Verse 1:

All the leaves are [Dm] brown

(all the [C] leaves are [Bb] brown)

And the [C] sky is [A7sus4] gray (and the sky is [A7] gray) [Bb] I've been for a [F] walk

(I've been [A7] for a [Dm] walk) On a [Bb] winter's [A7sus4] day (on a winter's [A7] day)

I’d be safe and [Dm] warm

(I’d be [C] safe and [Bb] warm)

If I [C] was in L[A7sus4]A (if I was in L[A7]A)

Chorus: California [Dm] dreamin'

(Cali [C]fornia [Bb] dreamin')

On [C] such a winter's [A7sus4] day [A7]

Stopped into a [Dm] church [C] [Bb]

I passed a[C]long the [A7sus4] way [A7] Well I [Bb] got down on my [F] knees

(got down [A7] on my [Dm] knees) And I pre[Bb]tend to [A7sus4] pray (I pretend to [A7] pray)

You know the preacher likes the [Dm] cold

(preacher [C] likes the [Bb] cold)

He knows I'm [C] gonna [A7sus4] stay (knows I'm gonna [A7] stay)

Repeat Chorus

Instrumental break: [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [F] [A7] [Dm] [Bb] [A7sus4] [A7]

[Dm][C][Bb][C][A7sus4][A7] [Dm][C][Bb][C][A7sus4][A7]

Repeat Verse 1

Coda: California [Dm] dreamin'

(Cali [C]fornia [Bb] dreamin')

On [C] such a winter's [Dm] day (Cali[C]fornia [Bb] dreamin') On [C] such a winter's [Dm] day (Cali[C]fornia [Bb] dreamin') On [C] such a winter's [Bbmaj7] day [Dm]