Artist: Melissa Etheridge
Title: California
Album: The Awakening
Words & Music by Melissa Etheridge


INTRO: D   A\D   Em  G  X4

 
 D           A\D             Em    G
Raised up on midwestern dreams
 D               A\D
only a few shall get 
 Em                G
what everyone shall need
 D               A\D
I took my family's burden 
  Em                  G
I strapped it to my chest
  Em
A few hundred bucks and a kiss for luck
  Asus
I pointed my dreams west 

           G  D\F# Em Asus D-Dsus-D-D5-D
CHORUS: To California.....
        G  D\F# Em Asus       D-Dsus-D-D5-D
	Come.......... rescue me
        G  D\F# Em Asus D-Dsus-D-D5-D
	California......
              Em    Asus
	I am almost free


D   A\D   Em  G


 D               A\D             Em   G
Kept on drivin into the settin' sun
D            A\D      Em   G
galaxies of angels welcome everyone
 D                       A\D
I took my heart out of its box
 Em                  G
attached it to my sleeve
 Em
well I will be here every night
 Asus
because thats what I believe 


           G  D\F# Em Asus D-Dsus-D-D5-D
CHORUS: In California.....
        G  D\F# Em Asus        D-Dsus-D-D5-D
	Come........... rescue me
        G  D\F# Em Asus D-Dsus-D-D5-D
	California......
        Em           Asus  D-Dsus-D-D5-D
	I am almost free

 Em             Asus
I will find my love
                D  Dsus D D5 D
I will know my peace
 G              Em
I will seek my truth
              Asus
I am almost free
Asus              D   A\D   Em  G
I am almost free...........
     D      A\D   Em  G
I am almost free
     D      A\D   Em  G
I am almost free
     D      A\D   Em  G
I am almost free

   D    A\D   Em  G D-Dsus
In California......
     Em      Asus
I am almost free 
   D    A\D   Em  G D-Dsus
In California........ 
      Em     Asus
I am almost free 
            D    A\D   Em  G D-Dsus
Rescue Me - California........
     Em      Asus
I am almost free 



CHORDS USED: D    = xx0232
             A\D  = xx0220
             Em   = 022000
             G    = 230033
             Asus = 002200
             D\F# = 2x0230
             Dsus = xx0233
             D5   = xx0230
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Submitted by Vixen79