Here In California Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Ab
Capo:	1st fret

Author cartert3 [a] 61.

3 contributors total, last edit on Sep 5, 2022

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This is a great song by Kate Wolf, "Here in California" from the album Close to You
 
Key: Ab, capo on 1st fret
 
 
[Verse 1]
           G         Am    G
When I was young my mamma told me
          D              Em
She said child take your time
       C                G
Don't fall in love too quickly
   Am                 C
Before you know your mind
     G       Am          G
She held me round the shoulders
      D               Em
In a voice so soft and kind
          C                 G
She said love can make you happy
     Am                G
And love can rob you blind
 
 
[Chorus]
 Am    D        G
Here in California
Am            D7           Em
fruit hangs heavy on the vine
               C                   G
And there's no gold, I thought I'd warn ya
         Am          D              G
And the hills turn brown in the summertime
 
 
[Verse 2]
      G      Am        G
Well, I may learn to love you
 D               Em
But I can't say when
       C                G
This morning we were strangers
      Am                C
And tonight we're only friends
      G       Am          G
I'll take my time to know you
      D              Em
I'll take my time to see
        C               G
There's nothing I won't show you
       Am                G
If you take your time with me
 
 
[Chorus]
 Am    D        G
Here in California
Am            D7           Em
fruit hangs heavy on the vine
               C                   G
And there's no gold, I thought I'd warn ya
         Am          D              G
And the hills turn brown in the summertime
 
 
(Instrumental)
 
 
[Verse 3]
      G      Am         G
There's an old familiar story
    D           Em
An old familiar rhyme
     C                   G
To everything there is a season
      Am                 C
To every purpose there's a time
        G         Am      G
A time to love and come together
          D                  Em
A time when love longs for a name
         C                   G
A time for questions we can't answer
          Am                G
Though we ask them just the same
 
 
[Chorus]
Am    D        G
Here in California
Am            D7           Em
fruit hangs heavy on the vine
               C                   G
And there's no gold, I thought I'd warn ya
         Am          D              G
And the hills turn brown in the summertime
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Here In California – Kate Wolf

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6 comments

Lovely work here, and Capo 2 for Lucinda's version on the tribute album.

Caroline Herring plays a great cover of this song, but the first line of the chorus she plays "C B/G Am G" and that works pretty well too (it's how I play it)

Does anyone have a simple strumming pattern for this? I know the original had a lot of picking.