It's Cold In California Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
It's Cold In California
Recorded by Merle Haggard and Leona Williams
Written by Freddy D. Powers and Nate Green
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There's a boy here in
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old
Cali
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fornia
Who I know like I
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know
my
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self
And he's living in
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hell but he's
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taking it
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well
And it's
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cold in
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California
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tonight
It's cloudy in
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California this
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evening
This old jet plane
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soon will be
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leaving
When these bright shiny
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wings meet the
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shinning
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light
It'll be
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cold in
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California
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tonight
She'll be drinking her
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first cup of
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coffee
And she'll be talking to the
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people in
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flight
And I knew from the
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start that she'd
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break my
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heart
Oh it's
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cold in
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California
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Though the weather is
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fine the
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chill that is
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mine
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cold in
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Lord it's cold in
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California
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tonight
FAQ
Who sang the the song It's Cold In California?
- The song It's Cold In California was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
