Tom: Gm
INTRO
Am \ 2x
Am G /
VERSE 1
Am G D/F# D
Melon-rising California sun
Am G D/F# D
Drifting in a day not yet begun
Am G D/F# D
Six o'clock and peaceful and serene
Am G D/F# D
Floating in a Technicolor scene
BRIDGE
F Em
Something nearly peaceful in the sound
F Em
Rising from the San Andreas ground
Eb Bb
Overground, it starts to feel strange
Eb Dm
Underground, it starts to rearrange
PD-C HORUS
F D/F#
You'd better get up
G Eb/Ab
And run for a doorway
Am
INTERLUDE
Am \ 2x
Am G /
CHORUS
Am
No time for thinking
G Am
Your life is at stake
Am G Am G Am
Everyone's doing the California Shake
Am G F
California Shake
F5 E5 D5
E
INTERLUDE
Am \ 2x
Am G /
VERSE 2
Am G D/F# D
Nonbelieving, everybody waits
Am G D/F# D
Shifting on the continental plates
Am G D/F# D
Thunder far below the ocean floor
Am G D/F# D
Damned impartial sub-terrestrial war
BRIDGE
F Em
Wond'ring if you're going to survive
F Em
God, it feels like eight point four or five
Eb Bb
Fifteen seconds holding your breath
Eb Dm
Living through a microscopic death
PD-C HORUS
F D/F#
You'd better hold on
G Eb/G#
The worst isn't over
INTERLUDE
Am \ 4x
Am G /
CHORUS
Am
No time for thinking
G Am
Your life is at stake
Am G Am G Am
Everyone's doing the California Shake
Am G F
California Shake
F5 E5 D5
OUTRO
Am \ 8x
Am G /
