in california Chords

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[Intro 1]
[C]

[Verse 1]
My [C]heart became a drunken runt
On [Cm]the day I sunk in t[C]his [Csus4]shunt[F]
To [C]tap me clean
Of all the [D]wonder
And the sor[C]row [F]I h[Csus4]ave seen
Since I left my [C]home

[Verse 2]
[C]
My home, on the old milk lake
Where the [Cm]darkness does fall so fast
[C]It fee[Csus4]ls like s[F]ome kind of m[C]istake
Just like they [D]told you [C]it [Csus4]would
Just like [C]the [D]tulgeywood

[Verse 3]
[D]When I came [G]in [D]to my [G]land
I did not [C]understand
Neither [Gm]dry rot, nor the burn pile
Nor [A]the bark- beetle, nor the dry well
[Eb]Or the black [Cm]bear[G]

[Verse 4]
But there is an[D]other
Who is a little [G]older
When I broke my [Bm]bone
He carried me up from the river[G]side
To spend my [D]life in spitting- distance
Of [G]the love that I have known
I must [Bm]stay here, in an
endless [A]even[G]tide

[Verse 5]
And if you come and [D]see me
You will upset the or[G]der
You cannot come and [Bm]see me
For I set myself [G]apart
But when you come [D]an d see me
In Califor[G]nia
You [Bm]cross the bor[G]der of my [D]heart
[A]Well, I have sown

[Verse 6]
[D]un tidy
furrows across my soul
But I [G]am still a coward
Content to see my [D]garden grow
So sweet and full of someone
[G]else's flowers
Some[A]times I can

[Verse 7]
[Bm]almost
feel the [G]power
[A]Sometimes I am [Bm]so in love with y[D]ou[G]
[A]Like a little clo[Bm]ck that trembles
on [A]the edge of the [G]hour
[A]Only ever cal[Bm]ling out[A] "cuckoo"[G]
[A]When I called

[Verse 8]
[C]you, you, little one
[Cm]In a bad way
Did you love [F]me?
Do you [C]spite [Csus4]me?[F]
[C]Time will tell
If [D]I can be [Csus4]well
[F]And [Csus4]rise to m[C]eet you rightly
[G]While, [D]mov[G]ing across
[D]my [G]land
Brandishing themselves
Like a burning [C]branch[F][G]
[Gm]Advance the tallow- colored,
walleyed deer
[Gdim]Quiet[A][G][Gdim][G][Eb]
[Cm]as g[F]ondo[Eb]liers[G]
While I wait [D]all night, for you
In Cali[G]fornia
Watching the [Bm]fox pick off my goldfish
From their [G]sorry, golden state
And I am [D]no longer afraid [G]of anything
[Bm]Save the life that, [G]here, [D]awaits
[A]I don't belong to

[Verse 9]
[D]anyone
My heart is heavy as an [G]oil drum
[Gm]And I don't want to be a[D]lone
My heart is yellow as an [G]ear of corn
[Gm]And I have torn [D]my soul apart
From pulling artlessly with
fool com[G]mands
[Gm]Some night[A]s I just

[Verse 10]
[Bm]never
go to sleep at all
[G]And I stand
[A]Shaking in my doo[Bm]rway like a sentinel
[A]All[G] alone
Bra[A]cing like the [Bm]bow upon a ship
And [A]fully [G]abandoning[A]
Any thought of [Bm]anywhere but home
[A]My home[G]
[A]Sometimes I can [Bm]almost
feel the [A]power[G]
[A]And [Bm]I do love you
[A]Is it only [Bm]timing
That has made it such a [G]dark hour
[A]Only ever [Bm]chiming
out "cuckoo"?
[G][F#m]

[Verse 11]
[A]
[Bm]Cuckoo, cuck[A]oo, koo[G]

[Verse 12]
[G]Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo
[Bm]My cuckoo,

[Verse 13]
cuckoo, koo
[A][G][A]

[Verse 14]
[G]My cuc[Bm]koo, cuc[A]koo[G],
[A]koo[Bm]
[A][G]

[Verse 15]
My [A]heart, [C]I wear you down
I [Cm]know
Gotta think [F]straight
Keep a clean plate;
[C]Keep from wearing down
If [D]I lose m[C]y h[Csus4]ead
Just where am I going [C]to lay it?

[Verse 16]
For it [Bb]has half- r[F]uined [Ab]me
[C]to be hanging around
Here, among the [Bb]daphne,
[F]blooming out [Ab]of the big br[C]own
I am [Bb]native [F]to it
[Ab]But I'm overgrown
[C]I have cho[Bb]ked my roots o[F]n the earth,
[Ab]as rich as r[C]oe[Bb]
[Ab]Here, down in Califor[C]nia