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California by Mason Jennings
California
Ok I dont Know if this is in the right key but I think i sounds very close to the mason version.
the chords Dm, D2(i dont know the real name of chord so I call it D2) you play like this in the song:
Dm: x 0 0 2 3 0 (note that u play first string empty)
D2: x 0 0 4 3 0
I play 1/2 step down, but works with standard tuning as well
Intro Dm, D2
D Bm
Don''''t you know baby i''''m a leading man
G
I dig down deep when i say i love you
D Bm
And i can hold my own with the best of them
G A Dm
I guarantee you, you will never see nothing like this again
Dm D2
California, i hope that it wakes you
Dm
From all of the darkness
D2
That i couldn''''t break through
Dm D2
''''cause i''''m gonna miss you, i''''m gonna miss you
Dm D2
I''''m gonna miss you, i''''m gonna miss you
Don''''t you know that i did the things i could
I rubbed your back when you were sleeping
But all along baby it was understood
That you were leaving, absolutely
Since the very first day we met
California, i hope that it wakes you
From all of the darkness
That i couldn''''t break through
''''cause i''''m gonna miss you, i''''m gonna miss you
I''''m gonna miss you, i''''m gonna miss you
D Bm
Like i miss the ocean
A G
When i go to sleep
D Bm A
Man, it''''s gonna break my heart
Don''''t you know baby i''''m a leading man
I dig down deep when i say i love you
And i can hold my own with the best of them
I guarantee you, you will never see nothing like this again
California, i hope that it wakes you
From all of the darkness
That i couldn''''t break through
''''cause i''''m gonna miss you, i''''m gonna miss you
I''''m gonna miss you, i''''m gonna miss you
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version 2
**Tune 1/2 Step Down**
[Intro]
D and D6 (pull off, then hammer on your middle finger to play the
signature suspended 2nd part)
[Verse]
D Bm
Don''''t you know baby i''''m a leading man
G A
I dig down deep when i say i love you
D Bm
And i can hold my own with the best of them
G A
I guarantee you, you will never see nothing like this again
[Chorus]
D D6
California, i hope that it wakes you
D
From all of the darkness
D6
That i couldn''''t break through
D D6
''''cause i''''m gonna miss you, i''''m gonna miss you
D D6
I''''m gonna miss you, i''''m gonna miss you
[Verse]
Don''''t you know that i did the things i could
I rubbed your back when you were sleeping
But all along baby it was understood
That you were leaving, absolutely
Since the very first day we met
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
D G
Like i miss the ocean
D A
When i go to sleep
Bm Em A
Man, it''''s gonna break my heart
Repeat first verse and chorus, then go to 2nd bridge:
D G
Like i miss the ocean
D A
When i go to sleep
D G
Like i miss the ocean
D A
When i go to sleep
Bm Em A
Man, it''''s gonna break my heart
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version 3
Intro
b--------0------------------------------0--------------------------------|
e----1-----1-----3---0-1------------1-----1-----3---0-1------------------|
G------0-----0h2---2-----0------------0-----0h2---2----------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--3----------------------------3----------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
bridge thing
e---0--------------8---7-5-3-5------------8--7-5----|
b-----------8-------------------------8-----------8--|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
C F G
I tell you what I''''m gonna do
C F G
I''''m gonna lighten up
C F G
I''''m gonna throw a box of books and my beloved guitar
C
into the back of my truck
F G
And try my luck in
California Intro x 4
Gonna stay away from LA
Stayin far away from there
Going north of San Fransisco
Into the cleaner air
Gonna get a little land from the money I saved
Buy an old house that I can work on
where the next nearest neighbor lives miles away
I''''ll never have to mow the lawn, right on
and when the house is all finished
and the garden is grown
i''''m gonna write you a letter
asking you to come home
and i know that you will come
yes i know that you will come
others may know where ya been
but honey i know where you''''re from, you''''re from
california
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version 4
TUNING: HALF STEP DOWN (D# G# C# F# A# D#)
The previous tab here was close, though it assumed a D chord for part of the
which isn''''t true. I''''ve made the listed Intro/refrain what I assume he plays, and I''''ve
at the
(*) what I think sounds better (it really just eliminates a weak sounding hammer on).
stated above, the recording (and live shows), Mason Jennings tunes half a step down.
you''''re just grooving, it''''s hardly necessary. Thanks to whomever posted the last tab, it
a good starting point.
INTRO/REFRAIN
b--------0------------------------------0---------------|
e----------1-----3p1-0h1------------1-----1-----3p1-0h1-|
G----0-------------------0------------0-----------------|o
D------2-----2h3----------------------------2h3---------|o X2
A--3----------------------------3-----------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|
BRIDGE
e-0-----3-------8---7--------|
b----------------------------|
G----------------------------|
D----------------------------|
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-8-8-8--------|
E---------------------3-3-3--|
C F G
I tell you what I''''m gonna do
C F G
I''''m gonna lighten up
C F G
I''''m gonna throw a box of books and my beloved guitar
C
into the back of my truck
F G
And try my luck in
INTRO x 2
Gonna stay away from LA
Stayin far away from there
Going north of San Fransisco
Into the cleaner air
Gonna get a little land from the money I saved
Buy an old house that I can work on
where the next nearest neighbor lives miles away
I''''ll never have to mow the lawn, right on
INTRO x 2
BRIDGE x 4
and when the house is all finished
and the garden is grown
i''''m gonna write you a letter
asking you to come home
and i know that you will come
yes i know that you will come
others may know where ya been
but honey i know where you''''re from, you''''re from
*INTRO/REFRAIN
b--------0------------------------------0---------------|
e----------1-----3p1---1------------1-----1-----3p1---1-|
G----0---------------4---0------------0-------------4---|
D------2-----2h3----------------------------2h3---------|
A--3----------------------------3-----------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|
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