The Beach Boys - California calling

If everybody in the ^GU.S.A Could come with us to Cali^A7forn-i-a We could take 'em to a ^Cplace out west Where the ^Dgood sun shines every^Gday

Now there's a touch o' Cali^Gforn-i-a In everyone who's ever ^A7been this way And when your telephone ^Cbegins to ring And the ^Doperator comes on the ^Gline

^GCalifornia ^Ccallin' I'll be there right awa^Gy ^Em There's some ^A7beautiful women

To show me ^Am7how to ride the ultimate ^Dwave ^{Am7 D} Now I've joined the surfin' ^Gnation and so I'll take a permanent ^A7vacation and go To the golden shores of '^CFrisco Bay I'll ride 'em ^Dall the way to Mali^Gbu

And I'll take ya' boogie boardin' ^Gwith me 'Cause when we're surfin' it's so ^A7great to be free And when you're on a Cali^Cfornia beach You might even ^Dfind 'em windsurfin' ^Gtoo

^GCalifornia ^Ccallin' I'll be there right ^Gaway ^Em There's some ^A7beautiful women

To show me ^Am7how to ride the ultimate ^Dwave ^{Am7 D} In the fifties it was "^GHey Daddy O" Then came the surfers and the ^A7Hodads ya' know We had our woodies and our ^Ccustom cars And when we ^Ddrove around we knew we were ^Gbad

My baby listens to my ^Gcar radio And when we're cruisin' lets the ^A7whole world know And when our favorite surfin' ^Csong comes on We always ^Dlet 'em know it's "Totally ^GRad!"

^GCalifornia ^Ccallin' I'll be there right ^Gaway ^Em There's some ^A7beautiful women

To show me ^Am7how to ride the ultimate ^Dwave ^{Am7 D G}California ^Ccallin' She's still on the ^Gline ^Em There's a ^A7beautiful woman

To ride^Am7 'em at the county li^Dne ^{Am7 D G}California ^Ccallin' I'll be there right ^Gaway ^Em There's some ^A7beautiful women

To show me ^Am7how to ride the ultimate ^Dwave ^{Am7 D}