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KeyG
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LevelMedium
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GSpent my days with a woman unkind,
 Smoked my stuff and drank all my wiDne.
GMade up my mind to make a new start,
 Going to california with an aching in my heaDrt.
GSomeone told me theres a girl out there
 With love in her eyes and flowers in her hDair.
FGDx 2
GTook my chances on a big jet plane,
 Never let them tell you that theyre all the samDe.
GThe sea was red and the sky was grey,
 Wondered how tomorrow could ever follow todDay.
 The Gmountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake
 As the children of the sun began to awDake.
DmSeems that the wrath of the gods
Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow;
 I think I might be siA7nkinAg.
DmThrow me a line if I reach it in time
Ill meet you up there where the path
 Runs straight and A7highA.
GTo find a queen without a king;
 They say she plays guitar and cries as she sinDgs.
GRide a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
 Tryin to find a woman whos never, never, never been bDorn.
GStanding on a hill in my mountain of dreams,
 Telling myself its not as hard, hard, hard as it seDems.
FGDx 2
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How to play Going to California chords

This Chordsurf arrangement of Going to California by Led Zeppelin is presented in the key of G. Use the transpose controls above the sheet to move every chord together while keeping the lyric-change positions aligned.

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