California Christmas chords by Switchfoot

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: B


❄ Intro:


F#

B
Ba-ba-ba
C#m
Ba-ba-ba
B
Ba-ba-ba
C#m
Ba-ba-ba

❄ Verse :

B            C#m
Welcome to my California Christmas
F#                  B
Twinkling lights on all the fake palm trees
  G#             C#m
The only snow that falls is the fake stuff at the mall
Em        G       F#
Bathing suits in eighty-five degrees (Ah, ah)


❄ Verse 2:

B            C#m
Welcome to my California Christmas (Welcome to my California)
F#                   B
The skies are blue, the sun is warm and bright (The skies are blue, the sun is warm and bright)
   G#                  C#m
When Santa Claus makes the drive, stuck in traffic on the 5 (Ba-ba-ba-ba)
    Em     G   F# B
It's a California Christmas Eve


❄ Chorus:

          E  F#            G#m  B
So grab a Christmas tree, I'll meet you down the beach
      E         F#         G#
Plant your mistletoes in the sand right next to me
          E   F#        B  G#m
'Cause that Pacific breeze is gonna set you free
           E  E/F#  F#/G# F#
I'll be wishing you a California, California


❄ Verse 3:

B            C#m
Welcome to my California Christmas (Welcome to the west coast Christmas)
F#               B
The avocado groves and graffiti kings (Avocados, avocados)
  G#                      C#m
The gremmies fight for waves as the sunset melts away
 Em         G         F#
Garage rock evening filled with broken strings (Ba-ba-ba-ba)


❄ Chorus 2:

         E F#         G#m B
So jingle all the way from out in east LA
     E        F#       G#
Down the coast in your Camaro Christmas sleigh
          E F#         B G#m
Ring the Christmas bell down at the Hotel del
             E  E/F#  F#/G# F#  Fsus4 A#
And I'll be wishing you a California, California Christmas (Ah)


❄ Bridge:

D#                     G#
Put up a tree at your favorite beach with a smoothie
      C#                      F#
Throw your board in the car in case there's a Christmas swell
      B                        E
There'll be blue skies and sunshine and seagulls and maybe Jacuzzis
G                   F#              B
Strike up the band, toes in the sand, ringing the Christmas bells, yeah


❄ Verse 3:

 C#m               F#
(Santa hat and shades are so passé)
 B              G#
(What a Californian thing to say)
               C#m
The Día de los Reyes, the Pasadena Rose Parade
  Em         G    F#
The best of west coast seasonal clichés


❄ Chorus 3:

           E F#       G#m B
Throw your Christmas tree up on your SUV
     E          F#        G#
Make your plans in the Pacific sand and set them free
          E F#           B G#m
Hang your Christmas lights and make the season bright
             E  E/F#  F#/G#   F#
And I'll be wishing up a California Christmas for ya


❄ Outro:

 B      C#m
(California, California)
 B      C#m
(California, California)
B
Ba-ba-ba
C#m
Ba-ba-ba
B
Ba-ba-ba
C#m
Ba-ba-ba
B
Ba-ba-ba