Original Transcription by Yngve, revision by Suuuupaadave.
Tuning DADGBd
Verse Figure Chorus Figure
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-------------3- -3-3-3-
-------------2- -2-2-2-
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-3-x-2-0-----0- -0-0-0-
---------3b4-0- -0-0-0-
Chords
Verse
D 000230
G 5x0000
A7Sus4 x02030
G/B x20030
Cadd9 x30030
Bb9 x1011x
Chorus
G 555400
Aadd9 777600
D 000230
Fmaj7add11 333200
E7 222100
C9 x32330
Verse 1
(verse figure)
I hate California
(verse figure)
There’s something out there I just don’t get
A7Sus4 G/B Cadd9 G
I know your friends out there must think I’m pretty strange
A7Sus4 G/B Cadd9 G
Because I dress as if the weather’s gonna change
But it never does
(verse figure)
I hate California
Verse 2
(verse figure)
I hate California
The sun goes down the wrong side
Something in the water, maybe something in the sand
Maybe some west coast thing I’ll never understand
Maybe just because
(verse figure)
I hate California
Chorus
I don’t blame the Beach Boys
I don’t blame Hollywood
I don’t blame L.A.
Although I probably should
I don’t blame the sky for its careless shade of blue
C9 D (chorus figure)
Lord knows I don’t blame you
C9 D (chorus figure)
Lord knows I don’t blame you
verse 3
(verse figure)
I hate California
(verse figure)
One more beach day come and gone
A7Sus4 G/B Cadd9 G
And by the time you’ve finished gazing at the sea
A7Sus4 G/B Cadd9 G
3,000 miles away there’s nothing left for me
If there ever was
(verse figure)
I hate California
Chorus
I don’t blame the Beach Boys
I don’t blame Hollywood
I don’t blame L.A.
Although I probably should
I don’t blame the sky for its careless shade of blue
C9 D (chorus figure)
Lord knows I don’t blame you
C9 D (chorus figure)
Lord knows I don’t blame you
Lord knows
(verse figure)
I hate California 4x
End riff
Natural Harmonics
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