[Intro]
E  Eadd4  E  Esus4  E  Esus4  E
[Strophe]
E                                  A                                   F# 
Sitting in a park in Paris, France  reading the news and it sure looks bad 
                               B                                  E 
They won't give peace a chance, that was just a dream some of us had 
E                A                                  F# 
Stole a lot of lines to sing but I wouldn't want to stay here 
                  B                                A 
It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here 
 A        (Asus4)       E         C# 
Ah but California, California I'm coming home 
A                            E                         B 
I'm gonna see the folks I dig, I'll even kiss a sunset pig 
    Bsus4         E 
California, I'm coming home
[Interlude]
E  Eadd4  E  Esus4  E  Esus4  E
[Strophe]
E                                A                             F# 
I met a redneck on a Grecian isle, we did the goat dance very well 
                        B                                 E 
He gave me back my smile but he kept my camera to sell 
E                              A 
Oh the rogue, the red red rogue, he cooked good omelettes and stews 
      F#                                           B                       A 
And I might have stayed on with him there, but my heart cried out for you 
 A        (Asus4)    E        C# 
California, oh California I'm coming home 
A                                      E                         B 
Oh make me feel good rock and roll band, I'm your biggest fan 
 Bsus4               E 
California, I'm coming home   (RIFF)
[Pont]
E              F#   A                       E                              B 
Oh it gets so lonely   when you're walking     and the streets are full of strangers 
                 F#      A                      F#     D 
All the news of home you read just give you the blues 
                  B     Bsus4    A  Asus4 A  B  E  (like interlude)  Esus4 E Esus4 E A 
Just give you the blues
[Strophe]
     E                                       A 
So I bought me a ticket I caught a plane to Spain 
                                 F# 
Went to a party down a red dirt road 
                                       B          A                    E 
There were lots of pretty people there, reading Rolling Stone reading Vogue 
                    A                                       F# 
They said how long can you hang around, I said a week maybe two 
                 B                                     A 
Just until my skin turns brown and then I'm going home 
A        (Asus4)     E                 C# 
To California, California, I'm coming home 
A                            E/C#                           B 
Oh, will you take me as I am, strung out on another man 
 Bsus4              E 
California I'm coming home   (RIFF)
[Pont]
E              F#    A                     E                                 B 
Oh it gets so lonely    when you're walking    and the streets are full of strangers 
                F#        A                    E                   B 
All the news of home you read, more about the war and the bloody changes 
   F#                    A                         E 
Oh will you take me as I am, will you take me as I am 
        B                      F#   A  E 
Will you, will you take me as I am 
B   F#  A  E  B 
(repeat to fade)