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California Here I Come

Words and Music by Al Jolson, Bud De Sylva and Joseph Meyer - 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	C	-
G7	C#dim         G7	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	-
C	C+	F	-
G7	G+	C                  A7	-
Dm             A7	Dm            Dm7	E7                Am	-
D7	G7	C	-       (G7  to chorus)

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

The verse is in the key of Em, the chorus is in C.

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Verse:

When the wintry winds are blowing,

And the snow is starting in to fall,

Then my eyes turn westward, knowing,

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

California, I've been blue,

Since I've been away from you,

I can't wait 'til I get going, even now,

I'm starting in to call Oh:

 

Chorus:

California, here I come,

Right back where I started from,

Where bowers of flowers bloom in the sun,

Each morning, at dawning, Birdies sing an' ev'rything.

A sunkist miss said, "Don't be late,"

That's why I can hardly wait,

Open up that Golden Gate,

California, here I come.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to the WineLand Band perform "California Here I Come" (youtube, timestamp 5:08)

 

Watch Oakland Banjo Band guest Buddy Wachter perform "California Here I Come" (youtube, timestamp 1:05)

 

Watch Jim perform "California Here I Come" (youtube, timestamp 0:56)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com