Californication Chords – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Intro

  Am    F      Am    F
|     |      |     |      | x2

Verse 1

Am
Psychic spies from China
       F
Try to steal your mind's elation
Am
Little girls from Sweden
         F
Dream of silver screen quotations
    C                 G
And if you want these kind of dreams
     F              Dm
It's Californication

Interlude

Am F Am F

Verse 2

     Am
It's the edge of the world
           F
And all of western civilization
    Am
The sun may rise in the East
            F
At least it settled in a final location
     C               G
It's understood that Hollywood
      F              Dm
sells Californication

Interlude

Am Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7

Pre-Chorus 1

Am
Pay your surgeon very well
   Fmaj7
To break the spell of aging
Am
Celebrity skin, is this your chin?
   Fmaj7
Or is that war you're waging?
Am         Fmaj7
First born unicorn
Am            Fmaj7
Hardcore soft porn

Chorus

C        G              Dm Am
Dream of Californication
C        G              Dm
Dream of Californication
C        G              Dm Am
Dream of Californication
C        G              Dm
Dream of Californication

Interlude

Am F Am F

Verse 3

Am
Marry me girl, be my fairy to the world
      F
Be my very own constellation
  Am
A teenage bride with a baby inside
        F
Getting high on information
    C                    G
And buy me a star on the boulevard
     F              Dm
It's Californication

Interlude

Am F Am F

Verse 4

Am
Space may be the final frontier
         F
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
    Am
And Cobain can you hear the spheres
        F
Singing songs off station to station?
    C              G
And Alderaan's not far away
     F              Dm
It's Californication

Interlude

Am      Fmaj7   Am      Fmaj7
Ooooo - ooooh   Oooo -  ooooh

Pre-Chorus 2

Am
Born and raised by those who praise
Fmaj7
Control of population
Am
Everybody's been there and
  Fmaj7
I don't mean on vacation
Am         Fmaj7
First born unicorn
Am            Fmaj7
Hardcore soft porn

Chorus

C        G              Dm Am
Dream of Californication
C        G              Dm
Dream of Californication
C        G              Dm Am
Dream of Californication
C        G              Dm
Dream of Californication

Solo

F#m D F#m D
Bm D A E F#m D
F#m D Bm D A E
Bm D A E Bm D A E

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B|-10--------------|-----------|-10--------------|-------------------|----------------------|
G|----------11br13-|-----------|----------11br13-|-------------11-11-|-11-11p9--------------|
D|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------|---------11-11---9-11-|
A|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------|

e|------------------|--------------14--|---------------|--------------14b16-|-14---------|
B|------------------|------14--17------|---------------|------14--17--------|------------|
G|-9---11br13-9-----|-14---------------|---------------|-14-----------------|------------|
D|--------------11--|------------------|---------------|--------------------|------------|
A|------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|------------|
E|------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|------------|

e|-17--16--14------|-14--------------|----------------|-----------------|
B|-------------17--|------17-14--17--|-14--14---14----|---14----17--14--|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----16b--16b---|---16b-----------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

e|-14br16---------------|---------------------|
B|---------17-14-17-14--|-------17-15-14------|
G|----------------------|-16-14-----------14--|
D|----------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------|---------------------|

Interlude

Am F Am F

Verse 5

Am
Destruction leads to a very rough road
       F
But it also breeds creation
    Am
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
        F
They're just another good vibration
    C                    G
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
     F              Dm
From Californication

Interlude

Am      Fmaj7   Am      Fmaj7
Ooooo - ooooh   Oooo -  ooooh

Pre-Chorus 3

Am
Pay your surgeon very well
   Fmaj7
To break the spell of aging
Am
Sicker than the rest, there is no test
    Fmaj7
But this is what you're craving
Am         Fmaj7
First born unicorn
Am            Fmaj7
Hardcore soft porn

Chorus

C        G              Dm Am
Dream of Californication
C        G              Dm
Dream of Californication
C        G              Dm Am
Dream of Californication
C        G              Dm
Dream of Californication