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Californication Guitar Tablature
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication

Normal Tuning

Chords
Am: x02210
Fmaj7: x33210
C: x32010
G: 320003
Dm: x00231

Riff 1
           * - - - |          *--|           * - - - |          *--| 
E -------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------
B -----0-1-----------|-------------|-----0-1-----------|-------------
G -------------------|-----0-2-----|-------------------|-----0-2-----
D ---2-----2-0h2p0---|-------0-0---|---2-----2-0h2p0---|-------3-3-0-
A -0---------------3-|---3-------2-|-0---------------3-|---3---------
E -------------------|-1-----------|-------------------|-1-----------
* = played by the bass, but sounds crappy if you leave it out when playing
    alone

Riff 2

E -------|-------|-------|-----1-
B -----1-|-------|-------|-----3-
G ---0---|-----0-|-------|---2---
D -------|---0---|-----3-|-0-----
A -3-----|-------|---3---|-------
E -------|-3-----|-1-----|-------

Riff 3:  Am, Fmaj7

Riff 4:  C, G, Dm, Am
         don't play Dm and Am last time

Solo

                                                         T
E ----9---------9-----|------------------------------------------|
B -10--------10-------|------------------------------------------|
G ------11b-------11b-|-11-11-11-11p9------------9-11b---9-------|
D --------------------|---------------11-11-9-11-----------11-11-|
A --------------------|------------------------------------------|
E --------------------|------------------------------------------|

                       
  ----9-12-14-----9-12-14b--14-|-17-16-14----14------------------------|
  -10----------10--------------|----------17----17-14-17-14-14-14-17-14|
  -----------------------------|---------------------------17b17b------|
  -----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
  -----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
  -----------------------------|---------------------------------------|

  -16-14-------------------------------|
  -------17-14-17-14-------17-15-14----|
  -------------------16-14----------14-|
  -------------------------------------|
  -------------------------------------|
  -------------------------------------|

2 x Riff 1    
    Riff 1  Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elation
            And little girls from Sweden dream of silver screen quotations
    Riff 2  And if you want these kind of dreams it's Californication
    
    Riff 1
    Riff 1  It's the edge of the world in all of western civilization
            The sun may rise in the east at least it's settled in a final location
    Riff 2  It's understood that Hollywood sells Californication

2 x Riff 3
    Riff 3  Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging
    Riff 3  Celebrity skin is this your chin or is that war your waging
    Riff 3  First born unicorn
    Riff 3  Hardcore soft porn
    Riff 4  Dream of Californication
    Riff 4  Dream of Californication

    Riff 1    
    Riff 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
    Riff 2  And buy be a star on the boulevard it's Californication
    
    Riff 1
    Riff 1  Space may be the final fronteir but it's made in a Hollywood basement
            And Cobain can you hear the spheres singing songs off station to station
    Riff 2  And Alderon's not far away it's Californication

2 x Riff 3
    Riff 3  Born and raised by those who praise control of population
    Riff 3  And everybody's been there and I don't mean no vacation
    Riff 3  First born unicorn
    Riff 3  Hardcore soft porn
    Riff 4  Dream of Californication
    Riff 4  Dream of Californication
    Riff 4  Dream of Californication
    Riff 4  Dream of Californication

      Solo

    Riff 1    
    Riff 1  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
    Riff 2  And tidal waves couldn't save the world from Californication

2 x Riff 3
    Riff 3  Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging
    Riff 3  Sicker than therest there is no test but this is what you're craving
    Riff 3  First born unicorn
    Riff 3  Hardcore soft porn
    Riff 4  Dream of Californication
    Riff 4  Dream of Californication
    Riff 4  Dream of Californication
    Riff 4  Dream of Californication
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