Billy Strings – California Sober (Guitar)

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California Sober (Billy Strings featuring Willie Nelson) [transcribed by Tony Johnson] [Intro] G G G G [Verse 1]
        G                              G
Well, I used to like to ramble with my good-time friends and neighbors

      C                            G
Now I find I'd rather lie awake in bed

            G                         G
And I don't get to actin' mean when I keep my buzzes clean

             A                                  D
And keep the hard stuff and the whiskey from my head

        G                                         G
Well, I guess that's just the trouble when you're always seein' double

        C                                  G
And the lines are gettin' twice as hard to see

         C                             G            Em
I've had years I don't recall, but I'm told I had a ball

         A                D                 G
At least somebody did who looked a lot like me
[Chorus]
       G                        G
So I'm California sober as they say

    C                            G
And lately I can't find no other way

  C                               G               Em
I can't stay out and party like I did back in the day

       A          D             G
So I'm California sober as they say
[Instrumental] G G C G G G A D G G C G C G Em A D G G [Verse 2]
        G                                G
Well, I heard out in the hills, they got pills to get their thrills

         C                               G
And they love their liquor down in New Orleans

      G                           G
Maybe for a New York minute, sugarcane will fit the bill

       A                                    D
But in no time flat, you're out of what you need

    G                              G
The old crew don't get together anymore these days much ever

      C                                            G
After some went straight and some went straight to jail

            C                          G                     Em
Now they're busy postin' vids and just tryin' to raise their kids

           A            D                G
Instead of raisin' holy hell and postin' bail
[Chorus]
          G                        G
Well, I'm California sober as they say

    C                            G
And lately I can't find no other way

  C                               G               Em
I can't stay out and party like I did back in the day

       A          D             G
So I'm California sober as they say
[Instrumental] G G C G G G A D G G C G C G Em A D G G G C G G G A7 D G G C G C G Em A7 D G [Outro]
      G                       G
I was California sober 'til I thought the world was over

        C                             G
Now I'm sittin' on the roadside once again

          C                        G           Em
When that wagon passes by, I don't even bat an eye

            A7          D               G
Because the devil on my shoulder always wins

              C                        G           Em
When that ol' wagon passes by, I don't even bat an eye

Em            G           D               G
  Because the devil on my shoulder always wins