From the Sessions at Motor Ave. album.
Standard tuning:
This uses a capo on the 5th fret, but I like to play it without one, so I'll give you
the chords for playing it normally too, but I've written it with the chords played
using a capo.
Chords used, relative to capo:
G - 320033 (C - X32010)
C - X32010 (F - 133211)
G/F# - 200033 (C/B -X20010)
Em - 022000 (Am - X02210)
D - XX0232 (G - 320033)
D/F# - 200320 (Use G -320033 for this too)
Intro: G
Verse:
[C]She's walking away[G]
[C]She's making a stan[G]d
[C]She's moving to a new l[G]ife
[C]She's moving with a new [G]man
[C]But I got news for her[G]
[C]The kind that I can't s[D]ay
( Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joe_purdy/california_girl_crd.html )
[C]Cause I came to my s[G]enses, just a [G/F#]little too [C]late
So I [Em]watched her[D/F#] drive away[C]
And I [G]waved goodbye[D]
[Em]And as her [D/F#]tail lights f[C]ade
[G]Into the [D/F#]night [C]sky
Chorus:
Say [G]hey[G/F#], [C] don't you leave me in [G]LA [G/F#]alone[C]
Love[G]r p[G/F#]lease[C], turn that car around and co[G]me [G/F#]back [C]home
New[G] Yo[G/F#]rk, s[C]uch a beautiful ci[G]ty I'[G/F#]m sure[C]
Its just too far f[G]rom[G/F#] my C[C]alifornia gi[G]rl.
And then back to the verse. Beautiful song, enjoy. Comments are welcome.
Standard tuning:
This uses a capo on the 5th fret, but I like to play it without one, so I'll give you
the chords for playing it normally too, but I've written it with the chords played
using a capo.
Chords used, relative to capo:
G - 320033 (C - X32010)
C - X32010 (F - 133211)
G/F# - 200033 (C/B -X20010)
Em - 022000 (Am - X02210)
D - XX0232 (G - 320033)
D/F# - 200320 (Use G -320033 for this too)
Intro: G
Verse:
[C]She's walking away[G]
[C]She's making a stan[G]d
[C]She's moving to a new l[G]ife
[C]She's moving with a new [G]man
[C]But I got news for her[G]
[C]The kind that I can't s[D]ay
( Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joe_purdy/california_girl_crd.html )
[C]Cause I came to my s[G]enses, just a [G/F#]little too [C]late
So I [Em]watched her[D/F#] drive away[C]
And I [G]waved goodbye[D]
[Em]And as her [D/F#]tail lights f[C]ade
[G]Into the [D/F#]night [C]sky
Chorus:
Say [G]hey[G/F#], [C] don't you leave me in [G]LA [G/F#]alone[C]
Love[G]r p[G/F#]lease[C], turn that car around and co[G]me [G/F#]back [C]home
New[G] Yo[G/F#]rk, s[C]uch a beautiful ci[G]ty I'[G/F#]m sure[C]
Its just too far f[G]rom[G/F#] my C[C]alifornia gi[G]rl.
And then back to the verse. Beautiful song, enjoy. Comments are welcome.
