California Dreamin'
Written by John and Michelle Phillips, © late 1960's
Cm G7 Bb Ab Dm7 Eb Fm6 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ******3fr |||||*3fr ******6fr ******4fr ||||** ******3fr |||*** ||||*| |*|||| |||*|| |||*|| |||*|| ||||*| |||||| ||**|| *||||| |**||| |**||| |||||| ||*||| |||||| (Fm) Fm7 Fm7sus Gsus4 G Abmaj7 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ****** ****** ****** ******3fr ******3fr ||**** |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||*|| |||||| |**||| |*|||| |||||| |***|| |**||| |||||* Cm G7 (Intro) Cm Bb Ab All the leaves are brown Bb Dm7 G7 And the sky is grey Ab Eb G7 Cm I went for a walk (Fm) G7 Fm6 G7 On a winter's day Cm Bb Ab I'd be safe and warm Bb Dm7 G7 If I was in L.A. Cm Bb Ab California dreamin' Bb Dm7 G7 On such a winter's day Cm Bb Ab I stopped into a church (stopped into a church) Bb Dm7 G7 I passed along the way (passed along the way) Ab Eb G7 Cm You know, I got down on my knees (got down on my knees) (Fm) G7 Fm6 G7 And I pretend to pray (I pretend to pray) Cm Bb Ab Oh, the preacher likes the cold (preacher likes the cold) Bb Dm7 G7 He knows I'm gonna stay (knows I'm gonna stay) Cm Bb Ab Oh, California dreamin' (California dreamin') Bb Dm7 G7 On such a winter's day Cm Bb Cm Bb Eb G7 Cm Fm7 G7 Fm7sus G7 Cm Bb Ab Bb Gsus4 G Cm Bb Ab All the leaves are brown (the leaves are brown) Bb Dm7 G7 And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey) Ab Eb G7 Cm I went for a walk (I went for a walk) (Fm) G7 Fm6 G7 On a winter's day (on a winter's day) Cm Bb Ab If I didn't tell her (if I didn't tell her) Dm7 G7 I could leave today (I could leave today) Cm Bb Ab Oh, California dreamin' (California dreamin') Bb Cm Bb Ab On such a winter's day (California dreamin') Bb Cm Bb Ab On such a winter's day (California dreamin') Bb Cm Bb Ab On such a winter's day (California dreamin') Bb Abmaj7 Cm On such a winter's day
The above chords are written to go with the America In Concert (95) version. It was played in a different key on the California Dreamin' soundtrack (also included on the Heard CD).
For those who would like a simpler version, the key could be changed to one of the two listed below:
From Cm G7 Bb Ab Dm7 Eb Fm Fm6 Fm7 Fm7sus Gsus4 G Abmaj7 |
To Em B7 D C F#m7 G Am Am6 Am7 Am7sus Bsus4 B Cmaj7 |
To (use capo on 3rd fret for Cm) Am E7 G F Bm7 C Dm Dm6 Dm7 Dm7sus Esus4 E Fmaj7 |