Californication guitar tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Californication guitar tab

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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication
Taken from the album "Californication"
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Hope you have fun playing around with this, it's a beautiful track. My tip is to
Also, most of the solo is on the top string so try to have good poise with the l
Enjoy luv nat :0)

Chords I use: F (133211) Am (002210) C (332010) Dm (000231) G (355433)  

Intro (x4):
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----0-1-------
-----------0-2
--2-----------
-0-------3----
--------1-----

Verse (same riff as intro x2, followed by):
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---------------3
---0----------2-
--2----0---3-0--
-3----2---3-----
-----3---1------

Lyrics: 
Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elation
Little girls from Sweden dream of silver screen quotations
And if you want these kind of dreams it's Californication


Repeat intro + bridge riff in second verse

Lyrics:
It's the edge of the world and all of western civilisation
The sun may rise in the East at least it settles in the final location
It's understood that Hollywood sells Californication
Then there is a break before chorus where an Am chord is played followed by F (l

Chorus:
Am                            F
Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of ageing
Am                                  F
Celebrity skin is this your chin or is that war you're waging
Am            F
First born unicorn
Am            F
Hard core soft porn
C            G      Dm     Am
Dream of Californication
C            G         Am
Dream of Californication

For third and fourth verses repeat intro + bridge riff 

Lyrics:
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
And buy me a star on the boulevard it's Californication

Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement
Cobain can you hear the spheres singing songs off station to station
And Alderon's not far away it's Californication

Am/F chord break

Chorus (use same chords as before):
Born and raised by those who praise control of population
Everybody's been there and I don't mean on vacation
First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
C            G      Dm    Am
Dream if Californication
C            G          Dm
Dream of Californication
C             G     Dm   Am
Dream of Californication
C             G         Am
Dream of Californication

Solo:
-5-9---5-9-----------------------------5-9-12-14-5-9-12-16-14
----9-7---9-7-7-7-7-7-5-------5-9-7-5------------------------
-----------------------6-6-4-6-------6-----------------------
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-17-16-14-12-14-12-9-12-9-9-9-9-12-9-16-14-12-9-12-9-7-5-12-10-9-5
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Repeat intro riff x2 then verse riff (intro + bridge)

Lyrics:
Destruction leads to a very rough road but it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar they're just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn't save the world from Californication

Am/F chord break

Chorus:
Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of ageing
Sicker than the rest there is no test but this is what you're craving
First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Californication (x4)

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