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California Tab

by Mick Flannery


Song: California
Artist: Mick Flannery
Album: White Lies

Okay so. This is California. I love this song. Great guitar in it. I called this 
a chords tab because it is mostly chords but I'll tab out the intro and a fill.

Okay, Mick has a guitar style of using pick and his 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers. A 
mix between picking and finger picking basically. So for this intro just use 
whatever you find easiest.

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Intro: (make the chord shapes. the tabbing is based around them)

                                                                          
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|----3-3---0-1-----1------0--------3-3---0-1--------|
G|--------0-----------0-2----2-0--------0------------|
D|--4-----------2-----------------4------------------|
A|--5-------------3---------------5-----------2-3-0--|
E|-------------------------3-------------------------|

                                                      
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|------0-------0-------0-------0----|
A|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
E|--3-------3-------3-------3--------|

Fill

E|--0--------1--|
B|--1--------0--|
G|--0--------0--|
D|--2--------0--|
A|--3--3-2-0-2--|
E|-----------3--|

Verse 1

                                 
Lady, come into my room,
                                                              
I pretend I'm sleeping, half an eye on you,
                                      
Slow, you take of your clothes,
                            
You knew I was watching, 
                                            
Said "How'd you like to show?'
                              
    Then I told you I loved you
                 Fill             
And you said yeah I know,
                                         
    Babe I thought I could die
                  Fill      
Before I'd ever let go.

                                                      
E|-----------------------------------|
B|------------------------0-----------|
G|--------0-------0---------------0--|
D|------0-------0-------0-------0----|
A|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
E|--3-------3-------3-------3--------|



Verse 2

                               
Well, I fell under a spell
                            
All the love you gave me
                              
I took it from myself,
                                         
And no matter what you tried
                                
I wouldn't let you help me
                                   
Or look you in the eye,
                              
    I remember the day that we 
Fill
Said our goodbyes,
                                                
    Though I can't for the life of me
Fill
Remember why
                                  
    I'm still going into town now too often,
                                          
Nails in my coffin, to auld lang syne,
                                    
Everytime, everytime

Violin solo

                        

                   

Verse 3

                           
I, I was afraid of time,
                 
I I didn't change me
                         
I would fall behind,
                                    
And so, I went on the road,
                 
On to California, 
                    
Here I am alone
                                 
    I know how to do right
                        Fill
But I've been getting it wrong,
                                      
     Now I'm sitting here hoping
     Fill
I'll come back to form

                                                     
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|------0-------0-------0-------0----|
A|----2-------2-------2-------2------|
E|--3-------3-------3-------3--------|

                
Ooooooh  Oooooooh
             
Ooooooh  Oooooooh
                
Ooooooh  Oooooooh
             
Ooooooh  Oooooooh


Outro (much the same as intro)

                                                                          
E|--------------------------------------------------1---|
B|----3-3---0-1-----1------0--------3-3---0-1-------0---|
G|--------0-----------0-2----2-0--------0-----------0---|
D|--4-----------2-----------------4-----------------0---|
A|--5-------------3---------------5-----------2-3-0-2---|
E|-------------------------3------------------------3---|

That's it! If you've any questions or spot something that I completely screwed up 
then comment! Tomorrow's Paper is next! Whenever I'm bothered! Long Live Mick!