California Sun Chords

KeyD Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays397

California Sun by Joe Jones is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords D, G, B and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: Drums 

                                   D G D 
I'm gonna go back out on the coast  
                                               D G D 
Where the California girls are really the most  

D              G  
They walk that walk  
D              G 
They talk that talk  
D              G 
They twist a-like this  
D              G 
They shimmy A-don't you hear me  
D                             B 
Yes, they're out there having fun  
G       A              D 
In the warm California sun  


                                   D G D 
The girls are frisky in old Frisco  
                                       D G D 
A pretty little miss-a wherever you go  



D              G  
They walk that walk  
D              G 
They talk that talk  
D              G 
They twist a-like this  
D              G 
They shimmy A-don't you hear me  
D                             B 
Yes, they're out there having fun  
G       A              D 
In the warm California sun  


(Instrumental BRIDGE AND TRUMPET SOLO) 


                                  D G D 
The girls are pretty in-a old LA  
                                             D G D 
And the good sunshine keep them all that way  



D              G  
They walk that walk  
D              G 
They talk that talk  
D              G 
They twist a-like this  
D              G 
They shimmy A-don't you hear me  
D                             B 
Yes, they're out there having fun  
G       A              D 
In the warm California sun   
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante