California Dreaming
Mamas and the Papas (John & Michelle Phillips, 1965)
:E7sus4:

Intro
E7sus4↓
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All the leaves are [Am] brown (All the [G] leaves are [F] brown)
And the [G] sky is [E7sus4] gray (and the sky is [E7] gray)
[F] I've been for a [C] walk (I've been [E7] for a [Am] walk)
On a [F] winter's [E7sus4] day (on a winter's [E7] day)
I'd be safe and [Am] warm (I'd be [G] safe and [F] warm)
If I [G] was in L [E7sus4] A (If I was in L [E7] A)
Chorus
California [Am] dreamin' (Cali- [G] fornia [F] dreamin')
On [G] such a winter's [E7sus4] day... [E7]
Stopped in to a [Am] church [G] [F]
I passed a- [G] long the [E7sus4] way [E7]
Well I [F] got down on my [C] knees (Got down [E7] on my [Am] knees)
And I pre- [F] tend to [E7sus4] pray (I pretend to [E7] pray)
You know the preacher likes the [Am] cold (Preacher [G] likes the [F] cold)
He knows [G] I'm gonna [E7sus4] stay (knows I'm gonna [E7] stay)
Chorus
California [Am] dreamin' (Cali- [G] fornia [F] dreamin')
On [G] such a winter's [E7sus4] day... [E7]
All the leaves are [Am] brown (All the [G] leaves are [F] brown)
And the [G] sky is [E7sus4] gray (and the sky is [E7] gray)
[F] I've been for a [C] walk (I've been [E7] for a [Am] walk)
On a [F] winter's [E7sus4] day (on a winter's [E7] day)
If I didn't [Am] tell her (If I [G] didn't [F] tell her)
I could [G] leave to- [E7sus4] day (I could leave to- [E7] day)
Chorus
California [Am] dreamin' (Cali- [G] fornia [F] dreamin')
On [G] such a winter's [Am] day (Cali- [G] fornia [F] dreamin')
On [G] such a winter's [Am] day (Cali- [G] fornia [F] dreamin')
On [G] such a winter's [E7sus4] day | [E7sus4] | [Am↓]
#Capo on 4th fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 11/11/19 JJ
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Mamas and the Papas (John & Michelle Phillips, 1965)





Intro
E7sus4↓
A||---0-2---5---3---2---|-2--------||
E||-0-----0-------------|-0--------||
C||---------------------|-2--------||
G||---------------------|-2------- ||
All the leaves are [Am] brown (All the [G] leaves are [F] brown)
And the [G] sky is [E7sus4] gray (and the sky is [E7] gray)
[F] I've been for a [C] walk (I've been [E7] for a [Am] walk)
On a [F] winter's [E7sus4] day (on a winter's [E7] day)
I'd be safe and [Am] warm (I'd be [G] safe and [F] warm)
If I [G] was in L [E7sus4] A (If I was in L [E7] A)
Chorus
California [Am] dreamin' (Cali- [G] fornia [F] dreamin')
On [G] such a winter's [E7sus4] day... [E7]
Stopped in to a [Am] church [G] [F]
I passed a- [G] long the [E7sus4] way [E7]
Well I [F] got down on my [C] knees (Got down [E7] on my [Am] knees)
And I pre- [F] tend to [E7sus4] pray (I pretend to [E7] pray)
You know the preacher likes the [Am] cold (Preacher [G] likes the [F] cold)
He knows [G] I'm gonna [E7sus4] stay (knows I'm gonna [E7] stay)
Chorus
California [Am] dreamin' (Cali- [G] fornia [F] dreamin')
On [G] such a winter's [E7sus4] day... [E7]
All the leaves are [Am] brown (All the [G] leaves are [F] brown)
And the [G] sky is [E7sus4] gray (and the sky is [E7] gray)
[F] I've been for a [C] walk (I've been [E7] for a [Am] walk)
On a [F] winter's [E7sus4] day (on a winter's [E7] day)
If I didn't [Am] tell her (If I [G] didn't [F] tell her)
I could [G] leave to- [E7sus4] day (I could leave to- [E7] day)
Chorus
California [Am] dreamin' (Cali- [G] fornia [F] dreamin')
On [G] such a winter's [Am] day (Cali- [G] fornia [F] dreamin')
On [G] such a winter's [Am] day (Cali- [G] fornia [F] dreamin')
On [G] such a winter's [E7sus4] day | [E7sus4] | [Am↓]
#Capo on 4th fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 11/11/19 JJ
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