Home > Rock & Pop > Red Hot Chili Peppers >
Californication Guitar Tablature
this is the full and correct version of the song.

Title: Californication
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
tabbed by: Luc1d M1nds

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)

[Note: 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 you’re waging
Am              Fmaj7
  First born unicorn
Am               Fmaj7
  Hard core soft porn

Chorus: (strum the chords)
C            G    Dm    Am
Dream of Californication
C            G    Dm
Dream of Californication

Am  F  Am  F (picking)

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
Hard core 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------12--------------------------------
B|---------------------------14------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---------------14--|
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
Hard core 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
Previous guitar tablature in Red Hot Chili Peppers :: Next guitar tablature in Red Hot Chili Peppers