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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3
Album : Californication (1999)
[INTRO]
Am F
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Am F x2
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[VERSE I]
Am F
Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elation
Am F
And little girls from Sweden 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 (intro riff)
[VERSE II]
Am F
It's the edge of the world and all of Western civilization
Am F
The sun may rise in the East at least it settles in the final location
C G
It's understood that Hollywood
F Dm
sells Californication
[Interlude]
Am Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7
[PRE-CHORUS I]
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 you're waging
Am Fmaj7
First born unico-orn
Am Fmaj7
Hardcore soft po-orn
[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 (intro riff)
[VERSE III]
Am F
Marry me girl be my fairy to the world be my very own constellation
Am F
A teenage bride with a baby inside getting high on information
C G
And buy me a star on the boulevard
F Dm
It's Californication
[Interlude]
Am F Am F (intro riff)
[VERSE IV]
Am F
Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement
Am F
And Cobain can you hear the spheres singing songs off "Station to Station"?
C G
And Alderaan's not far away
F Dm
It's Californication
[Interlude]
Am Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7
[PRE-CHORUS II]
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
First born unico-orn
Am Fmaj7
Hardcore soft po-orn
[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]
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
[Interlude]
Am F Am F (intro riff)
[VERSE V]
Am F
Destruction leads to a very rough road but it also breeds creation
Am F
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar they're just another “Good Vibration”
C G
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
F Dm
From Californication
[Interlude]
(Oooooooo Ooooooooo)
Am Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7
[PRE-CHORUS III]
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 you’re craving
Am Fmaj7
First born unico-orn
Am Fmaj7
Hardcore soft po-orn
[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
[Picking patterns](During verses)
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<== Play 2 times
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("And If you want these kind of dreams It's californication")
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