Tape from California
Tape from California

Tape from California chords by Phil Ochs

N/A
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • D

  • C

  • G

  • Em

  • F

  • Bm

    2
  • Am

  • Gm

    3
  • Bb

  • F#m

    2
  • A

  • Dm

  • D

  • C

  • G

  • Em

  • F

  • Bm

    2
  • Am

  • Gm

    3
  • Bb

  • F#m

    2
  • A

  • Dm

  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Who's 
    that 
    coming 
    down 
    the 
    road 


    A sailor 
    from 
    the sea 

    F#m 

    He 
    looks 
    lot 
    like 
    me 

    G E 

    I'd 
    know 
    him 
    anywhere, 

    had 
    to stare 

    Verse 2

    Feathers 
    at 
    his 
    fingertips 

    D A 

    halo 
    'round 
    his 
    spine 

    F#m 

    he 
    must 
    have 
    lost 
    his 
    mind 

    E G 

    he 
    should 
    be 
    put 
    away, 

    right 
    away 

    C#m 

    In the 
    corner 
    of 
    the 
    night 

    Bm 

    he 
    handed 
    me 
    his 
    waterpipe 

    F#m Bm E 

    His 
    eyes 
    were 
    searching 

    deep 
    inside 
    my 
    head 

    Verse 3
    Here's 
    what 
    he said 

    Am 

    Sorry 
    can't 
    stop 
    and 
    talk 
    now 


    I'm 
    in 
    kind 
    of 
    hurry 
    anyhow 

    C G 
    A E 

    But 
    I'll 
    send 
    you 
    a tape 
    from 

    Cali
    fornia 

    Verse 4

    New 
    York 
    city 
    has 
    exploded 
    and 

    it's 
    crashed 
    upon 
    my 
    head 

    dove 
    beneath 
    the bed 

    Fighting, 
    biting 
    nails, 

    turning 
    pale 

    The landlord's 
    at 
    my 
    window 

    And 
    the 
    burglar's 
    at 
    my 
    door 

    can
    't 
    take 
    it 
    any
    more 

    guess 
    I'll 
    have 
    to fly, 

    it's 
    worth 
    a try 

    Someone's 
    banging 
    on 
    the 
    wall 

    But 
    there's 
    no 
    party 
    to 

    recall 

    The singer 
    of 
    the 
    shadows 
    of 
    his 
    soul 

    So 
    he's 
    been 
    told 

    Sorry 
    I can't 
    stop 
    and 
    talk 
    now 

    I'm 
    in 
    kind 
    of 
    hurry 
    anyhow 

    But 
    I'll 
    send 
    you 
    a tape 
    from 
    Cali
    fornia 

    Verse 5
    C D C 

    From 
    the mirror 
    of 
    my 
    mantle 

    to 
    the 
    velvet 
    on 
    my 
    bed 

    D C 
    Am E 

    Trapped 
    upon 
    a stolen 
    stage, 

    Barrymore 
    at 
    be
    st(?) 

    G A 

    My 
    rhymes 
    are all 
    repeat
    ing, 

    ballads 
    growing 
    blind 

    G#m A 
    F#m B7 E 

    Words 
    have 
    turned 
    to 
    water, 

    the 
    women 
    turned 
    to 
    wine 

    Verse 6

    The 
    draft 
    board 
    is 
    debating 
    if 

    they'd 
    like 
    to take 
    my 
    life 

    I'd 
    sooner 
    take 
    a wife 
    and 
    have raise 

    a child 
    or 
    two 

    Wouldn't 
    you? 

    Peace 
    has 
    turned 
    to 
    poison 

    The 
    flag 
    has 
    blown 
    fuse 

    Even 
    courage 
    is 
    con
    fused 

    And 
    now 
    all 
    the 
    brave 
    are 

    in 
    the 
    grave 

    Century 
    is 
    bending(?) 

    have 
    very 
    happy 
    ending 

    To 
    the 
    victor 
    go 
    the 
    ashes 

    of 
    the spoils 

    Seeds 
    in 
    the soil 

    Sorry 
    can't 
    stop 
    and 
    talk 
    now 

    I'm 
    in 
    kind 
    of 
    hurry 
    anyhow 

    But 
    I'll 
    send 
    you 
    a tape 
    from 
    Cali
    fornia 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 7
    The flower-power 
    fuller 
    fuller 
    brush 
    man 

    is 
    farming 
    out 
    his 
    friends 

    stabbed 
    him 
    with 
    my 
    stem 

    And 
    then 
    tapped 
    his 
    toes 
    with 
    my 
    rose 

    He 
    crawled 
    around 
    inside 
    himself 

    Now 
    he's 
    crawling 
    after 
    me 

    Drop
    ping 
    acid 
    in 
    my 
    tea 

    He 
    wants 
    to 
    save 
    his 
    soul 

    rock 
    and 
    roll 

    One 
    of 
    us 
    must 
    understand 

    It's 
    not 
    the 
    drug 
    that 
    makes 
    the 
    man 

    Then 
    poster 
    of 
    movie 
    star 
    walked 
    by 

    He 
    must 
    have been 
    high 

    Sorry 
    can't 
    stop 
    and 
    talk 
    now 

    I'm 
    in 
    kind 
    of 
    hurry 
    anyhow 

    But 
    I'll 
    send 
    you 

    tape 
    from 
    Cali
    fornia 

    Verse 8
    Half 
    the 
    world 
    is 
    crazy 
    and 
    the 
    other 

    half 
    is 
    scared 

    Maddonas do 
    the 
    minuet 
    for 

    the 
    naked 
    million
    aires 

    The 
    anarchists 
    are 
    rising 
    while 

    we're racing 
    for 
    the 
    moon 

    It 
    doesn't 
    take 
    a seer 
    to see 
    that 

    the scene 
    is 
    coming 
    soon 

    Verse 9

    So 
    who's 
    that 
    coming 
    down 
    the road 

    sailor 
    from 
    the sea 

    He 
    looks 
    lot 
    like 
    me 

    I'd 
    know 
    him 
    anywhere 

    Had 
    to stare 

    fire 
    around 
    his 
    fingertips 

    A song 
    around 
    his 
    spine 

    He 
    must 
    have 
    found 
    his 
    mind 

    He 
    should 
    be 
    put 
    away 

    Anyway 

    Surrounded 
    by 
    the slaughter 

    Now 
    I'm 
    boarding(?) at 
    the 
    border 

    When 
    the 
    echoes 
    of 
    my 
    ecstacy 
    ap
    pear 

    Wish 
    was 
    here 

    Sorry 
    can't 
    stop 
    and 
    talk 
    now 

    I'm 
    in 
    kind 
    of 
    a hurry 
    anyhow 

    But 
    I'll 
    send 
    you 
    a tape 
    from 
    Cali
    fornia 


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