Intro D F#m A D Verse 1 D Bm Well, no matter where I wandered G A I know I'll always find a welcome D Bm F#m Bm at the end of every journey G A There'll be friendly people waitin' Chorus D Bm California would not hold me G A 'though I loved her timber mountains D Bm F#m Bm Worked her fields and worked her orchids G A up and down her central valley Verse 2 D Bm I have driven open highway G A through the golden Utah valley D Bm F#m Bm And I watched the rivers gently gliding. G A I wave my hand to friendly people Chorus D Bm California would not hold me G A 'though I loved her timber mountains D Bm F#m Bm Worked her fields and worked her orchids G A up and down her central valley Instrumental D Bm G A D Verse 3 D Bm Folks who know me call me a drifter. G A They don't know I'll stop my ramblin' D Bm F#m Bm They don't know that someday G A somewhere somebody's gonna make me settle down Bridge D Bm I'm going home, Lord, G A I'm going home. D Bm I'm going home, Lord, G A I'm going home. Verse 4 D Bm Well, no matter where I wandered G A I know I'll always find a welcome D Bm F#m Bm at the end of every journey G A There'll be friendly people waitin' Outro D Bm California would not hold me G A 'though I loved her timber mountains D Bm F#m Bm Worked her fields and worked her orchids G A up and down her central valley G A D I'm going home.
