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Californication Guitar Tablature
Tabbed By: Arun Bala 

/ - slide
^ -bend
Chords - Am 002210   Fmaj7 133210   C 032010    Dm 000231  G(7) 320001  Dm9 0560
 
e--------------------------------            e--------------------------------
b-------------0---1-------------             b--------------------------------
g--------------------------------            g-------------0---2--------------   main riff
d-------2------------------------            d--------------------------------
a----0---------------------------            a--------3-----------------------
e--------------------------------            e---1----------------------------

Play through verse 1 then to
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1------------
b----------5-------------------------------------------------------------------3-----3------------
g-----------------------------------4-------------------------2----------------------2------------
d-----5---------5---------------------------------------------------------0----------0------------
a-3----------------------------5----------5--------------3---------3-----------------------------
e-----------------------3-------------------------1-----------------------------------------------
  if you  want these  kinds   of  dreams its     cal     i   for   ni     ca  tion
(substitute verses as they change for verse change i.e. verse 2 starts on understood)

Back to main riff for verse 2 then

Chorus
Am                                Fmaj7
Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging
    Am                               Fmaj7
Celebrity skin is this your chin or is that war your waging
Am                  Fmaj7       Am                   Fmaj7
  First born unicorn              hard core soft porn
 C              G7         Dm9   Am              C                G7        Dm9
Dream of cal i  for  ni  ca  tion               Dream of cal  i  for  ni  ca   tion

Back to main riff for verse 3 and 4(they are played together)

Am                                        Fmaj7
Born and raised by those who praise, control the population
         Am                           Fmaj7
Well everybody’s been there and I don’t mean on vacation
Am                  Fmaj7       Am                   Fmaj7
  First born unicorn              hard core soft porn
 C                G7        Dm9    Am              C               G7         Dm9
Dream of cal  i  for  ni  ca   tion               Dream of cal  i  for  ni  ca   tion


Guitar Solo
e----------9-----------------------------------9---------------------------
b---10-----------------------------------10--------------------------------
g------------------11^--------------------------------11^------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------------------------------
g—(11)-----11---11---11----------11/9--------------------------------------
d------------------------------------------------11--11--------9--11-------
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------9------12------14----------
b---------------------------------------10---------------------------------
g----9---11^----------9----------------------------------------------------
d---------------------------11---------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------

e—(14)------------------9-----12-------14^------------14-------------------
b-----------------10-------------------------------------------------------
g--------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------

e-17---16---14-------------14----------------------------------------------
b---------------------17---------17---14---17---14---14----14--------------
g---------------------------------------------------------16^--16^---------
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------

e--------------------------14^-------12----------12------------------------
b--14--------17---14-----------------------14----------14------12----------
g—-16^---------------------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------




e-----------12-----10-----9---------
b----10-----------------------------
g-----------------------------------
d-----------------------------------
a-----------------------------------
e-----------------------------------

Back to main riff for verse 5

Am                                Fmaj7
Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging
    Am                                        Fmaj7
Sicker than the rest, there is no test but this is what your craving
Am                  Fmaj7       Am                   Fmaj7
  First born unicorn              hard core soft porn
 C             G7         Dm9    Am             C                G7        Dm9
Dream of cal i for  ni  ca  tion               Dream of cal  i  for  ni  ca   tion

Then play dream of californication again.
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