Originally in G, I play in F
Let ring
| F | Bb | F | |
| All the | gold in | Cali | fornia |
| F | |
| Is in a | bank in the middle of Beverly Hills |
| C | |
| In somebody else’s | name |
Band enters a little
| F | Bb | F | |
| So if you’re | dreamin’ about | Cali | fornia |
| F | |
| It don’t | matter at all where you played before |
| C | F | Bb/F | F | |
| Cali | fornia’s a brand new | game | → |
Band enters
| Bb | F | |
| Tryin’ to be a | hero, winding up a | zero |
| Bb/F | F | C | |
| Can | scar a man for | ever right down to your | soul |
| F | Bb | F | |
| Living on the | spotlight can | kill a man | outright |
| Bb | F | C | F | Bb | F | |
| ‘Cause | everything that | glitters | is not | gold | → |
| F | Bb | F | Bb | F | Bb | F | |
| And all the | gold | → | in | Cali | fornia | → |
| Bb | F | |
| Is | in a | bank in the middle of Beverly Hills |
| C | |
| In somebody else’s | name |
| Eb | F | Bb | F | Bb | F | Bb | F | |
| So | if you’re | dreamin’ | → | about | Cali | fornia | → |
| Bb | F |
| It don’t | matter at all where you played before |
| C | F | Bb | F | |
| Cali | fornia’s a brand new | game | → |
Chords implied
| G | C | G | |
| All the | gold in | Cali | fornia |
| C | G | |
| Is | in a | bank in the middle of Beverly Hills |
| D | |
| In somebody else’s | name |
| G | C | G | C | G | |
| So if you’re | dreamin’ | → | about | Cali | fornia |
| C | G |
| It don’t | matter at all where you played before |
| D | C | |
| Cali | fornia’s a brand new | game |
| F | C | |
| A brand new | game |
| G | |
| A brand new | game |