Switchfoot – California Christmas (Guitar)

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Ba-ba-ba

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Ba-ba-ba

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Ba-ba-ba

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Ba-ba-ba

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Welcome to my California Christmas

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Twinkling lights on all the fake palm trees

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The only snow that falls is the fake stuff at the mall

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Bathing suits in eighty-five degrees (Ah, ah)

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Welcome to my California Christmas (Welcome to my California)

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The skies are blue, the sun is warm and bright (The skies are blue, the sun is warm and bright)

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When Santa Claus makes the drive, stuck in traffic on the 5 (Ba-ba-ba-ba)

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It's a California Christmas Eve

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So grab a Christmas tree, I'll meet you down the beach

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Plant your mistletoes in the sand right next to me

                    E     F#                B   G#m
'Cause that Pacific breeze is gonna set you free

                      E   E/F#    F#/G# F#
I'll be wishing you a California, California

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Welcome to my California Christmas (Welcome to the west coast Christmas)

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The avocado groves and graffiti kings (Avocados, avocados)

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The gremmies fight for waves as the sunset melts away

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Garage rock evening filled with broken strings (Ba-ba-ba-ba)

                  E F#                 G#m B
So jingle all the way from out in east LA

         E               F#              G#
Down the coast in your Camaro Christmas sleigh

                   E  F#                  B  G#m
Ring the Christmas bell down at the Hotel del

                          E   E/F#    F#/G# F#   Fsus4  A#
And I'll be wishing you a California, California Christmas (Ah)

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Put up a tree at your favorite beach with a smoothie

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Throw your board in the car in case there's a Christmas swell

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There'll be blue skies and sunshine and seagulls and maybe Jacuzzis

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Strike up the band, toes in the sand, ringing the Christmas bells, yeah

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(Santa hat and shades are so passé)

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(What a Californian thing to say)

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The Día de los Reyes, the Pasadena Rose Parade

    Em                 G        F#
The best of west coast seasonal clichés

                     E F#              G#m B
Throw your Christmas tree up on your SUV

          E                    F#                G#
Make your plans in the Pacific sand and set them free

                    E  F#                      B  G#m
Hang your Christmas lights and make the season bright

                         E   E/F#   F#/G#     F#
And I'll be wishing up a California Christmas for ya

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(California, California)

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(California, California)

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Ba-ba-ba

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Ba-ba-ba

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Ba-ba-ba

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Ba-ba-ba

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Ba-ba-ba