Intro:G, Em, D, Em, CVerse 1:GEm
Why's everyone still singing about California?
DEmC
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
GEm
I guess if you like sandy beaches and blue ocean water
DEmC
There's just something about it, to which I cannot relate
GEm
I need to see the leaves change and the snowflakes falling
DEmC
I need to hear the call, the wind whistling through the winter pines
DA7Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?
A7GC
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
DEmC
And people still follow their dreams to sweet California
AmGC
And from time to time I?ll pass on by, but I will never stay
Verse 2:GEm
Sure there are beautiful people, in the city of lost angels
DEmC
They're living like they're kings and queens, from some royal age
GEm
But fortune and fame won't save you, when California
DEmC
Is wiped out by the ring of fire or a great earthquake
DA7Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?
A7GC
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
DEmC
And people still follow their dreams to sweet California
AmGC
And from time to time I?ll pass on by, but I will never stay
Outro:G
No I will never stay
C, GCG
Never stay
C, GCG
Never stay