********************************************************************** This is an official QUALITY TABS INC. TabFile ********************************************************************** This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research. ********************************************************************** SONG TITLE: Californication ARTIST/GROUP: Red Hot Chili Peppers ALBUM: Californication TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk ********************************************************************** CHORDS: ------- EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE Am (x02210) Dm (xx0231) Bm (x24432) F (133211) Fmaj7 (x33210) A (x02220) C (x32010) F#m (244222) E (022100) G (320033) D (xx0232) Great new song from the chili peppers. Easy too! I've tabbed it all, even the solo. Just one thing, Fmaj7 (x33210), if you're used to using your thumb you should play it (133210) with the thumb on the low E string. It sounds better, but it's harder. INTRO: ------ Am F Am F Am F Am F Am F E|---------------------------| B|-------0-1-----------------| Play the intro with this picking. G|---------------------0-2---| Also use this picking in the verses. D|----2----------------------| A|--0---------------3--------| E|----------------1----------| VERSE 1: [with picking above] -------- 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 Am F Am F It's Californication [The picking for the last two lines 'C G F Dm' goes like this:] C G F Dm E|------0--------------------------1---| B|---------------------------------3---| G|----0---0------4--------2------2-----| Then the Am F are picked D|-------------0---0-----------0-------| normally. A|--3-------------------3---3----------| E|-----------3--------1----------------| VERSE 2: [same picking as VERSE 1] -------- 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 settles in the final location C G It's understood that Hollywood F Dm sells Californication PRE-CHORUS: [strum the chords] ----------- Am Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7 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 your waging Am Fmaj7 First born unicorn Am Fmaj7 Hard core soft porn CHORUS: ------- C G Dm Am Dream of Californication C G Dm Dream of Californication Am F Am F VERSE 3: [Play like VERSE 1] -------- 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 VERSE 4: [Play like VERSE 2] -------- 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 PRE-CHORUS: [play like first PRE-CHORUS] ----------- Born and raised by those who praise Control of population Everybody's been there and I don't mean on vacation First born unicorn 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 GUITAR-SOLO: ------------ b = bend r = release h = hammer-on p = pull-off F#m D F#m D Bm E|-------9----------------------9------------------------------------ B|--10---------------------10---------------------------------------- G|-----------11b13r11---------------11b13r11-----11-11-11-11p9------- D|-------------------------------------------------------------11-11- A|------------------------------------------------------------------- E|------------------------------------------------------------------- D A E F#m D F#m D E------------------------------9---12---14---------9---12---14b16-14- B-------------------------10------------------10--------------------- G------9--11b13r11-9------------------------------------------------- D-9-11---------------11---------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------- Bm D A E Bm D A E---17--16--14--12--14--12--------------------------------------- B--------------------------14--17--14---14-------14-------14----- G---------------------------------------16b18----16b18----16b18-- D---------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------- E Bm D A E Am E---12------14b16r14-12-----12---------------12--------------| B-------14--------------14------14--12-----------15--14------| G---------------------------------------14---------------12--| D------------------------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------------------------------| E------------------------------------------------------------| Am F Am F <-play with verse picking VERSE 5: [play like VERSE 2] -------- 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 PRE-CHORUS: [play like first PRE-CHORUS] ----------- Pay your surgeon very well To break the spell of aging Sicker than the rest there is no test But this is what you're craving First born unicorn 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 ********************************************************************** Questions, comments, corrections, requests, send to: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk ********************************************************************** Visit the QUALITY TABS INC. 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