It Never Rains In Southern California Albert Hammond Acoustic Cover w/ Bluesharp

(c)1972 Words & Music Albert Hammond - Mike Hazlewood
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Got on board a west bound seven forty-seven
Didn´t think before deciding what to do
Oh, that talk of opportunities, TV breaks and movies
Rang true, sure rang true..

#Seems it never rains in Southern California
Seems I´ve often heard that kind of talk before
It never rains in California but girl, don´t they warn ya
It pours, man, it pours..

(I´m) out of work, I´m out of my head
Out of self respect, I´m out of bread
I´m underloved, I´m underfed, I want to go home
It never rains in California but girl, don´t they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours

Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it?
Had offers but didn´t know which one to take
Please don´t tell ´em how you found me
Don´t tell ´em how you found me
Gimme a break, give me a break## [Harp to fade]
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Harmonica key of G
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Hammond: "It never rains... was written in London, before we (Albert and Michael) came to Los Angeles, and we knew we were coming, and I've been telling Mike the story of me in Spain when I started and how I was asking for money outside of the train stations because I had no money to eat and I didn't want to tell my parents. My cousin was on honeymoon then, and he came out of the train station and saw me, and I didn't even know it was him... I just asked him for some money, too. And he said "you should be ashamed, I'm gonna tell your father," and I said "please, don't tell him, he'll go crazy and and stop me doing this!" And then he took me back into the hotel, I had a bath, he gave me some clean clothes and some money. I moved on, but he did tell my father, you know. All these things like "will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it" and all that stuff came from that era of my life when I was struggling, trying to make it, trying to get from Morocco to Spain, from Spain to England, from England to America... That struggle you go through, that's It never rains in Southern California, the story of my life."

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[ShadySidebury]

Ace cover, man. You have yourself a new subscriber, and this is going straight into my favourites.

[Acoustic1972]

Very nice rendition of a great song. I like the harmonica and the harmony vocals. Smooth performance!

[rfwielebinski]

Hi my friend, love this song.

Like your voicetone apps.

ciao Francis

[Sunambra]

Love your voice

[TheSimmi45]

Super, gefällt mir sehr gut!

Gruß Andreas