GOING TO CALIFORNIA - LED ZEPPELIN
transcribed by Robb Anagnostis (11-07-02)
Tuning: D A D G B D
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Mandolin E(D)|--7-7-7-7-7-7-0-| B|-7-8-7-------7--| G|-------9-7-9----|
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Spent... Smoked... All...
Made... Goin'... In...
Some... Love... In...
("After verse part") p hp p hp |3--3---0-0020--2|---0---0---5-4--|3--3---0-0020--2|---0---0---5-4--||-5---5-------0--|-3---3--232-----|-5---5-------0--|-3---3--232-----||--5---5--00---0-|----------------|--5---5--00---0-|----------------||0-----0--00-----|--0---0---0---0-|0-----0--00-----|--0---0---0---0-||----0---2-------|----------------|----0---2-------|----------------||----------------|0---0---0---0---|----------------|0---0---0---0---|
(double spaced for double digits... essentially a D chord at 14th fret)
| - - - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - - 14| - - - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - - 14|| - - 15- - - 15- - - 15- - - 15- | - - 15- - - 15- - - 15- - - 15- || - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - | - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - || - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - | - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - || - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - || 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - | 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - |
|5--4---0---0----|5--4---0---0----|2--2---0---0----|5--5---0---0----||-0---0---5---0--|-0---0---5---0--|-3---3---3---3--|-7---7---5---0--||--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|----------------|--------------0-||----------------|----------------|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|
Took... Never... same...
Sea... Wonder... day...
Mount... Chil... wake... watch out...
|---5-------5----|---5-------5----|---0-------0----|---0-------0----||6--5-6--6--5-6--|6--5-6--6--5-6--|--2--2-2--2---2-|--2---2---2---2-||--7---7---7---7-|--7---7---7---7-|-----2---2---2-2|-2---2-2-2---2-2||-7-----7-7-----7|-7-----7-7-----7|--2---2---2---2-|--2---2---2---2-||0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---||----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----------------|----------------|
Seems... nose... sinking...
Throw... Meet... high...
like intro |----------------|----------------| |-3-3-3---3-3-3--|-3-3-3---3-3-3--| |----------------|----------------| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------| |0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|
Mandolin line after BridgeE(D)|--7i--7i--7i--7i--7p--7p--7p|--7p--7p--7p--7p--7p--7p--7p--7p----| B|7i--8m--7i----------5i--7r--|----------------5i--7r------5i--7r--| G|------------9r--7r----------|----4i--6m--7r----------7m----------| D|----------------------------|7m----------------------------------|
(OR play it this way)
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| | - 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10-| - 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- -| | 11- 12- 11- 9 - - - 9 - 11- -| - - - - - - - - 9 - 11- - - 9 - 11-| | - - - - - - - - 12- - - - - -| - - 9 - 11- 12- - - - - 12- - - - -| | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| 12- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
|5--4---0---0----|5--4---0---0----|2--2---0---0----|5--5---0---0----||-0---0---5---0--|-0---0---5---0--|-3---3---3---3--|-7---7---5---0--||--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|----------------|--------------0-||----------------|----------------|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|
Find... they... sings...
Ride... tryin... born...
Standing... telling... seems...
(play "After verse part" - see above)
Mandolin line D|- 17 15 14- - - - -| - 14 19 17 14 - - - -|- - |
played over 2nd half B|- - - - - -15 13- -|15 - - - - - - 15- - -|- - |of "after verse" G|- - - - - - - - - -| - - - - - - - - 14- -|- - | part D|- - - - - - - - - -| - - - - - - - - - 17-|16- |
ending: plain|---2---0---2---0|---2---0---2---0|---2---0---2---0|---2---0---2---0||-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|
ending: Fancier (from a Live version) s s s s |5--0---0---0----|5--0---0---0----|5--0---0---0----|5--0---0---0----||-7---5--53---3--|-7---5--53---3--|-7---5--53---3--|-7---5--53---3--||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Fade out...
Spent my days with a woman unkind:
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
Made up my mind, make a new start,
Goin' to California with an achin' in my heart.
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.
Took my chances on a big jet plane.
Never let 'em tell you that they're all the same.
Ah, the Sea was red and the Sky was grey:
I wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today.
The mountains and the canyons start to tremble and shake:
Children of the Sun begin to wake.... [spoken:] watch out
Seems like the wrath of the Gods got a punch on the nose
and it's startin' to flow, I think I might be sinking.
Throw me a line, if I reach it in time
(I'll) meet you up there where the path runs straight and high.
Find a Queen without a King,
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings: la-la-la-la.
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of Dawn,
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born.
Standing on a hill and a mountain of dreams,
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems....
Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh.....
Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Fade out...
