Going To California Chords – Led Zeppelin

Intro

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Verse 1

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Spent my days with a woman unkind,
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Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine
G
Made up my mind to make a new start
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Going to California with an aching in my heart
G
Someone told me there's a girl out there
                          D
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair

Instrumental

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        x2

Verse 2

G
Took my chances on a big jet plane
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Never let 'em tell you that they're all the same
    G
The sea was red and the sky was grey
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Wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today
    G
The mountains and the canyons start to tremble and shake
                                    D
As the children of the sun begin to awake

Bridge

Dm
Seems that the wrath of the gods

Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow;
                   A7     A
I think I might be sinking
Dm
Throw me a line, if I reach it in time

I'll meet you up there where the path
                  A7  A
Runs straight and high

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Verse 3

   G
To find a queen without a king;
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They say she plays guitar and cries, and sings (lalala-la)
G
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
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Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born
G
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams
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Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems

Outro

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        x2
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