California Wasted Chords

KeyA Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays412

California Wasted by Toad the Wet Sprocket is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords A, E and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			California Wasted 
Toad The Wet Sprocket 
(From the CD New Constellation to be released Oct 2013) 
 

| A | E | D | D | A | E | D | D | 

   E                              
No time, where did the time go,  
               D 
What was I thinkin'? 
               E 
No compass, no maps, no sail on the mast 
             D 
This boat is sinking, we're going down 

        A 
There's too much in my head right now 
     E 
I've got no way to slow it down 
    D                          | D | 
And no ones gonna pull me out 
    A                E 
Oh, I still make the same mistakes 
    D                         E 
Oh, California's wasted on me-e 

E                                                      
I'll stare at the sun,  
                     D 
Let the fire fill my eyes 
                E 
See nothing but light 
                             D 
An endless day to banish the night, I could set this right 

            A 
But there's too much in my head right now 
     E 
I've got no way to slow it down 
    D                          | D | 
And no ones gonna pull me out 
    A                E 
Oh, I still make the same mistakes 
    D                         E   
Oh, California's wasted on me-e 

| E | E | 
       D 
On the line where the ocean meets the sky 
| E | E | 
          D 
I've been hoping I could see a sign, hoping I could see a sign 

        A 
There's too much in my head right now 
     E 
I've got no way to slow it down 
    D                          | D | 
And no ones gonna pull me out 
    A                E 
Oh, I still make the same mistakes 
    D                         
Oh, California's wasted on me 
A                E 
I still make the same mistakes 
    D                     |A  | E | D | D | 
I'm wasted out in California 

A                        E 
. There's too much in my head right now 
    D      | D | 
I'm wasted 
A                        E 
. There's too much in my head right now 
    D                         E 
Oh, California's wasted on me-e 

Charted by Dexex 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante