Chords for songs

King Of California

King Of California

King Of California chords

by Dave Alvin

Year: 1994

Genre: Country

Guitar
Tuning E A D G B E
Capo Fret 3
Transpose
EADGBE
Capo

G
C
Am
Em
F

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Chord Highlight

Intro 1

G

G

G

G

C

C

C

Am

Am

C

C

C

Am

Am

Verse 1

Well, I

C

left

my

home

and my

one

true

love

East of

the

G

Ohio

Am

River

My

C

father

said

we'd

never

wed

For I

had neither

G

gold nor

Am

silver

Chorus 1

But my

Em

darling

dear,

please

F

shed

no

tears

Oh, I

C

think that it's

G

fair to

warn

Am

you

That

F

I'll return to

C

claim

your

Am

hand

As the

Em

King

of

F

Ca

li

C

fornia

C

C

Am

Am

Verse 2

Over

C

deserts

hot

and

mountains

cold

I

traveled

the

G

Indian

Am

country

C

Whispering

your

name

under

lonesome

skies

Re

membering

my

G

only

com

Am

pany

Chorus 2

But my

Em

darling

dear,

please

F

have

no

fear

For I

C

think that it's

G

fair to

warn

Am

you

That

F

I'll return to

C

claim

your

Am

hand

As the

Em

King

of

F

Ca

li

C

fornia

C

C

Am

Am

Verse 3

I went

C

up

from

Sacramento

town

To the

G

Sierra

gold

Am

fields

And I

C

worked my stake

on

a

river

bank

Dreaming

just

G

how

a rich

Am

man feels

Chorus 3

Now my

Em

darling

dear,

F

listen

here

For I

C

think that it's

G

fair

to warn

Am

you

That

F

I'll return to

C

claim

your

Am

hand

As the

Em

King

of

F

Ca

li

C

fornia

C

C

Am

Am

Solo 1

Em

F

C

G

Am

Em

F

C

Am

Am

Em

F

C

C

G

G

G

G

Verse 4

Now the

C

dead

man's lying

at

my

feet

Who

tried to

G

steal

my

Am

earnings

Yet I

C

still recall your tender

kiss

Though this

bullet in my

G

chest

is

Am

burning

Chorus 4

Oh, my

Em

darling

dear,

please

F

shed

no

tears

'Cause I

C

think

that it's

G

fair

to

Am

warn you

That

F

I'll

return

C

to claim

your

Am

hand

As the

Em

King

of

F

Ca

li

C

fornia

C

C

Am

Am

That

F

I'll

return

C

to claim

your

Am

hand

As the

Em

King

of

F

Ca

li

C

fornia

Outro 1

G

G

G

G

G

G

G

C

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