Chord/Tab song: Come to California

Sweet

Written by Matthew Sweet(EMI Blackwood Music, Inc./Charm Trap Music 1997)
Found on Blue Sky On Mars LP (1997)

Transcription arranged by Jason Robinson (SporkGD@aol.com or shaft@trib.infi.net)

This song sounds almost exactly like one of Mr. Sweet's influences, The Beach
Boys. Yes, they did actually make some good songs there, and this has the same feel
to it as well, with a Hotel California mix in there as well. Okay, Matt's playing the lead
guitars on Blue Sky, and the playing is not up there with the greats of Julian, Lloyd, and
Quine, but it works out. Not too hard to pick up, and the fills are simple to play. Song
calls for the lead guitar (an extra fills) along with rhythm...but the bass is really heavy here
as well, so use that to base off of if there are any problems (I believe the bass is tuned down
to dropped D)...enjoy...

Standard tuning

Drum Intro

Lead Guitar Riff

6----------------------------------------------------------
5----------------------------------------------------------
4----------------------------------------------------------
3----10--10----9--9----9--7------7---7--9--7-------
2----------------------------------9-----------------------
1------------------------------------------------------------

Intro(w/lead riff)
[D]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[A] [G] [D]
Verse
D (lead riff)
Started with a rose, ended up a millionaress queen
G D (lead riff)
In your new electric chair, sweetly sitting there building up steam
[A]Watch your mind little bit, or you'r[G]e gonna have to make b[D]elieve

Flew into LA, caught a screening of your lifelong dream
Blew it in LA, now you're desperate to create your own scene
But watch your mind little bit, 'cause you're headed into the machine

Chorus(same as intro)
Come to California (come to California)
Come to California (come to California)
Come to California (come to California)
Come to California (come to California)

Come to Cali. Verse (played with additional lead part), structure same as verse

Come to California, baby let it all hang out
Come to California, tell us what it's all about
But watch your mind little bit, 'cause the future is beginning now

(Lead part to cali. verse)
[D]

6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------7--------------------
5----/7--7-7-7-7-7-7----/7--7-7-7-7-7-7----/7--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-----5-x--5h7p5---
4----/7--7-7-7-7-7-7----/7--7-7-7-7-7-7----/7--7-7-7-7-7-7---5--------x--5----------
3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[G] [D]

6----------------------------------------------3--3------10-------------------7-------------------
5----3--3---3h5p3--------------------------------/7--7-7-7-7-7-7---5-----5-x--5h7p5---
4----4--4---4-------------4------4------4---------/7--7-7-7-7-7-7---5--------x--5---------
3----5--5---5---------5------5------5-------------------------------------------------------------
2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus again!(with a twist)
Come to California (come to California)
Come to California (come to California)
Come to California (come to California)
Come to California (come to California)
But watch your mind[A] little bit, 'cause you'[G]re headed into the mach[D]ine

Chorus again! (with a fill!)
Come to California (come to California)
Come to California (come to California)
Come to California (come to California)
Come to California (come to California)

(extra fill during last chorus)

6----10/--10/--10/--10/--10/--10/--10/--10/---------------------
5----10/--10/--10/--10/--10/--10/--10/--10/---------------------
4---------------------------------------------------------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Do the last chorus again instumental until the end!!

[----]

From: Mat payne

"Come to California"

Main Riff

e---------------------------------------------/---------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------/---------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------/---------------------------------------------
D----------------------2--2-------------------/----------------------2--2-------------------
A----------------2--4--------4--3--2-----2--4-/----------------2--4--------4--3--2-----2--4-
E----0--0--3--4-----------------------4-------/----0--0--3--4-----------------------4-------

come to california baby let it all hang out.....

e---------------------------------------------/---------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------/---------------------------------------------
G----------------------2--2-------------------/---------------------------------------------
D----------------2--4--------4--3--2-----2--4-/----------------------2--2-------------------
A----0--0--3--4-----------------------4-------/----------------2--4--------4--3--2-----2--4-
E---------------------------------------------/----0--0--3--4-----------------------4-------

come to california tell us what it's all about.....

B A Eminor
So watch your mind a little bit 'cuase your headed into the machine

(or whatever the lyrics are I don't have them with me!)

Chorus same as the main riff

Lead Riff

G---7--7---6--6---4-----4--6----------------------
D--------------------6----------------------------

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From: Todd Cameron (theMu-tronBi-phase@webtv.net)

Come To California (acoustic)
Transcribed by T. Cameron

The basic Come To California track is somewhat hard
to play if you only have one guitar, since it
involves a rhythm and a lead. Here's a good layout I
designed if you only have one guitar to play the song
with. It may be a little hard to play for those of
you who are new to playing the guitar.

Note: Play the D chord with your middle, index and
pinky on the strings leaving your first finger free.

Guitar Intro using the D chord

e-2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------
b-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------
g-2-2---2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-Play this twice---------
d-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------
a-3-3---2-2---2-0-0-0-0-2-0-------------------------
e-----------------2---------------------------------

using the G chord

e--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------
b--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------
g--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------
d--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--Now go back and do the---
a--3-3--2-2--2-0-0-0-0-2-0--D progression one time---
e--3-3--3-3--3-3-2-3-3-3-3---------------------------

Then strum these chords A G D

Now go back and look at the orignal post of "Come To California" above f