In California

in california this one you can actually almost replicate on guitar . when playing , keep thumbing the A to keep that open C note , and play the bottom two strings with your index and middle i cant be bothered tabbing it , so here at the chords : A/Dmajb5 : x 0 x x 9 10 A : x 0 x ( 6 ) 5 5 Am x 0 x ( 5 ) 5 5 A/D : x 0 x 2 3 2 Asus2b5 : x 0 x 4 4 5 A/G : x 0 x 4 3 3 E/B : 0 x 9 8 7 xe/Amaj7 : 0 x 6 6 5 xe/G : 0 x 2 4 3 xe/A : 0 x 7 6 5 xe/Aaug : 0 x 2 3 2 xe : 0 2 2 1 0 0 capo 3 A/Dmajb5 , A A/Dmajb5 , A A/Dmajb5 A my heart became a drunken runt Am A/D on the day i sunk in this shunt A to tap me clean Asus2b5 of all the wonder A/G and the sorrow i have seen A since i left my home A/Dmajb5 , A my home on the old milk lake Am A/D where the darkness does fall so fast A it feels like some kind of mistake Asus2b5 A/G just like they told you it would A just like they told you it would E/B E/Amaj7 when i came into my land E/G E/A i did not understand E/G E/Aaug neither dry rot or the burn pile or the bark beetle or the dry well E/Am E or the black bale B but there is another E who is a little older G#m when i broke my bone , E he carried me up from the riverside B to spend my life in spitting distance E of the love that i have known G#m i must stay here E in an endless eveningtide B and if you come and see me E you’ll upset the order G#m you cannot come and see me E for i set myself apart B but when you come and see me E in california G#m ( F# ) B you cross the border of my heart B B7 well , i have sown untidy furrows ’cross my soul E Em but i Am still a coward B B7 content to see my garden grow so sweet E Em ( F# ) and full of someone else’s flowers G#m ( F# ) E sometimes i can almost feel the power ( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E sometimes i Am so in love with you ( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E like a little clock that trembles on the edge of the hour ( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E only ever calling out "cuck - oo , hoo - oo , hoo - oo" ( F# ) A/Dmajb5 when i called you A you little one Am in a bad way A/D did you love me? do you spite me? A time will tell Asus2b5 A/G if i can be well A and rise to meet you rightly E/B E/Amaj7 when moving across my land E/G E/A brandishing themselves like a burning branch E/G E/Aaug advance the tallow - colored , wall - eyed deer E/Am E quiet as gondoliers B E well , i wait all night for you in california G#m watching the fox pick off my goldfish E from their sorry , golden state B E ( sus4 ) and i Am no longer afraid of anything G#m E save the life that here awaits B i don’t belong to anyone B7 E Em my heart is heavy as an oil drum B and i don’t want to be alone B7 E Em my heart is yellow as an ear of corn B and i have torn my soul apart B7 E Em from pulling artlessly with fool commands G#m ( F# ) some nights i just never go to sleep at all E and i stand ( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E shaking in the doorway like a sentinel , all alone ( F# ) G#m ( F# ) bracing like the bow upon a ship E and fully abandoning ( F# ) G#m any thought of anywhere but home ( F# ) E my home ( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E sometimes i can almost feel the power ( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E and i do love you ( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E is it only timing that has made it such a dark hour ( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E only ever chiming out "cuck - oo , hoo - oo , hoo - oo" F# * stabs * G#m ( F# ) E ( F# ) cu - ckoo , cu - ckoo , koo , ha - A , ha - hour , ha - A , ha - A G#m ( F# ) E ( F# ) cu - ckoo , cu - ckoo , koo , ha - A , ha - hour , ha - A , ha - A G#m ( F# ) E ( F# ) cu - ckoo , cu - ckoo , koo , ha - A , ha - hour , ha - A , ha - A G#m ( F# ) E ( F# ) cu - ckoo , cu - ckoo , koo , ha - A , ha - hour , ha - A , ha - A A/Dmajb5 my heart A i wear you down Am i know A/D gotta think straight keep a clean plate A keep from wearing down Asus2b5 A/G if i lose my hay A just where Am i going to lay? G A F G A for it has half who need to be hanging around G A F G A here among the daphne blooming out of the big ground G A F G A i’m a native too , but i’m overgrown G A F G A i Am sure my roots are near here as rich as rope G F here down A in california