The Mamas & the Papas – California Dreamin’
[ Album: California Dreamin’ (1965) ]
!!! Capo: 4 fret !!! [ 112 bpm ]
[Intro – see TAB below]
E7, [ Am, Am7/G, F, G | E7sus4,, E7 ]
All the leaves are brown (%), And the sky is gray (%)
F, [C, E7, Am, F | E7sus4, E7 ]
I’ve been for a walk (%), On a winter’s day (%)
E7, [ Am, Am7/G, F, G | E7sus4,, E7 ]
I’d be safe and warm (%), If I was in L. A. (%)
California dreamin’ (%), On such a winter’s day
Stopped in to a church, I passed along the way
F, [C, E7, Am, F | E7sus4, E7 ]
Well I got down on my knees(%), And I began to pray(%)
E7, [ Am, Am7/G, F, G | E7sus4,, E7 ]
You know the preacher likes the cold(%) He knows I’m gonna stay (%)
California dreamin’ (%), On such a winter’s day
Solo: Am / / / | Am / / F
С, E7, Am, F | E7sus4 // E7
Am,Am7/G,F,G | E7sus4 // E7 (x2)
[ Am, Am7/G, F, G | E7sus4, E7 ]
All the leaves are brown (%), And the sky is gray (%)
F, [C, E7, Am, F | E7sus4, E7 ]
I’ve been for a walk (%), On a winter’s day (%)
[ Am, Am7/G, F, G | E7sus4,, E7 ]
If I didn’t tell her (%) I could leave today (%)
Am Am7/G F
California dreamin’ (California dreamin’)
G Am Am7/G F
On such a winter’s day (California dreamin’) (x2
G Fmaj7 Am
On such a winter’s day
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TAB: INTRO:
Am E7sus4
e|-----------------|-----0-1-0-------|-----------------|-0-|
B|-----0---3--1--0-|-------------3---|-1---3-1---------|-0-|
G|---2-------------|-----------------|---------4--2--0-|-2-|
D|-2-----2---------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-|
