City and Colour – The Golden State (Guitar)

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Chords

*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 Am7 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 cold wind whistling through the winter pines

[Chorus]

D*                   Am7                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*                   Am7                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

************************************ | * - played in a different spot on the guitar as shown in the chart ************************************