G                                        C        G 
There was a California earthquake in the year of '83 
   Em               G                    A            D 
It shook the living daylights out of the Owens County Seat 
                G                                     C                 G 
There weren't a building still left standing when the dust had cleared away 
       Em            G                D          G 
Just a rumble in the distance all the way to San Andrea 

Sherman Buck was driving his old mule into town 
When a big one came and shook so hard that it knocked him to the ground 
Lord there opened up a hole so big he thought his time was up 
Lord it swallowed up that poor old mule and it just missed Sherman Buck 


[Refrão]
C  				 G   
California earthquake you just don't know what you've done 
                       Em                 A             D   
We may fall off in the ocean, Lord you'll never make us run 
         G                             C               G 
You're a partner of the devil, Lord we ain't afraid of him 
      Em                G                     D             G 
We'll build ourselves another town so you can tear it down again 

Then came the quake of '99 that levelled Mission Creek 
The earth was like an ocean churning with waves of twenty feet 
Lord it sounded like a thousand trains were screaming underground 
Clean across to San Joachim they heard that mournful sound 

Chorus 

Then came one day the holocaust Lord on rocks of Franciso Bay 
Miles of walls came down like old Jericho that day 
Might near everything the earthquake missed a holy fire consumed 
Just left 'em smoke and the ashes of the dreams that can't be ruined 

Chorus 







by: José Duarte 
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