone'
, reading 'Vog
ue',
They said, "Ho
w long can you
*
hang around?"
I said, "A wee
k, ...maybe tw
*
o!
Just until my
skin turns bro
*
wn,
Then I'm going
home-----
...to Cali -
fornia!"
Ca------li - f
ornia-------,
( (
I'm com - ing
#)
home,
Oh, ..
.will you take
me as I am,
...Strung o
ut on another
man? Cali - f
ornia,
I'm coming hom
e-------------
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[Verse 4]
Oh, it gets
so...lonely,
...when you're
walking,
And the st
reets are full
of strangers,
All the news o
f home you rea
d,
More about the
war and the b
loody changes,
Oh - oh, ...w
ill you take m
e as I am?
[Coda]
Will ya take m
e as I am? Wi
ll ya-----?
Will you take
me as I am----
---?
Hmm - hmm - hm
m! Hmm - hmm
- hmm - hmm!
Take me as I a
m------, will
you take ...m
e as I am?
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