Verse 1:

[Em]When the [B7]wint'ry [Em]winds are [B7]blowin'
And the [Em]snow is [B7]starting to [Em]fall, [B7]
[Em]That's when [B7]I'll be [Em]westward goin'
To the [G]place I [B7]love the best of [Em]all

[D7]Ca[D#dim]li[Am]for[D7]nia [G]I've been blue
[D7]Since [D#dim]I've [Am]been [D7]a[Em]way from [B7]you
[Em]I can't [B7]wait 'til [Em]I get [B7]goin'
Even [Em]now I'm [B7]starting into [Em]call

Hear me [D9]ca[D7]ll...

Chorus:

[C]Cali[Gaug]fornia, [C]here I [A7]come
[D7]Right back where I [G]started from

Where bowers [Gdim]of flowers
[Am]Bloom in the [D7]sun
[G] Each morning [Gdim]at dawning
[Am]Birdies sing and [D7]everything

A [G]sun-kissed [Gaug]miss said, "[C]Don't be [A7]late"
[D7]That's why I can [G]hardly [E7]wait
[Am]Op[E7]en [Am]up your [B7]golden [Em]gate
Cali[A7]fornia, [D7sus4]here [D7]I [G]come

Verse 2:

[Em]Any[B7]one who [Em]likes to [B7]wander
Ought to [Em]keep this [B7]saying in his [Em]mind [B7]
[Em]Absence [B7]makes the heart [Em]grow fonder
Of that [G]good old [B7]place you leave be[Em]hind

[D7]When [D#dim]you've [Am]hit [D7]the [G]trail awhile
[D7]Seems [D#dim]you [Am]rare[D7]ly [Em]see a [B7]smile
[Em]That's why [B7]I must [Em]fly out [B7]yonder
Where a [Em]frown is [B7]mighty hard to [Em]find

[D7]Oh...