Tom: G5

        G5        C5
Going to calfornia, 
                    G5     C5
To live in the summer sun
  G5                        C5
The streets are made of silver, 
                       G5         C5
I'm like a rabbit on the run
                G5     C5
Philadelphia freedom
                              G5    C5
Well, it's not like you have heard
G5                          C5
The city of brotherly love
                    G5      C5
Is full of pain and hurt
 
Chorus
 

D5                        C5
I'm going to California
                  G5       C5
To find my pot of gold 
 

                    G5      C5
Corruption on every corner
                  G5      C5
Hustlers selling sweets
G5                 C5
baby is home crying
                          G5       C5
While her momma's on the streets
             G5    C5
Every bodys dying 
                    G5      C5
Have heard the news today
G5                                 C5
A women in the Philly is mournin'
                           G5       C5
A bullet took another son away
 
Chorus
 

D5                      C5
I'm going to California
                 G5      C5
I'm going far far away
 
(Saxophone bit)
 

D5     C#5 - C5  G5 x2   
 
                 G5       C5
I'm going to California
                 G5      C5
To resurrect my soul
G5                        C5
The sun is always shining
                            G5       C5
Or at least thats what I'm told
 
Chorus
 

D5                        C5
I'm going to California
                        G5       C5
To find a better life for me
D5                       C5
I'm going to California
                             G5      C5
I'll write and tell you what I see
D5                       C5
I'm going to California
                         G5       
Somebody say a prayer for me     
 
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C5        G5