colin hay
american sunshine
1 – oh california
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a really beautiful song from a really beautiful album . well , i think some
pieces of this are not right , but altogether , it works pretty nice . there is
also some plucking in this song that i didn’t write down , but strumming the
chords works fine . i’m not sure about some names of the chords . and i’m also
not sure about the bridge part . feel free to correct me .

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capo 3

chords , relative to capo :
D – 000232
Em9 – 020032
D/E – 002032
Bm – 024432
E – 079997
dii – 005700
D * – 057775

intro : D Em9 D/E D x2

[ verse ]

D Em9
i thought i’d never reach the water

D/E D
i had to cross the desert and the great divide

D Em9
drinking only golden promises

D/E D
and white lines in my eyes

[ chorus ]

Bm E
oh california

dii D *
yeah it’s the one big love that you cannot end

Bm E
oh california

dii D *
well it’s not like before but we can still pretend

this should be it . the same chords are used through the whole song .
i think the bridge uses the chorus chords , but i’m a bit unsure about this .