Going To California chords & tabs

Led Zeppelin:  Going To California
(Box Set Disc II Version)

Tuning:  Double Drop-D Tuning
Tabbed by: Bobby Boy
E-mail: bobby_boy3541@yahoo.com
There seems to be only one tab available, which to put it bluntly,
does not justice to Jimmy page or John Paul Jones.
Here's a better one. It is difficult and frustrating but it IS right.
It's a mixture of two guitars and a mandolin.


Intro:

D|---0-------0---|---0---2---0---|---0-------0---|---0---0h2---0---|
B|-------3-------|-------3-------|-------3-------|-----------------|

GOING TO CALIFORNIA Guitar Tab
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Transcribed originally by Jeff Strawman, jstraw at led dash zeppelin dot org
http://www.led-zeppelin.org/ ----------- edited by Kent Bodurtha (redlennon@juno.com)

note: I edited this transcription because i felt the sound was incomplete.  The studio
version of this song has a mandolin part and a few guitars over the basic guitar part,
which obscure that original sound.  This tab incorporates some of the more noticable
sounds produced by instruments other than the basic guitar, making this tab more useful
for one guitar.

feel free to email me with concerns/questions at redlennon@juno.com


DGDGBD (low to high) Tuning

Led Zeppelin - Going to California

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     G  Gmaj7  G6   A7   D   Dm
E----3----2----0----2----2----1----|
B----3----3----0----2----3----3----|
G----0----4----0----0----2----2----|
D----0----5----0----2----0----0----|
A----2---------2----0--------------|
E----3---------3-------------------|


I think it sounds better if you play it with your fingers and not with a
pic. So just strumm the low string with your thumb with a down-stroke and

G
Spent my days with a woman unkind,
                                   D
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
G
Made up my mind to make a new start,
                                            D
Going to california with an aching in my heart.
G     
Someone told me theres a girl out there
                                          D
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.


F   G   D  x 2

Going to California
Led Zepppelin
IV

D tuning, Finger or Hybrid Picked


Versions of chords Used in this song:
 D(no3)   G6    Dm(addG)  A(addD)
-0--------3------5---------0------------|
-3--------4------6---------2------------|
-X--------5------7---------2------------|
-0--------X------X---------2------------|
-X--------0------X---------2------------|
-0---------------0----------------------|