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New York To California by Mat Kearney
New York To California
F
Under the TV lights
Bb
You fell asleep again
F C
Don''''t know I''''m writing this song about you
F
There''''s a picture of a Hollywood sign
Bb
Reflecting off your skin
F C
I don''''t want to live another day without you
F Bb
You woke up and said, \\"Baby I had one of those dreams again.
F C
The rain came down and I lost you in the wind.\\"
F Bb
You said something about, \\"Don''''t leave,\\" before you fell back sleep
F C
Before I could sing my song back to ya
Bb F C
But you could find yourself lost out in this world
Bb F C
And I''''d find a way to get back to your side
Bb C
No mountain''''s too high, no stone is too small
Bb
I''''ll build a bridge through the fire
C
For you I would crawl
F Bb F C
From New York to California
F
I can hear you softly breathe
Bb
Oh what you do to me
F C
Baby I could climb down into your dreams
F
I''''ll build a ladder down through the clouds
Bb
Where the storm is raging now
F C
I don''''t want to sing another song without you
Bb F C
If you could find yourself lost out in this world
Bb F C
And I''''d find a way to get back to your side
Bb C
No mountain''''s too high, no stone is too small
Bb
I''''ll build a bridge through the fire
C
For you I would crawl
F Bb F C
From New York to California
Singing
Bb
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
F
Oh, it''''s not too far
Bb
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
F
Oh, to where you are
Bb
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
F
Oh, it''''s not too far
Bb C
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Bb F C
Cause you could find yourself lost out in this world
Bb F C
And I''''d find a way to get back to your side
Bb F C
If you could find yourself lost out in this world
Bb F C
And I''''d find a way to get back to your side
Bb C
No mountain''''s too high, no stone is too small
Bb
I''''ll build a bridge through the fire
C
For you I would crawl
Bb------>F
From New York to California
Bb------>F
To California
Bb------>F
To California
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version 2
Capo 5. Chords relative to capo.
C F
Under the TV lights, you fell asleep again
C G
Dont know, I''''m writing this song about you
C F
There''''s a picture of a Hollywood sign, reflecting off your skin
C G
I don''''t want to live another day without you
C F
You woke up and said baby I, had one of those dreams again
C G
The rain came down and I lost you, In the wind
C F
You said something about don''''t leave, before you fell back asleep
C G
Before I could sing my song back to you
F
But you
C G
Could find yourself lost out in this world
F
And I
C G
Could find a way to get back to your side
F G
No mountains too high, no stone is too small
Am G
I''''ll build a bridge through the fire, for you I would crawl
C F C F
From New York to California
...
C
La la la la
F
Oh, it''''s not that far
etc. (it just keeps switching from C to F)
NOTES:
This is an adaptation, but I believe all of the chords are still correct. It will sound
lot different on the acoustic guitar, but it''''s still pretty as hell (and in my opinion
prettier because I like the guitar more than the piano). I know the song for both
and I prefer this version.
For the chords, here''''s what I am playing MOST of the time:
C: (0)10230
F: (0)12331 (use thumb for first fret of low E string)
G: x00023
Am: 012200
I put the (0) in parentheses because sometimes the top E is scratched, and sometimes it
just sort of hit, not by accident necessarily, but just as accompaniment. For that
the F chord actually becomes the FM7 chord, but for simplicity''''s sake I just called it F
Note that **not hitting the top F note (1st fret on top E string) is crucial** in my
anyway. For the little interludes (and the lalala part at the end), playing C with the
low E string and the F with the thumb on the first fret is essential. (I like to put the
on the lower, bass notes in those sections, not so much the top E and B strings.) But
much anywhere else, you can play CaddG (010233) instead of the C I listed
Likewise, I often play the G chord as (0)30023. It just depends on what you think goes
or what your preferences are.
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