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California Earthquake\r\n \r\nC<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nThere was a California earthquake in the year of '83\r\n Am<\/span> C<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nIt shook the living daylights out of the Owens County Seat\r\n C<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nThere weren't a building still left standing when the dust had cleared away\r\n Am<\/span> C<\/span> G<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nJust a rumble in the distance all the way to San Andrea\r\n \r\nSherman Buck was driving his old mule into town\r\nWhen a big one came and shook so hard that it knocked him to the ground\r\nLord there opened up a hole so big he thought his time was up\r\nLord it swallowed up that poor old mule and it just missed Sherman Buck\r\n \r\nChorus:\r\nF<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nCalifornia earthquake you just don't know what you've done\r\n Am<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nWe may fall off in the ocean, Lord you'll never make us run\r\n C<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nYou're a partner of the devil, Lord we ain't afraid of him\r\n Am<\/span> C<\/span> G<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nWe'll build ourselves another town so you can tear it down again\r\n \r\nThen came the quake of '99 that levelled Mission Creek\r\nThe earth was like an ocean churning with waves of twenty feet\r\nLord it sounded like a thousand trains were screaming underground\r\nClean across to San Joachim they heard that mournful sound\r\n \r\nChorus\r\n \r\nThen came one day the holocaust Lord on rocks of Franciso Bay\r\nMiles of walls came down like old Jericho that day\r\nMight near everything the earthquake missed a holy fire consumed\r\nJust left 'em smoke and the ashes of the dreams that can't be ruined\r\n \r\nChorus\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nby: Jos\u00e9 Duarte\r\njtduarte1@gmail.com<\/pre>\nX<\/div>\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rodney Crowell California Earthquake C F C There was a California earthquake in the year of ’83 Am C D G It shook the living daylights out of the Owens County Seat C F C There weren’t a building still left standing when the dust had cleared away Am …