12/15/11

Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers





Intro: Am F 4x

 Verse 1:
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        D
It's Californication
       
Am F x2

 Verse 2:

         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        D
sells Californication

Am F x2

 Pre Chorus:

Am
Pay your surgeon very well
   F
To break the spell of aging
Am  
Celebrity skin is this your chin
    F
Or is that war your waging
Am            F
First born unicorn
Am             F
Hardcore soft porn

 Chorus:

C            G     D      Am
Dream of Californication
C            G     D
Dream of Californication

Am F x2

 Verse 3:

Am      
Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
      F
Be my very own constellation
  Am
A teenage bride with a baby inside
        F
Getting high on information
    C                   G
And buy me a star on the boulevard
     F        D
It's Californication

Am F x2


 Verse 4:
       

Am
Space may be the final frontier
         F
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
Am      
Cobain can you hear the spheres
        F
Singing songs off station to station
     C            G
And Alderon's not far away
     F        D
It's Californication

Am F x2

Pre Chorus 2:

Am
Born and raised by those who praise      
      F              
Control of population
 Am
Everybody's been there and
  F
I don't mean on vacation
Am            F
First born unicorn
Am            F
Hardcore soft porn

 Chorus:
C            G    D       Am
Dream of Californication
C            G    D
Dream of Californication
C            G    D       Am
Dream of Californication
C            G    D
Dream of Californication


F#m D F#m D

Bm D A E

F#m D F#m D

Bm D A E x3

Am F x2

 Verse 5:

Am  
Destruction leads to a very rough road
       F
But it also breeds creation
    Am
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
        F
They're just another good vibration
    C                    G
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
     F        D
From Californication

Am F x2

 Pre Chorus 3:

Am
Pay your surgeon very well
   F
To break the spell of aging
Am
Sicker than the rest there is no test
    F    
But this is what you're craving
Am            F
First born unicorn
Am            F
Hardcore soft porn

 Chorus:

C            G    D      Am
Dream of Californication
C            G    D
Dream of Californication
C            G    D      Am
Dream of Californication
C            G    D
Dream of Californication

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