Here is a chord tab for The Golden State by City and Colour.


I have a tutorial in my channel showing the finger-picking in the intro and the song! 



Check it out here!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbxHttCFAPA


This song is played standard with the Capo on the 3rd fret.


*For beginners: The chord with the stars beside them are the same chord but they 
are played in a different spot on the guitar as shown in the chart.


   G    Em   Em*  D    C    A7   Am  C*   D* 

e|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0---0----0----|
B|---0----0----0----3----1----1----1---1----3----|
G|---0----0----0----0----0----0----2---0----0----|
D|---0----2----5----4----2----2----2---2----4----|
A|---2----2----7----5----3----0----0---3----5----|
E|---3----0----0-----------------------3----5----|



Intro: G, Em, D, Em*, C




Verse:

G                                      Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?

D*                     Em                C*       
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State? 

  G                                              Em
I guess if you like sandy beaches and blue ocean water 

             D*                 Em                   C*                  
There's just something about it, to which I cannot relate 

  G                                                  Em
I need to see the leaves change and the snowflakes falling 

  D*                              Em                           C*
I need to hear the call, the wind whistling through the winter pines 



Chorus:

D*                   A7                Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?

A7               G                       C* 
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?

    D*                        Em                   C*
And people still follow their dreams to sweet California

          Am                          G                 C
And from time to time I’ll pass on by, but I will never stay 


Verse:

G                                                    Em
Sure there are beautiful people, in the city of lost angels
 
        D*                                  Em                C*              
They're living like they're kings and queens, from some royal age 

    G                                         Em
But fortune and fame won't save you, when California

   D*                           Em               C*  
Is wiped out by the ring of fire or a great earthquake 


Chorus:

D*                   A7                Em
Why's everyone still singing about California?

A7               G                       C* 
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?

    D*                        Em                   C*
And people still follow their dreams to sweet California

          Am                          G                 C
And from time to time I’ll pass on by, but I will never stay 

Outro:
                G
No I will never stay

C*, G

C*    G
Never stay

C*, G
C*    G
Never stay