California Dreaming Uke tab by The Mamas And The Papas

5 Chords used in the song: Am, G, F, E, C

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Album: 
Year:  2010
Difficulty: 
3.7
(Intermediate)
Key: AmChords
California Dreamin
THE MAMMAS AND THE PAPAS

Couldn't figure out the intro unfortunately...


Verse 1:
Am Am G G F F
All the leaves are brown
(all the leaves are brown)
G G Am Am E E
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)
F F C C E E Am Am
I've been for a walk
(I've been for a walk)
F F Am Am E E
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
E E Am Am G G F F
I'd be safe and warm
(I'd be safe and warm)
G G Am Am E E
If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.)


Chorus :
E E Am Am G G F F
California dreamin'
(California dreamin')
G G Am Am E E
On such a winter's day


Verse 2:
E E Am Am
Stopped in to a church
G G F F
I passed along the way
G G Am Am E E
Well I got down on my knees
(got down on my knees)
F F Am Am E E
And I pretend to pray (I pretend to pray)
E E Am Am G G F F
You know the preacher likes the cold
(preacher likes the cold)
G G Am Am E E
He knows I'm gonna stay (knows I'm gonna stay)

Chorus :
E E Am Am G G F F
California dreamin'
(California dreamin')
G G Am Am E E
On such a winter's day

Instrumental break: Flute solo

Am Am |Am Am |
E E |Am Am G G |
F F G G |Am Am E E |

Verse 3:

E E Am Am G G F F
All the leaves are brown
(all the leaves are brown)
G G Am Am E E
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)
F F C C E E Am Am
I've been for a walk
(I've been for a walk)
F F Am Am E E
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
E E Am Am G G F F
If I didn't tell her
(if I didn't tell her)
G G Am Am E E
I could leave today (I could leave today)

Coda :
E E Am Am G G F F
California dreamin'
(California dreamin')
G G Am Am E E G G F F
On such a winter's day (California dreamin')
G G Am Am E E G G F F
On such a winter's day (California dreamin')
G G Am Am E E Am Am
On such a winter's day

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About this song: California Dreaming

California Dreamin' is a song by The Mamas & the Papas, first released in 1965. Celebrated as an anthem of West Coast hippy bliss, John Phillips wrote the song in a state of depression in 1964 after a cheerless winter's walk through New York's Central Park. It's a song not of joy, but of immense pain. The pain of wanting to be somewhere else. The song is #89 in Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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