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California Here I Come

Words and Music by Al Jolson, Bud De Sylva and Joseph Meyer - Copyright 1924

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Em	G+	Em7	A7       Am7
Em	C7        B7	Em      Em6	G+       Em
Em	G+	Em7	A7       Am7
Em	C7        B7	Em	-
G7	C#dim  G7	F     C	-
G7	C#dim  G7	F     C            B7	-
Em	G+	Em7	A7       Am7
Em	C7        B7	Em	G7       G+
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C	C+	F	-
G7	G+	C	-
C	Cdim	G7	-
C	Cdim	G7       Gdim  G7	-
C	C+	F	-
G7	G+	C                   A7	-
Dm       A7	Dm       Dm7	E   E7            Am	-
D7	G7	C	(G7  to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Tip: Listen to the bass, each bass note gets two beats.

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Verse:

When the win -try winds are blow -ing,

And the snow is start -ing in to fall,

Then my eyes turn west -ward, know -ing

That's the place I love the best of all.

Cal -i -for -nia, I've been blue,

Since I've been a -way from you,

I can't wait 'til I get go -ing, e -ven now

I'm start -ing in to call Oh,

 

Chorus:

Cal -i -for -nia, here I come

Right back where I start -ed from

Where bow -ers of flow -ers bloom in the sun

Each morn -ing, at dawn -ing, Bird -ies sing an' ev -'ry -thing.

A sun -kist miss said, "Don't be late"

That's why I can hard -ly wait

O -pen up that Gold -en Gate

Cal -i -for -nia, here I come.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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