[Refrão]

 G/B     C       Em 
Take me back to California 
C            G/B         G 
 West Coast, I'm comin' home 
 G/B     C       Em 
Take me back to California 
C            G/B         G 
 Right where I started from 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
 G    C 
Cali-fornia 
  Am                           Em 
That's where I lived my whole life 
 G    C 
Cali-fornia 
 Am                   Em 
Bury me there when I die 


[Refrão]

 G               C 
Take me back to California 
Am                Em 
 That's where my body will lie 
 G               C 
Take me back to California 
Am                  Em 
 That's where I'll go when I die 


[Verso 1]

G/B          C         Em 
 I've been stickin' it out 
    C             G/B         G 
For one-thousand miles on the 101 South 
     G/B            C       Em 
The distance feels like it kills 
      C       G/B          G 
From San Francisco to the Hollywood Hills 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
 G    C 
Cali-fornia 
  Am                           Em 
That's where I lived my whole life 
 G    C 
Cali-fornia 
 Am                   Em 
Bury me there when I die 


[Refrão]
 
 G               C 
Take me back to California 
Am                       Em 
 West Coast, I'm comin' home 
 G               C 
Take me back to California 
Am                       Em 
 Right where I started from 


[Verso 2]
 
G/B         C       Em 
I'm comin' home to Cali 
          C        G/B           G 
From the redwood trees, all the way to the Valley 
     G/B      C             Em 
The distance feels like it kills 
      C       G/B          G 
From San Francisco to the Hollywood Hills 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
 G    C 
Cali-fornia 
  Am                           Em 
That's where I lived my whole life 
 G    C 
Cali-fornia 
 Am                   Em 
Bury me there when I die 


[Refrão]
 
 G               C 
Take me back to California 
Am                       Em 
 West Coast, I'm comin' home 
 G               C 
Take me back to California 
Am                       Em 
 Right where I started from 


Outro:
 
 G    C 
Cali-fornia 
 Am 
Bury me there when I die