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"California Dreamin'"
(John Phillips / Michelle Phillips)

[Note: both guitars are capoed at the 4th fret; the names in brackets
indicate the chords as fingered.]

Intro:

6-string acoustic:

C#m G#7sus4 [N.C.]
[Am] [E7sus4]
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-
-----0---3--1--0-|-----------------|-----------------|-0-
---2-------------|-------%---------|-------%---------|-2-
-2-----2---------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-
^^^^^^^ triplets

12-string acoustic:

v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----0-1-0-------|-----------------|---
-----------------|-------------3---|-1---3-1---------|---
-----------------|-----------------|---------4--2--0-|-2-
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---
triplets ^^^^^^^

Verse 1:

C#m C#m7/B A
[Am] [Am7/G] [F]
All the leaves are brown
(all ...

B G#7sus4 G#7
[G] [E7sus4] [E7]
And the sky is ...

A E G#7 C#m
[F] [C] [E7] [Am]
I've been for a ....

A G#7sus4 G#7
[F] [E7sus4] [E7]
On a winter's ....

C#m C#m7/B A
[Am] [Am7/G] [F]
I'd be safe and ...

B G#7sus4 G#7
[G] [E7sus4] [E7]
If I was in L. A....

Chorus:

C#m C#m7/B A
[Am] [Am7/G] [F]
California ....

B G#7sus4 G#7
[G] [E7sus4] [E7]
On such a ...

Verse 2:

Stopped in to a church....

[repeat chorus]

Instrumental break:

flute solo over verse (hold C#m [Am] through first two lines or
3-1/2 bars) and chorus chords

Verse 3:

All the leaves are brown....

Coda:

C#m C#m7/B A
[Am] [Am7/G] [F]
California dreamin'
(California ....

B C#m C#m7/B A
[G] [Am] [Am7/G] [F]
On such a winter's day (...

B C#m C#m7/B A
[G] [Am] [Am7/G] [F]
On such a winter's ....

B Amaj7 C#m
[G] [Fmaj7] [Am]
On such a ...


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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