IN CALIFORNIA This one you can actually almost replicate on guitar. When playing, keep thumbing the A to keep that open C note, and play the bottom two strings with your index and middle I can't be bothered tabbing it, so here at the chords: A/Dmajb5: x 0 x x 9 10 A: x 0 x(6)5 5 Am x 0 x(5)5 5 A/D: x 0 x 2 3 2 Asus2b5: x 0 x 4 4 5 A/G: x 0 x 4 3 3 E/B: 0 x 9 8 7 x E/Amaj7: 0 x 6 6 5 x E/G: 0 x 2 4 3 x E/A: 0 x 7 6 5 x E/Aaug: 0 x 2 3 2 x E: 0 2 2 1 0 0 CAPO 3 A/Dmajb5, A A/Dmajb5, A A/Dmajb5 A my heart became a drunken runt Am (x02210@1) A/Don (x00220@1)the day i sunk in this shunt Ato (x02220@1)tap me clean Asus2b5 of all the wonder A/Gand (302220@1)the sorrow i have seen Asince (x02220@1)i left my home A/Dmajb5, A my home on the old milk lake Am (x02210@1) A/Dwhere (x00220@1)the darkness does fall so fast Ait (x02220@1)feels like some kind of mistake Asus2b5 A/Gjust (302220@1)like they told you it would Ajust (x02220@1)like they told you it would E/B (443121@4) E/Amaj7 when i came into my land E/G (322100@1) E/Ai (002100@1)did not understand E/G (322100@1) E/Aaug neither dry rot or the burn pile or the bark beetle or the dry well E/Am Eor (022100@1)the black bale Bbut (x2444x@1)there is another Ewho (022100@1)is a little older G#mwhen (133111@4)i broke my bone, Ehe (022100@1)carried me up from the riverside Bto (x2444x@1)spend my life in spitting distance Eof (022100@1)the love that i have known G#mi (133111@4)must stay here Ein (022100@1)an endless eveningtide Band (x2444x@1)if you come and see me Eyou'll (022100@1)upset the order G#myou (133111@4)cannot come and see me Efor (022100@1)i set myself apart Bbut (x2444x@1)when you come and see me Ein (022100@1)California G#m (133111@4) (F#) Byou (x2444x@1)cross the border of my heart B (x2444x@1) B7well, (x21202@1)i have sown untidy furrows 'cross my soul E (022100@1) Embut (022000@1)i am still a coward B (x2444x@1) B7content (x21202@1)to see my garden grow so sweet E (022100@1) Em (022000@1) (F#) and full of someone else's flowers G#m (133111@4) (F#) Esometimes (022100@1)i can almost feel the power (F#) G#m (133111@4) (F#) Esometimes (022100@1)i am so in love with you (F#) G#m (133111@4) (F#) Elike (022100@1)a little clock that trembles on the edge of the hour (F#) G#m (133111@4) (F#) Eonly (022100@1)ever calling out "cuck-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo" (F#) A/Dmajb5 when i called you Ayou (x02220@1)little one Amin (x02210@1)a bad way A/Ddid (x00220@1)you love me? do you spite me? Atime (x02220@1)will tell Asus2b5 A/G if i can be well Aand (x02220@1)rise to meet you rightly E/B (443121@4) E/Amaj7 when moving across my land E/G (322100@1) E/Abrandishing (002100@1)themselves like a burning branch E/G (322100@1) E/Aaug advance the tallow-colored, wall-eyed deer E/Am Equiet (022100@1)as gondoliers B (x2444x@1) Ewell, (022100@1)i wait all night for you in California G#mwatching (133111@4)the fox pick off my goldfish Efrom (022100@1)their sorry, golden state B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)(sus4) and i am no longer afraid of anything G#m (133111@4) Esave (022100@1)the life that here awaits Bi (x2444x@1)don't belong to anyone B7 (x21202@1) E (022100@1) Emmy (022000@1)heart is heavy as an oil drum Band (x2444x@1)i don't want to be alone B7 (x21202@1) E (022100@1) Emmy (022000@1)heart is yellow as an ear of corn Band (x2444x@1)i have torn my soul apart B7 (x21202@1) E (022100@1) Emfrom (022000@1)pulling artlessly with fool commands G#m (133111@4) (F#) some nights i just never go to sleep at all Eand (022100@1)i stand (F#) G#m (133111@4) (F#) Eshaking (022100@1)in the doorway like a sentinel, all alone (F#) G#m (133111@4) (F#) bracing like the bow upon a ship Eand (022100@1)fully abandoning (F#) G#many (133111@4)thought of anywhere but home (F#) E my home (F#) G#m (133111@4) (F#) Esometimes (022100@1)i can almost feel the power (F#) G#m (F#) E and i do love you (F#) G#m (133111@4) (F#) Eis (022100@1)it only timing that has made it such a dark hour (F#) G#m (133111@4) (F#) Eonly (022100@1)ever chiming out "cuck-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo" F# (244322@1)*stabs* G#m (133111@4) (F#) E (022100@1) (F#) cu-ckoo, cu-ckoo, koo, ha-a, ha-hour, ha-a, ha-a G#m (133111@4) (F#) E (022100@1) (F#) cu-ckoo, cu-ckoo, koo, ha-a, ha-hour, ha-a, ha-a G#m (133111@4) (F#) E (022100@1) (F#) cu-ckoo, cu-ckoo, koo, ha-a, ha-hour, ha-a, ha-a G#m (133111@4) (F#) E (022100@1) (F#) cu-ckoo, cu-ckoo, koo, ha-a, ha-hour, ha-a, ha-a A/Dmajb5 my heart Ai (x02220@1)wear you down Ami (x02210@1)know A/Dgotta (x00220@1)think straight keep a clean plate Akeep (x02220@1)from wearing down Asus2b5 A/G if i lose my hay Ajust (x02220@1)where am i going to lay? G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) Afor (x02220@1)it has half who need to be hanging around G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1)AHere (x02220@1)among the Daphne blooming out of the big ground G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) Ai'm (x02220@1)a native too, but i'm overgrown G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) Ai (x02220@1)am sure my roots are near here as rich as rope G (320003@1) Fhere (133211@1)down Ain (x02220@1)California
