California Chords
California by Kenny Chesney is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D/F#, C, Em, D and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G D/F# C G D/F# C
INTRO
G D/F# Em C
She lived at the end of a little dirt road,
G D/F# Em C
In a house where secrets go untold.
G D/F#
Barefoot in a cotton dress,
Em C
Dark hair in a tangled mess,
G D/F# C
And a head full of crazy dreams.
D
She'd say,
G D/F# C
I'm going to California,
G D/F# C
A place where the sun always shines.
G D/F# C
Well I'm going to California,
Am D G D/F# C
And I'm leaving everything behind.
G D/F# Em C
You can't help but feel just a little bit touched,
G D/F# Em C
When your Daddy loves you a little too much.
G D/F#
You can wish on four-leaf clovers,
Em C
But all the fields have been plowed over,
G D/F# C
And there's nothing left to do but fly away.
D
She'd say,
G D/F# C
I'm going to California,
G D/F# C
A place where the sun always shines.
G D/F# C
Well I'm going to California,
Am D G
And I'm leaving everything behind.
Am G
The stars burn like candles,
C Am G
On that two lane highway.
Am G
She made a wish and disappeared,
D
On her 18th birthday.
She'd say,
G D/F# C
I'm going to California,
G D/F# C
A place where the sun always shines.
G D/F# C
Well I'm going to California,
Am D G
And I'm leaving everything behind.
G D/F# C G D/F# C
INSTRUMENTAL
G D/F# C
I'm going to California,
Am D G D/F# C G D/F# C
And I'm leaving everything behind.
G D/F# C G D/F#
Oh, California.....
C G D/F# C G D/F# C
I'm..............going to California.
G D/F# C
Oh, California......
G D/F# C
Leave it all behind.
G D/F# C G D/F# C G
California......