From the Sessions at Motor Ave. album.
Standard tuning:
This uses a capo on the 5th fret, but I like to play it without one, so I'll give you
the chords for playing it normally too, but I've written it with the chords played
using a capo.
Chords used, relative to capo:
G - 320033 (C - X32010)
C - X32010 (F - 133211)
G/F# - 200033 (C/B -X20010)
Em - 022000 (Am - X02210)
D - XX0232 (G - 320033)
D/F# - 200320 (Use G -320033 for this too)
Intro: G
Verse:
CG
She's walking away
CG
She's making a stand
CG
She's moving to a new life
CG
She's moving with a new man
CG
But I got news for her
CD
The kind that I can't say
( Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joe_purdy/california_girl_crd.html )
CGG/F#C
Cause I came to my senses, just a little too late
EmD/F#C
So I watched her drive away
GD
And I waved goodbye
EmD/F#C
And as her tail lights fade
GD/F#C
Into the night sky
Chorus:
GG/C#GG/F#C
Say hey, don't you leave me in LA alone
GG/F#CGG/F#C
Lover please, turn that car around and come back home
GG/F#CGG/F#C
New York, such a beautiful city I'm sure
GG/F#CG
Its just too far from my California girl.
And then back to the verse. Beautiful song, enjoy. Comments are welcome.