Colin Hay – Oh California (Guitar)

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D D/B D/E D D D/B D/E D [Verse 1]
  D                           D/B
I thought I'd never reach the water

         D/E                      D
I had to cross the desert and the great divide

D                    D/B
Drinking only golden promises

    D/E               D
And white lines in my eyes
[Verse 2]
    D                D/B
And all the sons and daughters

         D/E              D
Followed all the signs to paradise

  D                       D/B
Believing only dreams and promises

     D/E                D
With starlight in their eyes
[Chorus]
Bm      A  D
Oh California

               Bm                    A
Yeah, it's the one big love that you cannot end

Bm     A   D
Oh California

           Bm                         A
Well, it's not like before but we can still pretend
[Verse 3]
      D                    D/B
I was swimming in freezing water

        D/E                     D
I could hear the music from the other side

  D                      D/B
I looked up and I saw my father

D/E               D
Tears were in his eyes
[Chorus]
Bm      A  D
Oh California

               Bm                    A
Yeah, it's the one big love that you cannot end

Bm     A   D
Oh California

           Bm                         A
Well, it's not like before but we can still pretend
[Bridge]
   Bm                 A      Bm
We all still live for Friday night

    Bm                       A        Bm
Old habits die hard when you get them right

          Bm                    A        Bm
There's a broken dream in every grain of sand

            G                         A
But it's as close as I can get to the promised land
[Extended Chorus]
Bm      A  D
Oh California

            Bm                   A
Yeah, I can see you now from the top of that hill

Bm      A  D
Oh California

       Bm                       A
Though many have gone I got the memories still

Bm      A  D
Oh California

            Bm                    A
Well, I can hear the sound of the mission bell

Bm      A  D
Oh California

      Bm                     A
We're one stone's throw from heaven
[Instrumental] D D/B D/E D D D/B D/E D [Verse 1 refrain]
  D                           D/B
I thought I'd never reach the water

         D/E                      D
I had to cross the desert and the great divide

D                    D/B
Drinking only golden promises

    D/E               D
And white lines in my eyes
[Outro]
Bm      A  D
Oh California

               Bm                    A
Yeah, it's the one big love that you cannot end

Bm      A  D
Oh California
BmA
Bm      A  D
Oh California

              Bm             A
Well, I can't leave you now

Bm      A  D
Oh California
BmA