Chord/Tab song: California Kids

No capo
Standard tuning

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
D# A#/D Cm A# G# A# D# Riff 1

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D# A#/D Cm A# G# A# D# Riff 1
When you wake up, cobwebs on your eyelids, stuck in rigor mortis, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh

D# A#/D Cm A# G# A# D# Riff 1
Just keep going, till you hit the ocean, and you turn Californian, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh

[D#] [D#] [G#] [A#]

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You don't [D#]have to, have the [D#]answers, don't you [G#]worry, don't you [A#]worry

[Chorus 1]
Bars 1 and 3 Bar 2
[G#] [A#] [Cm] [G] [G] [G#] [A#] [G#] [G#] [A#]

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Bar 4 Riff 2
[G#] [A#] [G#]

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It's gonna be [G#]alright[A#], if you're the [Cm]sinking ship [G][G]

Cali[G#]fornia kids, [A#]will throw you a [G#]lifeline[G#][A#]

And if you're up [G#]all night, [A#]thinking 'bout some[Cm]thing you did[G][G]

G# A# G# Riff 2
California kids, will show you the sunshine

[Verse 2]

D# A#/D Cm A# G# A# D# Riff 3

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D# A#/D Cm A# G# A# D# Riff 3
In your bare feet, in mid-January, swimming in the mystery, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh

[D#] [D#] [G#] [A#]

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Second [D#]guessing, almost [D#]everything, don't you [G#]worry, don't you [A#]worry

[Chorus 2]
Bars 1 and 3 Bar 2
[G#] [A#] [Cm] [G] [G] [G#] [A#] [G#] [G#] [A#]

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Bar 4 Riff 4
[G#] [A#] [G#]

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It's gonna be [G#]alright[A#], if you're the [Cm]sinking ship [G][G]
Cali[G#]fornia kids, [A#]will throw you a [G#]lifeline[G#][A#]
And if you're up [G#]all night, [A#]thinking 'bout some[Cm]thing you did[G][G]
G# A# G# Riff 4
California kids, will show you the skyline

[Solo]

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[Verse 3]

[D#] [A#/D] [Cm] [A#] [G#] [A#] [D#]

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All your [D#]old friends, [A#/D]chilling back in [Cm]Boston, [A#]you never for[G#]got them[A#], whoa-oh-oh [D#]oh-oh-oh

[Chorus 3]
Bars 1 and 3 Bar 2
[G#] [A#] [Cm] [G] [G] [G#] [A#] [G#] [G#] [A#]

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Bar 4 Bar 5
[G#] [A#] [G#] [G#] [A#] [G#] [G#] [A#]

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It's gonna be [G#]alright[A#], if you're the [Cm]sinking ship [G][G]
Cali[G#]fornia kids, [A#]will throw you a [G#]lifeline[G#][A#]
And if you're up [G#]all night, [A#]thinking 'bout some[Cm]thing you did[G][G]
Cali[G#]fornia kids[A#], will show you the [G#]sunshine
Cali[G#]fornia kids[A#], will show you the [G#]skyline[G#][A#]