California Dreaming Uke tab by The Mamas And The Papas

8 Chords used in the song: Dm, C, Bb, A7sus4, A7, F, Bb6, Bbmaj7

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Album: 
Year:  2010
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3.13
(Beginner)
Key: DmChords
All the leaves are [Dm Dm] brown [C C] [Bb Bb] 
And the [C C] sky is [A7sus4 A7sus4] gray [A7 A7]
I've been for a [F F] walk [A7 A7] [Dm Dm]
On a [Bb6 Bb6] winter's [A7 A7] day
I'd be safe and [Dm Dm] warm [C C] [Bb Bb]
If I [C C] was in L.A. [A7sus4 A7sus4] [A7 A7]
California [Dm Dm] dreamin' [C C] [Bb Bb]
On [C C] such a winter's [A7sus4 A7sus4] day [A7 A7]

Stopped in to a [Dm Dm] church [C C] [Bb Bb]
I passed a[C C]long the [A7sus4 A7sus4] way [A7 A7]
Well I got down on my [F F] knees [A7 A7] [Dm Dm]
And I pre[Bb6 Bb6]tend to [A7 A7] pray
You know the preacher likes the [Dm Dm] cold [C C] [Bb Bb]
He knows I'm [C C] gonna [A7sus4 A7sus4} stay [A7 A7]
California [Dm Dm] dreamin' [C C] [Bb Bb]
On [C C] such a winter's [A7sus4 A7sus4] day [A7 A7]

All the leaves are [Dm Dm] brown [C C] [Bb Bb]
And the [C C] sky is [A7sus4 A7sus4] gray [A7 A7]
I've been for a [F F] walk [A7 A7] [Dm Dm]
On a [Bb6 Bb6] winter's [A7 A7] day
If I didn't [Dm Dm] tell her [C C] [Bb Bb]
I could [C C] leave to[A7sus4 A7sus4]day [A7 A7]
California [Dm Dm] dreamin' [C C] [Bb Bb]
On [C C] such a winter's [Dm Dm] day
(Cali[C C]fornia dream[Dm Dm]in’) on [C C] such a winter's [Dm Dm] day (
Cali[C C]fornia dream[Dm Dm]in’) on [C C] such a winter's day [Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7]

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me if im wrong*
16 Jul 2021
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for the little instrumental in the middle, i did: Dm, F, A7sus4, A7. please correct e
14 Jul 2021
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rivermerchant avatar
Agreed. It is difficult to read with this style. What do the x's mean? Are they some sort of direction for the player?
24 Apr 2020
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Otherwise avatar
The chords are correct but please write the chords above the lyrics of the song for a better readability ald to allow the site to highline them.
08 Jul 2016
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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. Read more on Last.fm.

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