Stan Rogers - California
by Stan Rogers · posted by leems
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- Diatonic
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
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Now it's gettin' so I'm mad when someone says your name
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'Cause I've had to say good-bye to friends who couldn't stay away
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And sometimes it felt so wrong to never want to lean on you
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You may stand tall, but I've got two feet too
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Now we talked of you in bars around a quiet beer
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Tell their tales of mine-gone stones where no one else can hear
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And later on outside, they say they're gettin' on a plane
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To fly away, leavin' you again
CHORUS:
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California, my friends all call you home
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And if you take away another, I'll be that much more alone
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Is it my fault that my kind are always drawn toward the sun
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Like a child to home whenever darkness comes
INTERLUDE
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Now in a few more years, I won't remember what it was to play
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The music of old friends who need to live so far away
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But can I once taste more than waters, then forsake them for the South
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To feel California's ashes in my mouth