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    • Waiting For Life - Lyrics and Chords
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    • The Wrong Way Out of Town - Lyrics and Chords
    • She Does, She Does - Lyrics and Chords
    • The People You See Regularly Never Grow Old - Lyrics and Chords
    • Levitation - Lyrics and Chords
    • Periscope - Lyrics and Chords
    • Feel Like I Should - Lyrics and Chords
    • This Time It Looks Good - Lyrics and Chords
    • Save My Place - Lyrics and Chords
    • Journal of Lies - Lyrics and Chords
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    • Map - Lyrics and Chords
    • Superhero - Lyrics and Chords
    • Thinking of a Time - Lyrics and Chords
    • Photobooth Curtain - Lyrics and Chords
    • Campground Daughter - Lyrics and Chords
    • Something's Taking Over - Lyrics and Chords
    • Thug - Lyrics and Chords
    • Overs - Lyrics and Chords
    • Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla) - Lyrics and Chords
    • Can’t Believe How Fast - Lyrics and Chords
    • Pick a Gripe - Lyrics and Chords
    • The Title Song - Lyrics and Chords
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    • The Wichita Train Whistle Sings - Lyrics and Chords
    • Candy Cane - Lyrics and Chords
    • Goodnight - Lyrics and Chords
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    • Everybody Loves Martha - Lyrics and Chords
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California Brown
Composer: Henning Ohlenbusch
Album: Gentle Hen - Sneaking up on the Moon
https://youtu.be/acq75W8eiM4

[verse]
C                             D
If I’m gonna live in this New England town
          Em                 C
I’m gonna paint my house California Brown
      Am                        C
Gonna add a little color to the winter grey
      Em                            C      Am
Gonna carve a little depth into the frozen day


[verse]
C                             D
Breaking off the edges of the sidewalk ice
    Em                              C
The crunch beneath my boots well it feels so nice
        Am                           C
But I’d trade it in a second just to hang around
          Em                        C      Am
Where the sun’s shining down on California Brown


[chorus]
    G      C D
California Brown
          G          D                  Em
Where the gold trail ambles through the bone dry ground
        G           D                Em
I’m the lion in the brambles just outside of town
G                D              Em       A7
Staring down the valley without making a sound.
C7                         Em
Watching for the sun to go down.


[verse]
         C                           D
When the leaves are all gone and the branches are spikes
        Em                             C
And the neighborhood kids have packed away their bikes
    Am                             C
And staring out the window is like staring at a frown.
  Em                         C      Am
I do my best to think of California Brown


[chorus]

    G      C D
California Brown
          G          D                  Em
Where the gold trail ambles through the bone dry ground
        G           D                Em
I’m the lion in the brambles just outside of town
G                   D              Em       A7
Creeping toward the valley without making a sound.
C7                        Em
Waiting for the sun to go down.


[bridge]
Bbmaj7      Am7
Sun hanging down.
Ebmaj7     Gm         C7        
Orange and blue above brown.


[Instrumental section]
F G C Em Am C Em Am D7 F7 Am


[chorus]
    G      C D
California Brown
          G          D                  Em
Where the gold trail ambles through the bone dry ground
        G           D                Em
I’m the lion in the brambles just outside of town
G                 D              Em       A7
CReeping down the valley without making a sound.
C7                         Em
Watching for the sun to go down.
C7                       Em
Surrounded by California Brown
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    • Knock Knock Knock - Lyrics and Chords
    • This Could Only Happen to You - Lyrics and Chords
    • A Few More Lifetimes - Lyrics and Chords
    • There's a World in the World - Lyrics and Chords
    • Lean, Then Catch Your Fall - Lyrics and Chords
    • They Know, They Know - Lyrics and Chords
    • Ancient Bones - Lyrics and Chords
    • You Can't Take It Back - Lyrics and Chords
    • What We Did and What We Didn't Do - Lyrics and Chords
    • The Hold Out - Lyrics and Chords
    • We're All Stars - Lyrics and Chords
    • We Didn't See Them Until We Did - Lyrics and Chords
    • Made Up Stars - Lyrics and Chords
    • Life of Leisure - Lyrics and Chords
    • Exploding the Past - Lyrics and Chords
    • Sneaking Up on the Moon - Lyrics and Chords
    • California Brown - Lyrics and Chords
    • Sit on Roofs - Lyrics and Chords
    • A Northern Lake (Erin) - Lyrics and Chords
    • College Town - Lyrics and Chords
    • Willing to Be Forgiven - Lyrics and Chords
    • Misdirection Octopus - Lyrics and Chords
    • The Best News of Our Lives - Lyrics and Chords
    • I Don't Know About Anyone Else But - Lyrics and Chords
    • Jake and Kim Broke Up (Leave Me Out of It) - Lyrics and Chords
    • I Wasn't Looking For This - Lyrics and Chords
    • Somebody Else's Problem - Lyrics and Chords
    • Waiting For Life - Lyrics and Chords
    • Saving Your Life - Lyrics and Chords
    • The Wrong Way Out of Town - Lyrics and Chords
    • She Does, She Does - Lyrics and Chords
    • The People You See Regularly Never Grow Old - Lyrics and Chords
    • Levitation - Lyrics and Chords
    • Periscope - Lyrics and Chords
    • Feel Like I Should - Lyrics and Chords
    • This Time It Looks Good - Lyrics and Chords
    • Save My Place - Lyrics and Chords
    • Journal of Lies - Lyrics and Chords
    • Back to School - Lyrics and Chords
    • Boring Dream - Lyrics and Chords
    • Disgruntled Lover - Lyrics and Chords
    • Map - Lyrics and Chords
    • Superhero - Lyrics and Chords
    • Thinking of a Time - Lyrics and Chords
    • Photobooth Curtain - Lyrics and Chords
    • Campground Daughter - Lyrics and Chords
    • Something's Taking Over - Lyrics and Chords
    • Thug - Lyrics and Chords
    • Overs - Lyrics and Chords
    • Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla) - Lyrics and Chords
    • Can’t Believe How Fast - Lyrics and Chords
    • Pick a Gripe - Lyrics and Chords
    • The Title Song - Lyrics and Chords
    • Rock and Roll Camper - Lyrics and Chords
    • The Wichita Train Whistle Sings - Lyrics and Chords
    • Candy Cane - Lyrics and Chords
    • Goodnight - Lyrics and Chords
    • Uncomfortable - Lyrics and Chords
    • Everybody Loves Martha - Lyrics and Chords
    • Omnivore - Lyrics and Chords
    • One Lady Dancing - Lyrics and Chords