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Going To California Chords

“Going To California” by Led Zeppelin guitar chords: in the key of F with the chords F, Em, D and C. It's an intermediate arrangement — a nice step up as you improve. Use the interactive player to transpose to your vocal range, add a capo, and autoscroll hands-free while you strum.

Chords:FEmDCAmCmG7

Chords for Going To California

Key: FBPM: 90Difficulty: Intermediate

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F Em D C

Spent my days with a woman unkind,

F Em D C

Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.

F Em D C

Made up my mind to make a new start,

F Em D C

Going to california with an aching in my heart.

F Em D C

Someone told me theres a girl out there

F Em C

With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.

F Am C Am

Took my chances on a big jet plane,

F Am F C

Never let them tell you that theyre all the same.

F Em D C

The sea was red and the sky was grey,

F Em D C

Wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today.

F Em

The mountains and the canyons started

D C

to tremble and shake

F Em D C

As the children of the sun began to awake.

Seems that the wrath of the gods

Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow;

I think I might be sinking.

Throw me a line if I reach it in time

Ill meet you up there where the path

Runs straight and high.

F Em D C

To find a queen without a king;

F Em D C

They say she plays guitar and cries as she sings.

F Em D C

Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn

F Em

Tryin to find a woman whos never,

D C

never, never been born.

F Am C

Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams,

F Am

Telling myself its not as hard,

F C

hard, hard as it seems.

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About Going To California

Led Zeppelin's “Going To California” is a popular track that guitarists love to cover. This arrangement uses 7 chords — F, Em, D, C, Am, Cm and G7 — with the progression centred on F, Em and D. It's a rewarding play once you're comfortable with open chords and basic transitions. Hover or tap any chord above to see its fingering, change the key with the transpose buttons, or set a capo to match the original recording.