California blue Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays510

California blue by Engelbert Humperdinck is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, Em, D7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			D           D                     G 
Working all day and the sun don't shine, 
              A                        D 
trying to get by, and I'm just killin' time. 
                                     G 
I feel the rain fall the whole night through ,                  
              Em   A          D     D7 
far away from you, California Blue. 
 
(Chorus:) 
           G                  D 
California Blue, dreaming all alone, 
                A       A7     D     D7 
nothing else to do, California Blue. 
           G                  D 
Everyday I pray I'll be on my way, 
                A        A7     D 
saving love for you, California Blue. 
A         A7           D 
One sunny day I'll get back again, 
G             A          D 
somehow, some way, but I don't know when. 
           A         A7       D 
California Blue, California Blue. 
           
          D                   G 
Living my life with you on my mind, 
                A                        D 
thinking of the things that I left far behind. 
                                   G 
It's been so long, doing all I can do, 
               Em   A          D     D7 
to get back to you, California Blue. 
 
(Chorus) 
 
              Em   A          D 
Still missing you, California Blue. 
              Em   A          D 
Still missing you, California Blue. 
              Em   A          D 
Still missing you, California Blue. 
  
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante