E    D    E

[Verse 1]
                  B                 A
Going to a party, meet me out after school
            B                                           E
Well, we're going to a place where the jive is really cool
                                        G#m            A
And if the band stops playing there's a jukebox in the hall
                B
Well, with your blue dress on and your folks all gone
                          D  A  E
You'll sure give the guys a ball

[Pre-chorus]
A
Get that real guitar boy shakin'
D                 E
I'm a California man
A
Dance right on till the floors are breakin'
D                 E
I'm a California man

[Chorus]
       B
Well I cross my mamma so bad
             F#m
And this woman, she's making me mad
B
So I don't care if your legs start aching
F#m        B      E  C#m  E  D  E
I'm a California man

[Verse 2]
                                                    A
Oh my legs start to shiver when I hear you call my name
         B                                                    E  A  C#m
Well, my knees keep a-knocking and I'm feeling tired bugs me down
E                    C#m         E                   A
And when we take off fine and my jeans are way down low
       B                                F#m
When I waggle my hips it's making me feel
         B                D   E
Like the king of rock 'n' roll

[Pre-chorus]
A
Get that real guitar boy shakin'
D                 E
I'm a California man
A
Dance right on till the floors are breakin'
D                 E
I'm a California man

[Chorus]
       B
Well I cross my mamma so bad
             F#m
And this woman, she's making me mad
B
So I don't care if your legs start aching
F#m              E
I'm a California man
A
I'm a California man

[Instrumental]
E  F#m  A    F#m  C#m    E  B  E

[Verse 3]
                  G#m               A
Going to a party, meet me out after school
            B                                         E
Well, we're going to a place where the jive is really cool
                                                        A
And if the band stops playing there's a jukebox in the hall
          B
With your blue dress on and your folks all gone
                             D  A  E
You're sure to give the guys a ball

[Pre-chorus]
A
Get that real guitar boy shakin'
D                 E
I'm a California man
A
Dance right on till the floors are breakin'
D                 E
I'm a California man

[Chorus]
       B
Well I cross my mamma so bad
             F#m
And this woman, she's making me mad
B
So I don't care if your legs start aching
F#m              E
I'm a California man