California instructional video (original song)

This is the song I wrote called “California” which is featured on our family’s bluegrass album “Shenandoah.” I write most of my music on the piano so here’s originally how it was written and I have the chords and lyrics posted here in the description. Thank you all so much for your encouragement with my original music ♥️ Subs: 1,039 [interlude] C Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 [verse 1] C Em Fmaj7 Memories fade slowly C Em Fmaj7 No please don’t go, not yet C Em Fmaj7 I was your one and only C Em Fmaj7 And I’m not ready to forget F G All the times we shared together F G All the words we never said, and I remember [chorus] C Em Fmaj7 When we almost went to california C Em Fmaj7 We almost fell in love in the sand C Em Fmaj7 And you almost told me to be your woman Bb F Dm G C So you’ll al - ways almost be my man [interlude] C Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 [verse 2] C Em Fmaj7 I think it was late last summer C Em Fmaj7 I saw the distance in your eyes C Em Fmaj7 You said that you found another C Em Fmaj7 And then you told me not to cry F G But I knew that’s when it started F G The beginning of the end, and I remembered [chorus] C Em Fmaj7 When we almost went to california C Em Fmaj7 We almost fell in love in the sand C Em Fmaj7 And you almost told me to be your woman Bb F Dm G C So you’ll al - ways almost be my man [interlude] C Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 [verse 3] C Em Fmaj7 I guess it was late last winter C Em Fmaj7 Snow falling all around C Em Fmaj7 The wedding bells rang she entered C Em Fmaj7 But I left without a sound F G Oh I know she’ll always love you F G But Heaven knows that so will I, and I’ll remember [chorus] C Em Fmaj7 When we almost went to california C Em Fmaj7 We almost fell in love in the sand C Em Fmaj7 And you almost told me to be your woman Bb F Dm G C So you’ll al - ways almost be my man [instrumental over first 3 lines of chorus] C Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 [vocal tag] Bb F Dm G C Yes you’ll al - ways almost be my man [interlude] C Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 C Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7