[Am] Getting born in the
[G] state of Mississippi,
[Dm] Poppa was a copper and her
[Am] Momma was a hippy,
[Am] In Alabama
[G] she will swing a hammer,
[Dm] Price you got to pay
when you [Am] break the panorama,
[Am] She never [G] knew that
there was [Dm] anything
more than [Am] all,
[Am] Well in the [G] war your
[Dm] comfort to take me [Am] for,
[Am] Black bandanna,
[G] sweet Louisiana,
[Dm] Robbing on a bank in the
[Am] state of Indiana,
[Am] Shes a runner,
[G] Rebel and a stunner,
[Dm] Come to Mirawais saying
"B [Am] aby watcha gonna?",
[Am] Looking down the
[G] barrell of a [Dm] hot metal 4 [Am] 5,
[Am] Just another [G] way to survi [Dm] ve
[G] California,
[C] Rest In [Dm] Peace,
[F] Simul [C] taneous re [Dm] lease,
[F] Calif [C] ornia,
show your [Dm] teeth,
[F] Shes my priestess,
[C] Im your [Dm] priest,
[Dm] Yeah, yeah
[Am] Shes a lover,
[G] Baby and a fighter,
[Dm] Shoulda seen it coming when
[Am] I got a little brighter,
[Am] With a name like
" [G] Dani California",
[Dm] Day was gonna come
when [Am] I was gona mourn ya,
[Am] A little [G] loaded,
That she was [Dm] stealing
a [Am] nother bread,
[Am] I love my baby to death
[G] California,
[C] Rest In [Dm] Peace,
[F] Simul [C] taneous
re [Dm] lease,
[F] Calif [C] ornia,
show your [Dm] teeth,
[F] Shes my priestess,
[C] Im your [Dm] priest,
[Dm] Yeah, yeah
[Bm] Who knew the
[G] hardest [F#] side of you?
[Bm] Who knew the
[G] hardest [F#] time to prove?
[Bm] Too true to
[G] say good [F#] bye to you
Too [Bm] true to say, say, say
[Am] Pushed the fader,
[G] Gifted animator,
[Dm] One for the now,
And [Am] eleven for the later,
[Am] Never made it
[G] up to Minnesota,
[Dm] Off the coated man,
Was [Am] gonna fill the quota,
[Am] Down in the [G] Badlands
she was [Dm] saving the [Am] best for last,
It only [Am] hurts when I laugh,
Gone to f [G] ade
[G] California,
[C] Rest In [Dm] Peace,
[F] Simul [C] taneous re [Dm] lease,
[F] Calif [C] ornia,
show your [Dm] teeth,
[F] Shes my priestess,
[C] Im your [Dm] priest,
[Dm] Yeah, yeah
[G] California,
[C] Rest In [Dm] Peace,
[F] Simul [C] taneous
re [Dm] lease,
[F] Calif [C] ornia,
show your [Dm] teeth,
[F] Shes my priestess,
[C] Im your [Dm] priest,
[Dm] Yeah, yeah
