From California
New AmsterdamsVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
Uncommon amount of the time at home, hardly a word on the telephone.
Finally find the time to get to know you.
Still mapping it out like a master plan,
something to do with my idle hands.
Write you a letter addressed from California.
It's vivid and strong in my memory,
an absence that smacks of abandoning.
It let to the battle that ultimately destroyed us.
I'm nothing if I don't know your mistakes,
the pill is as bitter as I can take.
It twists like a blade when I leave for California.
La da la la da da
I hope that you know this is killing me,
it's all in the name of the family.
We only can play the cards the dealer dealt us.
The end of the cycle is closing in, with you I see new hope begin again.
There suddenly seems to be promise in California.
La da la la da da
As heavy as all this is weighing me,
believe in the words I am promising.
I'm still here for her.
The distance is only an obstacle,
hardly a match for a miracle.
I'm finally ready to go to California.
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Readable chord sheet for From California by New Amsterdams
[G] [C] [D] [Em] [C] Uncom[G]mon amount of the time at home, ha[C]rdly a word on the telephone. F[D]inally find the time to get t[Em]o kn[C]ow you. Still map[G]ping it out like a master plan, something to do w[C]ith my idle hands. Write you a lett[D]er addressed fro[Em]m Cal[C]ifornia. [G] [C] [D] [Em] [C] It's [G]vivid and strong in my memory, an abse[C]nce that smacks of abandoning. It [D]let to the battle that ultimately [Em]destroyed u[C]s. I'm not[G]hing if I don't know your mistakes, the pill[C] is as bitter as I can take. It t[D]wists like a blade when I leave for C[Em]alifo[C]rnia. [G]La[F] d[Em]a l[D]a [C]la[B] d[A]a [G]da I ho[G]pe that you know this is killing me, it's [C]all in the name of the family. We only[D] can play the cards the deale[Em]r dea[C]lt us. The e[G]nd of the cycle is closing in, with y[C]ou I see new hope begin again. There [D]suddenly seems to be promise in [Em]Cali[C]fornia. [G]La[F] d[Em]a l[D]a [C]la[B] d[A]a [G]da [G]As heavy as all this is [F]weighing me, be[Em]lieve in the words I am [D]promising. I[C]'m [B]still [A]here for h[G]er. Th[G]e distance is only an[F] obstacle, ha[Em]rdly a match for a [D]miracle. I'[C]m fi[B]nally [A]ready to go to Cal[G]ifornia.