Jonathan Coulton – I Hate California (Ukulele)

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Original Transcription by Yngve, revision by Suuuupaadave.

Verse Figure        Chorus Figure
-------------0-     -5-4-2-
-------------3-     -3-3-3-
-------------2-     -2-2-2-
-------------0-     -0-0-0-
-3-x-2-0-----0-     -0-0-0-
---------3b4-0-     -0-0-0-

Chords Verse C 000230 C 5x0000 D7sus4 x02030 C/E x20030 Fadd9 x30030 D#9 x1011x Chorus C 555400 Dadd9 777600

C          000230
Fmaj7add11 333200

A7 222100 F9 x32330 Verse 1 (verse figure) I hate California (verse figure) There's something out there I just don't get

D7sus4       C/E                    Fadd9            C   
 I know your friends out there must think I'm pretty strange

D7sus4     C/E             Fadd9           C
 Because I dress as if the weather's gonna change

       D#9       Fadd9
But it never does

(verse figure) I hate California Verse 2 (verse figure) I hate California The sun goes down the wrong side

Dsus4            C/E          Fadd9            C       
Something in the water, maybe something in the sand

Dsus4       C/E                 Fadd9        C 
 Maybe some west coast thing I'll never understand

      D#9         Fadd9
Maybe just because

(verse figure) I hate California Chorus

C        Dadd9
 I don't blame the Beach Boys

C
 I don't blame Hollywood

C        Dadd9
 I don't blame L.A.

C
 Although I probably should

C        Fmaj7add11            A7
 I don't blame the sky for its careless shade of blue

F9                        C (chorus figure)
 Lord knows I don't blame you

F9                        C (chorus figure)
 Lord knows I don't blame you

verse 3 (verse figure) I hate California (verse figure) One more beach day come and gone

D7sus4      C/E                  Fadd9         C
 And by the time you've finished gazing at the sea

D7sus4 C/E              Fadd9              C
 3,000 miles away there's nothing left for me

         D#9     Fadd9
If there ever was

(verse figure) I hate California Chorus

C        Dadd9
 I don't blame the Beach Boys

C
 I don't blame Hollywood

C        Dadd9
 I don't blame L.A.

C
 Although I probably should

C        Fmaj7add11            A7
 I don't blame the sky for its careless shade of blue

F9                        C (chorus figure)
 Lord knows I don't blame you

F9                        C (chorus figure)
 Lord knows I don't blame you

F9
 Lord knows

(verse figure) I hate California 4x End riff Natural Harmonics --- -7- -7- -7- --- ---