California Dreamin Chords and Chart by The Mamas & The Papa
Welcome to my California Dreamin chords and chart by The Mamas and The Papas.
This is a great songs and we are going to be making the chords a bit easier to play by using a Capo at the 4th fret. If you didn’t use a capo, you would have to play mostly barre chords to get through this song.
You’re welcome 😉
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN CHORDS:
We still have an F chord to content with, but you can always use the Fmaj7 chord to get around that one. Let’s talk about how we are going to handle the strumming pattern for this song because there is a lot of hopping go on.
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN STRUMMING PATTERNS:
Easy Strumming:
1 2 + 3 4+
D DU D DU
Optional Strumming:
1 2+ 3 + 4+
DDU UDU
No there are a lot of split measures in this song and a lot of chords switching on up strums. You don’t have to change your chords on the up strum, but that’s what I hear in the song. Something I find myself doing is:
|Am G F| F G |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D DU D DU U DU D DU
CALIFORNIA DREAM INTRO:
I have given you two options here. The top line is the easiest way to play it. The bottom line has an alternative measure for a more exotic sound and what I was hearing on the live version I was using.
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN CHORD CHART BY THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS - CAPO 4TH FRET
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Verse:
All the leaves are brown
| Am G| | F G| Esus4 |E F|
( All the leaves are brown) and the sky is gray (and the sky is gra ay)
I’ve been for a walk
|C E| |Am F| Esus4 E
(I've been for a walk) on a winter's day (on a winter’s day)
I’d be safe and warm
|Am G| | F G| Esus4 E
( I'd be safe and warm) if I was in L.A. (If I was in L.A.)
California dreamin
|Am G| | F G | Esus4 Esus4
California dreamin' on such a winter's da-a-a-a-a-ay
|Am G| |F G | E E7
Stopped into a church I passed along the way
Well I got down on my kness
|F G| |E Am| F Esus4
got down on my knees And I pretend to pray (I pretend to pray)
| Am G| | F
You know the preacher likes the cold (Preacher likes the cold)
G| E E7
He knows I'm gonna stay (Knows I'm gonna stay)
|Am G| | F
California dreaming (California dreaming)
G | Am E
On such a winter's day
Flute Solo:
Am Am C C |E7 Am| | F Esus4| Esus4
|Am G| |Am G| Esus4 E7
|Am G| |F G| Esus4 Esus4
Verse:
Verse:
All the leaves are brown
| Am G| | F G| Esus4 |E F|
( All the leaves are brown) and the sky is gray (and the sky is gra ay)
I’ve been for a walk
|C E| |Am F| Esus4 E
(I've been for a walk) on a winter's day (on a winter’s day)
|Am G | | F
If I didn’t tell her (if I didn’t tell her)
G| E7 E
I could leave today (I could leave today)
|Am G| |F
California Dreamin' (California dreaming)
G| | Am G| |F
on such a winter's day California dreaming
G | | Am G| | F
on such a winter's day (California dreaming)
G | |Am G | | F
on such a winter's day California dreaming
G| E Am (hold)
on such a winter's day . . .
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.