Dani California

[Intro]  
(drums)  
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[Verse 1]  
[Am]                   [G]  
 Getting born in the state of Mississippi,  
    [Dm]                         [Am]  
Her Poppa was a copper and her Momma was a hippie  
[Am]          [G]  
 In Alabama she would swing a hammer,  
[Dm]                           [Am]  
Price you gotta pay when you break the panorama  
[Am]         [G]                   [Dm]       [Am]  
 She never knew that there was anything more than poor,  
[Am]           [G]               [Dm]      [Am]  
 What in the world does your company take me for?  

[Verse 2]  
[Am]             [G]  
Black bandana, sweet Louisiana,  
[Dm]                       [Am]  
Robbin' on a bank in the state of Indiana,  
[Am]               [G]  
 She's a runner, rebel and a stunner,  
[Dm]                        [Am]  
On her merry way sayin', "baby whatcha gonna"  
[Am]                 [G]           [Dm]         [Am]  
  Lookin' down the barrel of a hot metal .45,  
[Am]             [G]          [Dm]  
  Just another way to survive  

[Chorus]  
     [F]       [C]       [Dm]  
California, Rest In Peace,  
 [G]    [F]       [C]  [Dm]  
Simultaneous release,  
  [G] [F]       [C]         [Dm]  
California, show your teeth,  
      [G]  [F]          [C]          [Dm]  
She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah  

[Instrumental]  
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[Verse 3]  
[Am]              [G]  
 She's a lover, baby and a fighter,  
[Dm]                             [Am]  
Shoulda seen it coming when it got a little brighter,  
[Am]                 [G]  
 With a name like "Dani California",  
[Dm]                      [Am]  
Day was gonna come when I was gonna mourn ya,  
[Am]        [G]               [Dm]        [Am]  
 A little loaded, she was stealing another breath  
[Am]         [G]         [Dm]  
 I love my baby to death  

[Chorus]  
     [F]       [C]       [Dm]  
California, Rest In Peace,  
 [G]    [F]       [C] [Dm]  
Simultaneous release,  
  [G] [F]       [C]         [Dm]  
California, show your teeth,  
      [G]  [F]          [C]          [Dm]  
She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah  

[Bridge]  
[Bm]            [G]     [D]           [F#]  
 Who knew the other side of you?  
[Bm]             [G]      [D]             [F#]  
 Who knew what others died to prove?  
[Bm]           [G]       [D]         [F#]  
 Too true to say goodbye to you  
[Bm]  
 Too true to say, say, say  

[Verse 4]  
[Am]               [G]  
 Push the fader, gifted animator,  
[Dm]                   [Am]  
One for the now and eleven for the later,  
[Am]             [G]  
 Never made it up to Minnesota,  
[Dm]                     [Am]  
North Dakota man was a gunnin' for the quota  
[Am]           [G]                [Dm]         [Am]  
 Down in the Badlands she was saving the best for last,  
[Am]       [G]            | [Dm]       | [E7]  
 It only hurts when I laugh;  gone too fast  

[Chorus]  
     [F]       [C]       [Dm]  
California, Rest In Peace,  
 [G]    [F]       [C] [Dm]  
Simultaneous release,  
  [G] [F]       [C]         [Dm]  
California, show your teeth,  
      [G]  [F]          [C]        | [Dm] |  
She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah  

    [F]       [C]       [Dm]  
California, Rest In Peace,  
  [G]  [F]   [C]     [Dm]  
Simultaneous release,  
  [G] [F]       [C]         [Dm]  
California, show your teeth,  
      [G]  [F]          [C]        | [Dm] |  
She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah  

[Outro Solo]  
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