California Sober chords by Billy Strings

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G

🎸 Intro:

G  G
G  G



🎸 Verse 1:
    G               G
Well, I used to like to ramble with my good-time friends and neighbors
   C              G
Now I find I'd rather lie awake in bed
      G             G
And I don't get to actin' mean when I keep my buzzes clean
       A                 D
And keep the hard stuff and the whiskey from my head
    G                     G
Well, I guess that's just the trouble when you're always seein' double
    C                 G
And the lines are gettin' twice as hard to see
     C               G      Em
I've had years I don't recall, but I'm told I had a ball
     A        D         G
At least somebody did who looked a lot like me

🎸 Chorus:
    G            G
So I'm California sober as they say
  C              G
And lately I can't find no other way
 C                G        Em
I can't stay out and party like I did back in the day
    A     D       G
So I'm California sober as they say

🎸 Instrumental:
G   G
C   G
G   G
A   D
G   G
C   G
C   G Em
A D G
G

🎸 Verse 2:
    G                G
Well, I heard out in the hills, they got pills to get their thrills
     C                G
And they love their liquor down in New Orleans
   G              G
Maybe for a New York minute, sugarcane will fit the bill
    A                  D
But in no time flat, you're out of what you need
  G               G
The old crew don't get together anymore these days much ever
   C                      G
After some went straight and some went straight to jail
      C             G           Em
Now they're busy postin' vids and just tryin' to raise their kids
      A      D        G
Instead of raisin' holy hell and postin' bail

🎸 Chorus:
     G            G
Well, I'm California sober as they say
  C              G
And lately I can't find no other way
 C                G
I can't stay out and party like I did back in the day
    A     D       G
So I'm California sober as they say

🎸 Instrumental:
G   G
C   G
G   G
A   D
G   G
C   G
C   G Em
A D  G
G   G
C   G
G   G
A7   D
G   G
C   G
C   G Em
A7 D  G

🎸 Outro:
   G            G
I was California sober 'til I thought the world was over
    C               G
Now I'm sittin' on the roadside once again
     C            G      Em
When that wagon passes by, I don't even bat an eye
      A7     D        G
Because the devil on my shoulder always wins
       C            G      Em
When that ol' wagon passes by, I don't even bat an eye
Em      G      D        G
 Because the devil on my shoulder always wins