İntro: Am-G-Dm-Am X2

Am                  G
Getting born in the state of Mississippi,
Dm                             Am 
Her Poppa was a copper and her Momma was a hippy,
Am        G
In Alabama she will swing a hammer,
Dm                   Am  
Price you got to pay when you break the panorama,
Am         G                 Dm              Am
She never knew that there was anything more than all,
Am               G         Dm            Am
 Well in the war your comfort to take me for,
 Am               G    
Black bandanna, sweet Louisiana,
 Dm                        Am 
Robbing on a bank in the state of Indiana,
 Am              G
She's a runner, Rebel and a stunner,
 Dm                     Am
Come to Mirawais saying "Baby watcha gona?",
 Am        G                  Dm     Am      
    Looking down the barrell of a hot bell 45,
 Am              G         Dm
   Just another way to survive


        F        C      Dm  
California, Rest In Peace,
     F        C      Dm
Simultaneous release,
     F        C      Dm
California, show your teeth,
            F        C      Dm
She's my priestess, I'm your priest,
Dm 
Yeah, yeah

Ara Solo: Am-G-Dm-Am X2


          Am      G               
She's a lover, Baby and a fighter,
    Dm                         Am
Shoulda seen it coming when I got a little brighter,
Am                      G 
    With a name like "Dani California",
 Dm                   Am
Day was gona come when I was gona mourn ya,
Am             G 
    A little low,
                Dm              Am
That she was stealing another bread,
  Am       G      Dm  
I love my baby to death



     F        C      Dm
California, Rest In Peace,
     F        C      Dm
Simultaneous release,
     F        C      Dm
California, show your teeth,
     F        C      Dm
She's my priestess, I'm your priest,
Dm 
Yeah, yeah




 Bm             G     D / F#
Who knew the hardest side of you?
 Bm             G     D / F#
Who knew the hardest time to prove?
 Bm             G     D / F#
Too true to say goodbye to you
 Bm            
Too true to say, say, say


 
   Am               G
Pushed the fader, Gifted animator,
 Dm                   Am 
One for the now, And eleven for the later,
  Am         G                                  
Never made it up to Minnesota,
 Dm                      Am 
Off the coated man, Was gona fill the quota,
 Am              G             Dm       Am
Down in the Badlands she was saving the best for last,
 Am
It only hurts when I laugh,
         G
Gone to fade





     F        C      Dm  
California, Rest In Peace,
    F        C      Dm
Simultaneous release,
     F        C      Dm
California, show your teeth,
     F        C      Dm
She's my priestess, I'm your priest,
Dm 
Yeah, yeah

    F        C      Dm
California, Rest In Peace,
    F        C      Dm
Simultaneous release,
    F        C      Dm
California, show your teeth,
     F        C      Dm 
She's my priestess, I'm your priest,
Dm 
Yeah, yeah