Band: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Song: Californication
Album: Californication
Tabbed By: Brian H.
Email: weezer090@hotmail.com


Wow, what a killer song, this song will be a classic in a few years.. It's really
simple to play, just basic chords, played on a clean electric.. have fun!


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)


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 your waging

Am               Fmaj7
   First born unicorn

Am                Fmaj7
   Hard core soft porn



CHORUS:

C            G    Dm     Am
Dream of Californication

C            G    Dm
Dream of Californication

Am   F   Am   F



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
Hardcore 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---------------------------------------
B--------------------------14--17--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---------------12--|
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
Hardcore 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



Isn't that cool? I love that song, and it has a GREAT video with it as well!! I told you
it was easy.. have fun showing off to your friends! =) .. later!