[Estribillo]

 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

[Pre-Estribillo]

 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

[Estribillo]

 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

[Primera Parte]

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

[Pre-Estribillo]

 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

[Estribillo]

 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

[Segunda Parte]

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

[Pre-Estribillo]

 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

[Estribillo Final]

 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

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