F#m Bm
Going to calfornia,
F#m Bm
To live in the summer sun
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The streets are made of silver,
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Iʼm like a rabbit on the run
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Philadelphia freedom
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Well, itʼs not like you have heard
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The city of brotherly love
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Is full of pain and hurt
Chorus:
C#m Bm
Iʼm going to California
F#m Bm
To find my pot of gold
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Corruption on every corner
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Hustlers selling sweets
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baby is home crying
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While her mommaʼs on the streets
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Every bodys dying
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Have heard the news today
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A women in the Philly is mourninʼ
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A bullet took another son away
Chorus:
C#m Bm
Iʼm going to California
F#m Bm
Iʼm going far far away
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Iʼm going to California
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To resurrect my soul
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The sun is always shining
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Or at least thats what Iʼm told
Chorus:
C#m Bm
Iʼm going to California
F#m Bm
To find a better life for me
C#m Bm
Iʼm going to California
F#m Bm
Iʼll write and tell you what I see
C#m Bm
Iʼm going to California
F#m Bm F#m
Somebody say a prayer for me
