California Girls Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Electric 12-string [measures 1-4]:

  B v v v v v

Bass [enters on measure 2]:

v v v v v

Electric 12-string [measure 5]:

  A v v v v v

Bass [measure 5]:

v v v v v

Horns [arr. for guitar]:

measures 1,2: tacit

measure 3: B (octaves) x2x4xx

  measure 4: E/B x2210x

  measure 5: Em/A x0200x

Verse 1

  Well, BEast Coast girls are hip, I really B9dig those styles they wear

  And the SEouthern girls with the way they talk

  They knock me F♯out when I'm down there

  The mBidwest farmers' daughters really mB9ake you feel alright

  And the NEorthern girls with the way they kiss

  They keep their F♯boyfriends warm at night

Chorus

  I Bwish they all couldC♯m7 be California,

  I Awish they all could Bm7be California,

  I Gwish they all could Am7be California BGirls

Verse 2

The West coast has the sunshine, and the girls all get so tanned

I dig a French bikini on Hawaiian Island dolls

By a palm tree in the sand

I been all around this great big world and I've seen

all kinds of girls

But I couldn't wait to get back in the states,

Back to the cutest girls in the world

[repeat chorus]

Organ break [arr. for guitar]

bass:

Coda [repeat to fade]:

  I Bwish they all could be California gC♯m7irls

(wish they all could be California)

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers