California Here I Come (Bb)
Lyrics by Buddy De Sylva
Key: Bb
Music by Joseph Meyer
Copyright 1921

Chords and Lyrics Provided by Judy Muldawer and Nikos Voutsinas
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File Created 11/28/2014
File Edited 05/17/2019

Verse 1:

Dm       Dm.maj7F         G9
When the wintry winds are blowing
        Dm      A7             Dm   A7#5
And the snow is starting in to fall
Dm      Dm.maj7   F          G9
Then my eyes turn west-ward, knowing
           Dm      A7               Dm
That's the place I love the best of all

F7         Bb
California I've been blue,
F7                Bb       A7
Since I've been a-way from you
Dm      Dm.maj7   F     G9
I can't wait 'til I get going
     Dm      Bb7      A7    Dm   F7
Even now I'm starting in to call,Oh...

Chorus:

Bb   D+      Cm     Eb
Cali-fornia, here I come
F7                 Bb
Right back where I started from
Bb            Edim       F
Where Bowers  of flowers bloom in the sun
Bb           Edim
Each morning at dawning,
F                F7
Birdies sing an' everything

  Bb      D+         Cm        Eb
A sunkist miss said, "Don't be late"
F7               G7
That's why I can hardly wait
Cm G7 Cm Cm7  D7     Gm
Op-en up that Golden Gate
     C7     F7     Bb   A7
Cali-fornia here I come

Verse 2:

Dm  Dm.maj7 F        G9
Any one who likes to wander
         Dm        A7            Dm   A7#5
Ought to keep this saying in his mind
Dm      Dm.maj7   F          G9
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
       Dm       A7                 Dm
Of the good old place you leave be-hind

F7                  Bb
When you've hit the train awhile,
F7               Bb    A7
Seems you rarely see a smile
Dm         Dm.maj7F       G9
That's why I must fly out yonder,
        Dm       Bb7    A7      Dm   F7
Where a frown is mighty hard to find!Oh....

Chorus Repeat:

End chords:
 
ABb
 

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