Joanna Newsom - In California

in california

this one you can actually almost replicate on guitar . when playing , keep thumbing the A
to keep that open C note , and play the bottom two strings with your index and middle
i cant be bothered tabbing it , so here at the chords :

A/Dmajb5 : x 0 x x 9 10
A : x 0 x ( 6 ) 5 5
Am x 0 x ( 5 ) 5 5
A/D : x 0 x 2 3 2
Asus2b5 : x 0 x 4 4 5
A/G : x 0 x 4 3 3
E/B : 0 x 9 8 7
xe/Amaj7 : 0 x 6 6 5
xe/G : 0 x 2 4 3
xe/A : 0 x 7 6 5
xe/Aaug : 0 x 2 3 2
xe : 0 2 2 1 0 0

capo 3

A/Dmajb5 , A
A/Dmajb5 , A

A/Dmajb5 A
my heart became a drunken runt
Am A/D
on the day i sunk in this shunt
A
to tap me clean
Asus2b5
of all the wonder
A/G
and the sorrow i have seen
A
since i left my home
A/Dmajb5 , A
my home on the old milk lake
Am A/D
where the darkness does fall so fast
A
it feels like some kind of mistake
Asus2b5 A/G
just like they told you it would
A
just like they told you it would
E/B E/Amaj7
when i came into my land

E/G E/A
i did not understand
E/G E/Aaug
neither dry rot or the burn pile or the bark
beetle or the dry well
E/Am E
or the black bale

B
but there is another
E
who is a little older
G#m
when i broke my bone ,
E
he carried me up from the riverside
B
to spend my life in spitting distance
E
of the love that i have known
G#m
i must stay here
E
in an endless eveningtide
B
and if you come and see me
E
you’ll upset the order
G#m
you cannot come and see me
E
for i set myself apart
B
but when you come and see me
E
in california
G#m ( F# ) B
you cross the border of my heart

B B7
well , i have sown untidy furrows ’cross my soul
E Em
but i Am still a coward
B B7
content to see my garden grow so sweet

E Em ( F# )
and full of someone else’s flowers
G#m ( F# ) E
sometimes i can almost feel the power
( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E
sometimes i Am so in love with you
( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E
like a little clock that trembles on the edge of the hour
( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E
only ever calling out “cuck – oo , hoo – oo , hoo – oo”

( F# ) A/Dmajb5
when i called you
A
you little one
Am
in a bad way
A/D
did you love me?
do you spite me?
A
time will tell
Asus2b5 A/G
if i can be well
A
and rise to meet you rightly

E/B E/Amaj7
when moving across my land
E/G E/A
brandishing themselves like a burning branch
E/G E/Aaug
advance the tallow – colored , wall – eyed deer
E/Am E
quiet as gondoliers

B E
well , i wait all night for you in california
G#m
watching the fox pick off my goldfish
E
from their sorry , golden state
B E ( sus4 )
and i Am no longer afraid of anything
G#m E
save the life that here awaits

B
i don’t belong to anyone
B7 E Em
my heart is heavy as an oil drum
B
and i don’t want to be alone
B7 E Em
my heart is yellow as an ear of corn
B
and i have torn my soul apart
B7 E Em
from pulling artlessly with fool commands
G#m ( F# )
some nights i just never go to sleep at all
E
and i stand
( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E
shaking in the doorway like a sentinel , all alone
( F# ) G#m ( F# )
bracing like the bow upon a ship
E
and fully abandoning
( F# ) G#m
any thought of anywhere but home
( F# ) E
my home
( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E
sometimes i can almost feel the power
( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E
and i do love you
( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E
is it only timing that has made it such a dark hour
( F# ) G#m ( F# ) E
only ever chiming out “cuck – oo , hoo – oo , hoo – oo”

F#

* stabs *
G#m ( F# ) E ( F# )
cu – ckoo , cu – ckoo , koo , ha – A , ha – hour , ha – A , ha – A
G#m ( F# ) E ( F# )
cu – ckoo , cu – ckoo , koo , ha – A , ha – hour , ha – A , ha – A
G#m ( F# ) E ( F# )
cu – ckoo , cu – ckoo , koo , ha – A , ha – hour , ha – A , ha – A
G#m ( F# ) E ( F# )
cu – ckoo , cu – ckoo , koo , ha – A , ha – hour , ha – A , ha – A

A/Dmajb5
my heart
A
i wear you down
Am
i know
A/D
gotta think straight
keep a clean plate
A
keep from wearing down
Asus2b5 A/G
if i lose my hay
A
just where Am i going to lay?

G A F G A
for it has half who need to be hanging around
G A F G A
here among the daphne blooming out of the big ground
G A F G A
i’m a native too , but i’m overgrown
G A F G A
i Am sure my roots are near here as rich as rope
G F
here down
A
in california