Joanna Newsom – In California (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
During the verses, you can also use the open D string as an alternative base note with the A. For the bridges and
choruses, there is no real finger pattern. Sometimes I play all strings at once, or pick out a few, you can
listen to what Joanna plays and mess around with it as you like.
Chords:
E A C#m B E7sus4 D Am F G A# C
0 0 4 2 x 5 0 1 3 1 3
0 2 5 4 3 7 1 1 3 3 5
1 2 6 4 2 7 2 2 4 3 5
2 2 6 4 2 7 2 3 5 3 5
2 0 4 2 0 5 0 3 5 1 3
0 x x x x x x 1 3 x x
[Intro] c#|-15------15------15------15------14------14------14------14----| G#|-14------14------14------14------15------15------15------15----| E |-----14------14------14------14------14------14------14------14| B |---------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------------| C#|---------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse 1) My heart became a drunken runt (Verse 2) My home on the old Milk Lake (Verse 4) When I called you, you, little one (Verse 6) My heart, I wear you down, I know c#|-15------15------15------15------14------14------14------14----| G#|-14------14------14------14------15------15------15------15----| E |-----14------14------14------14------14------14------14------14| B |---------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------------| C#|---------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse 1) On the day I sunk in this shunt (Verse 2) Where the darkness does fall so fast it feels like (Verse 4) In a bad way, did you love me? Do you spite me? (Verse 6) Gotta think straight, keep a clean plate c#|-13------13------13------13------10------10------10------10----| G#|-15------15------15------15------12------12------12------12----| E |-----14------14------14------14------12------12------12------12| B |---------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-0---------------0---------------0-----------------0-----------| C#|---------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse 1) To tap me clean of all the wonder (Verse 2) Some kind of mistake (Verse 4) Time will tell if I can be well (Verse 6) Keep from wearing down. If I lose my head c#|-5-------5-------5-------5-------7-------7-------7-------7-----| G#|-7-------7-------7-------7-------9-------9-------9-------9-----| E |-----7-------7-------7-------7-------9-------9-------9-------9-| B |---------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------------| C#|---------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse 1) And the sorrows I have seen since I left my home (Verse 2) Just like they told you it would, just like the Tulgeywood (Verse 4) And rise to meet you rightly (Verse 6) Just where am I going to lay it? c#|-8-------8-------8-------8-------10------10------10------10----| G#|-10------10------10------10------12------12------12------12----| E |-----10------10------10------10------12------12------12------12| B |---------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0-----| C#|---------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse 3) When I came into my land (Verse 5) While moving across my land c#|-7-------7-------7-------7-------5-------5------5-------5------| G#|-9-------9-------9-------9-------7-------7------7-------7------| E |-----9-------9-------9-------9-------6------6-------6-------6--| B |---------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-0---------------0---------------0--------------0--------------| C#|---------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse 3) I did not understand (Verse 5) Brandishing themselves like a burning branch c#|-5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5------5-------5------| G#|-8-------8-------8-------8-------7-------7------7-------7------| E |-----6-------6-------6-------6-------6------6-------6-------6--| B |---------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-0---------------0---------------0--------------0--------------| C#|---------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse 3) Neither dry rot, nor the burn pile, nor the bark beetle, nor the dry well (Verse 5) Advance the tallow-colored walleyed deer c#|-3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2------2-------2------| G#|-5-------5-------5-------5-------4-------4------4-------4------| E |-----5-------5-------5-------5-------4------4-------4-------4--| B |---------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-0---------------0---------------0--------------0--------------| C#|---------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse 3) Nor the black bear (Verse 5) Quiet as gondoliers c#|-1-------1-------1-------1-------0-------0------0-------0------| G#|-3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2------2-------2------| E |-----3-------3-------3-------3-------2------2-------2-------2--| B |---------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-0---------------0---------------0--------------0--------------| C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
[Bridge]
E
But there is another
A
Who is a little older
C#m
When I broke my bone
B A
He carried me up from the riverside
E
To spend my life in spitting-distance
A
Of the love that I have known
C#m B A
I must stay here, in an endless eventide
E
And if you come and see me
A
You will upset the order
C#m
You cannot come and see me
B A
For I set myself apart
E
But when you come and see me
A E7sus4 A
In California
C#m A E B
You cross the border of my heart
[Pre-Chorus]
E
Well, I have sown untidy furrows
D A Am
'Cross my soul but I am still a coward
E
Content to see my garden grow
D A Am
So sweet and full of someone else's flowers
[Chorus]
C#m B A Am
Sometimes I can almost feel the power
C#m B A Am
Sometimes I am so in love with you
C#m B A Am
Like a little clock that trembles on the edge of the hour
C#m B A
Only ever crying out "cuckoo—oo--oo"
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]
[Bridge]
E
While I wait all night for you,
A
In California
C#m B
Watching the fox pick off my goldfish
A
From their sorry golden state
E
And I am no longer
A E7sus4 A
Afraid of anything
C#m A E B
Save the life that, here, awaits
[Pre-Chorus]
E
I don't belong to anyone
D A Am
My heart is heavy as an oil drum
E
And I don't want to be alone
D A Am
My heart is yellow as an ear of corn
E
And I have torn my soul apart from
D A Am
Pulling artlessly with fool commands
[Chorus]
C#m B A Am
Some nights I just never go to sleep at all and I stand
C#m B A Am
Shaking in the doorway like a sentinel all alone
C#m B A Am
Bracing like the bow upon the ship and fully abandoning
C#m B A Am
Any thought of anywhere but home, my home
C#m B A Am
Sometimes I can almost feel the power
C#m B A Am
And I do love you
C#m B A Am
Is it only timing that has made it such a dark hour?
C#m B A
Only ever chiming out "cuckoo—oo—oo"
C#m B A
My cuckoo cuckoo, oh!
[Verse 6]
[Outro]
F G A# C D
For it has half-ruined me to be hanging around
F G A# C D
Here among the daphne blooming out of the big brown
F G A# C D
I am native to it, but I'm overgrown
F G A# C D
I have choked my roots on the earth, as rich as roe here
Down… in California c#|-3-------3-------1-------1---3---5-------------17---15—-5------| G#|--5-----5-5-----5-3-----3----5---7-------------15---14—--7-----| E |---5---5---5---5---3---3-----5---7------------------------7----| B |----5-5-----5-5-----3-3------5---7-------------------------7---| F#|-----3-------3-------1-------3---5----0--------0----0-------5--| C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|