This is as correct as i can tell. The original you have on this site is
definately incorrect however.
Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Tabbed by Chris Ford.
Intro, and played throughout verse. The little trill is played by the bass,
NOT by the guitar.
RIFF 1:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------0--1-------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------0----2---------------------------
D-----------2---------------------------------------------------repeated-x4---
A------0-------------------------------3--------------------------------------
E--------------------------------1--------------------------------------------
Psychic spies from China
Try to steal your minds elation
Little girls from Sweden
Dream of silver screen quotations
RIFF 2:
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------0------------------------------------------------------------2--------
D------------2---------------------------0----------------------3---------------------0--
A-----3----------------------------2-----------------------3---------------0---------------
E-----------------------------3-----------------------1---------------1---------------------
And if you want these kind of dreams...Its
Californica.....................tion
Repeat RIFF1 x 2, and throughout 2nd verse.
Its the edge of the world
And all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the East
At least it settles in the final location
Repeat RIFF2.
Its understood that Hollywood
sells Californication
RIFF 3: strum chords Aminor followed by F(without the top f on the E string)
x 2, and
throughout following verse and beginning of Chorus:
Am
Pay your surgen very well
F
To break the spell of ageing
Am
Celebrity skin is this your chin
F
Or is that war your waging
Chorus:
Am F
First born unicorn
Am F
Hard core soft porn
C G Dm Am
Dream of Californication
C G Dm
Dream of Californication
Repeat RIFF 1 x2, and throughout next verse:
Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
Be my very own constellation
A teenage bride with a baby inside
Getting high on information
RIFF 2:
And buy me a star on the boulevard
Its Californication
Repeat RIFF 1 x2, and throughout verse:
Space may be the final frontier
But its made in a Hollywood basement
Cobain can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station
Repeat RIFF 2:
And Alderons not far away
Its Californication
Repeat RIFF 3 x2, and throughout next verse as in previous strumming verse:
Born and raised by those who praise
Control of population everybodys been there
and
I dont mean on vacation
Repeat Chorus
GUITAR SOLO
e-------5----9---------------5----9-------------------------------------------------------
B------------------8--7---------------8--7------777---7----5---------------------5----
G-------------------------------------------------------------------66--------4-6--------
e-----------------------------5------9------12-------14---------5------9-----12----15-14
B------9-----7----5----------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------6--------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----17---16----14---12---14--12--------12-----------------------12----------------
B--------------------------------------14---------14---14--14--14--------14---------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e------/16--14--12-------12------------------------12----------------------------------
B---------------------14-------14------12-----------------15-----14-------------------
G-----------------------------------------------14--------------------------14
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Repeat RIFF 1 x 2 and throughout verse:
Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girls guitar
Theyre just another good vibration
Repeat RIFF 2
And tidal waves couldnt save the world
>From Californication
Repeat RIFF 3 x 2 and throughout verse:
Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of ageing
Sicker than the rest
There is no test
But this is what youre craving
Repeat Chorus.
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