| G | G | A D | G |
(yodel)
| G | G | D | G | G | 
 
[Verse 1]
G
I'm going to California where they sleep out every night
    C                                               G
I'm going to California where they sleep out every night
    D                                          G
I'm leavin' you mama, cause you know you don't treat me right

[Break]
| G A | G | D | G |
(yodel)

[Verse 2]
G
Listen to me mama, listen while I sing you this song
C                                            G
Listen to your daddy, sing you this lonesome song
           D                                   G
You got me worried now, but I won't be worried long

[Break]
| G | A G | G D | G |
(yodel)

[Verse 3]
G
Let me tell you something, mama that you don't know
C                                                 G
Let me tell ya something, good gal that you don't know, ooh
      D7            D                           G
I'm a do right papa and got a home everywhere I go

[Break]
| G | D G | G D | G |
(yodel)

[Verse 4]
G
Got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here, Lawd, Lawd
C                                                     G
Got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here
      D7                                      G
I may ride the blind, I ain't got no railroad fare

[Break]
| G | G D | G | 
(yodel)

[Interlude]
| G | G | G | G |
             Man, man let's go to town
| C | C | G | G |
          Hey, hey won't be long now
| D D7 | D7 | G | G |
(jazz horns)

[Verse 5]
G
I don't understand, what makes you treat me like you do?  ooh
  C                                                G
I can't understand, how come you treat me like you do doodle do?
           D                                             G
Now if you don't want me mama, it's a cinch I don't want you

[Outro]
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(yodel)