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VERSE1 |
D HE |
CAME |
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CALI- |
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G SEEK |
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WEALTH |
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D GOLD |
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Bm LISTENED |
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C INDIANS |
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G HEARD |
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STORY |
TOLD |
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THEY |
D SPOKE |
ABOUT |
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C MOUNTAINS |
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THE |
G YELLOW |
ROCK |
THEY |
D HOLD |
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Dmaj7 KIND |
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THING |
THAT |
MAKES |
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WHITE |
MAN |
A SMILE |
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VERSE2 |
D HE |
DREAMED |
HED |
MAKE |
HIS |
C FORTUNE |
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THEN |
G GAMBLE |
IT |
D AWAY |
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IN |
Bm WATER |
FRONT |
C CASINOS |
ON |
G SAN |
FRANCISCO |
D BAY |
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HE |
D LEARNED |
TO |
LIVE |
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C NIGHT |
TIME |
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G SLEEP |
IT |
OFF |
BY |
D DAY |
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THEN |
Dmaj7 GO |
BACK |
TO |
THE |
MOUNTAINS |
FOR |
A |
A WHILE |
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CHORUS |
His/Their |
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G LIFE |
WAS |
FULL |
OF |
PROMISES |
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His/Their |
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D LIFE |
WAS |
FULL |
OF |
PLANS |
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G TRY |
TO |
D FIND |
A |
G PEACE |
OF |
D MIND |
AND |
G HOLD |
IT |
IN |
His/Their |
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A HANDS |
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HE |
D LEARNED |
TO |
MAKE |
HIS |
C LIVING |
FROM |
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G TIN |
PAN |
AND |
A |
D STREAM |
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Dmaj7 (HE/THEY) |
HAD |
NO |
TIME |
FOR |
A GIVING |
IN |
His/Their |
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G CALIFORNIA |
D DREAM |
(INSTRUMENTAL) |
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VERSE3 |
D IT |
WAS |
JUST |
ANOTHER |
C EVENING |
ON |
G SAN |
FRANCISCO |
D BAY |
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HE |
Bm FOUND |
A |
NEW |
C CASINO |
WHERE |
G HE |
COULD |
COME |
AND |
D PLAY |
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D THERE |
HE |
SAW |
A |
C VISION |
THAT |
G TOOK |
HIS |
BREATH |
D AWAY |
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THE |
Dmaj7 KIND |
OF |
GIRL |
HE |
THOUGHT |
COULD |
MAKE |
HIM |
A SMILE |
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VERSE4 |
D SO |
WHEN |
THEY |
MET |
EACH |
C OTHER |
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THEY |
G BOTH |
BECAME |
D AWARE |
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OF |
A |
Bm KIND |
OF |
CALIFORNIA |
C DREAM |
G BOTH |
OF |
THEM |
COULD |
SHARE |
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D SHE |
TOLD |
HIM |
OF |
HER |
C PAST |
LIFE |
-(G)HE |
SAID |
HE |
DIDNT |
D CARE |
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AND |
THEY |
Dmaj7 WENT |
BACK |
TO |
THE |
MOUNTAINS |
FOR |
A |
A WHILE |
(CHORUS) |
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