California Kids Chords

KeyEb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays608

California Kids by Weezer is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords Eb, Eb/D, Cm, Bb, Ab and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Eb
Text
16
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         Eb        Eb/D             Cm       Bb              Ab      Bb           Eb        
When you wake up, cobwebs on your eyelids, stuck in rigor mortis, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh 
          Eb      Eb/D              Cm         Bb            Ab       Bb           Eb        
Just keep going, till you hit the ocean, and you turn Californian, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh 
          Gm   Cm           Gm Cm              Ab            Bb 
You don't have to, have the answers, don't you worry, don't you worry 
  
   

              Ab       Bb              Cm           Gm  Gm 
It's gonna be alright, if you're the sinking ship 
    Ab           Bb                 Ab        Ab  Bb 
California kids, will throw you a lifeline 
                 Ab         Bb                   Cm             Gm  Gm 
And if you're up all night, thinking 'bout something you did 
    Ab           Bb                  Ab         
California kids, will show you the sunshine 
  
  
verse 2
 
        Eb          Eb/D        Cm   Bb               Ab       Bb           Eb 
In your bare feet, in mid-January, swimming in the mystery, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh 
       Gm   Cm          Gm   Cm               Ab                Bb 
Second guessing, almost everything, don't you worry, don't you worry 
  

              Ab       Bb              Cm           Gm  Gm 
It's gonna be alright, if you're the sinking ship 
    Ab           Bb                 Ab        Ab  Bb 
California kids, will throw you a lifeline 
                 Ab         Bb                   Cm             Gm  Gm 
And if you're up all night, thinking 'bout something you did 
    Ab           Bb                  Ab         
California kids, will show you the skyline 
  

Solo 

  
verse  

         Eb            Eb/D              Cm      Bb            Ab        Bb           Eb 
All your old friends, chilling back in Boston, you never forgot them, whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh 
  

              Ab       Bb              Cm           Gm 
It's gonna be alright, if you're the sinking ship 
    Ab           Bb                 Ab        Bb 
California kids, will throw you a lifeline 
                 Ab         Bb                   Cm             Gm 
And if you're up all night, thinking 'bout something you did 
    Ab           Bb                  Ab        Bb 
California kids, will show you the sunshine 
    Ab           Bb                  Ab       Bb  Cm  
California kids, will show you the skyline
    	

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