RHCP

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Californication

Guitar Chords

© Chorded by Ocheret M. (https://Muzland.info)

Lyrics and Music by Anthony Kiedis, Michael Peter Balzary, John Anthony Frusciante and Chadwick Gaylord Smith

Intro: Amadd9 | Fadd9  } 4 times

Amadd9
Psychic spies from China
       Fadd9
Try to steal your mind’s elation,
    Amadd9
And little girls from Sweden
         Fadd9
Dream of silver screen quotations.
    C                 G
And if you want these kind of dreams
     F        Dm
It’s Californication.

Instrumental: Amadd9 | Fadd9  } 2 times

        Amadd9
It’s the edge of the world
           Fadd9
And all of western civilization.
    Amadd9
The sun may rise in the east;
            Fadd9
At least it settles in the final location.
     C               G
It’s understood that Hollywood
      F        Dm
Sells Californication.

Instrumental: Am Am Am Am/B Am/C | Fmaj Fmaj Fmaj/C Fmaj/B Fmaj/G
              Am Am Am Am/B Am/C | Fmaj Fmaj Fmaj/E Fmaj/D Fmaj/C Fmaj/B

   Am
   Pay your surgeon very well
      Fmaj
   To break the spell of aging.
     Am
   Celebrity skin, is this your chin
      Fmaj
   Or is that war you’re waging?

Chorus:
  Am                Fmaj
     First born unicorn.
  Am                 Fmaj
     Hard core soft porn.
     C            G7   Dm      Am
     Dream of Californication.
     C            G7   Dm
     Dream of Californication.

Instrumental: Amadd9 | Fadd9  } 2 times

Amadd9
Marry me girl, be my fairy to the world,
      Fadd9
Be my very own constellation,
  Amadd9
A teenage bride with a baby inside
        Fadd9
Getting high on information.
    C                    G
And buy me a star on the boulevard.
     F        Dm
It’s Californication.

Instrumental: Amadd9 | Fadd9  } 2 times

Amadd9
Space may be the final frontier,
         Fadd9
But it’s made in a Hollywood basement.
    Amadd9
And Cobain, can you hear the spheres
        Fadd9
Singing songs off station to station?
    C             G
And Alderon’s not far away;
     F        Dm
It’s Californication.

Instrumental: Am Am Am Am/B Am/C | Fmaj Fmaj Fmaj/C Fmaj/B Fmaj/G
              Am Am Am Am/B Am/C | Fmaj Fmaj Fmaj/C Fmaj/B Fmaj/A Fmaj

   Am
   Born and raised by those who praise
       Fmaj
   Control of population.
   Am
   Everybody’s been there and
     Fmaj
   I don’t mean on vacation.

Chorus:
  Am                Fmaj
     First born unicorn.
  Am                 Fmaj
     Hard core soft porn.
     C            G7   Dm      Am
     Dream of Californication.
     C            G7   Dm
     Dream of Californication.
     C            G7   Dm      Am
     Dream of Californication.
     C            G7   Dm
     Dream of Californication.

Instrumental: F#m F#madd9 F#madd9/E | Dmaj  } 2 times
              Bmadd9 D6 | Amaj E6
              F#m F#madd9 F#madd9/E | Dmaj  } 2 times
              Bm7 Bm6 D Dadd9 | A6 A E6 E
              Bmadd9 Dmaj | A E6 | Bmadd9 Dmaj | A E
              Amadd9 | Fadd9  } 2 times

  Amadd9
Destruction leads to a very rough road,
       Fadd9
But it also breeds creation.
    Amadd9
And earthquakes are, to a girl’s guitar,
        Fadd9
They’re just another good vibration.
    C                    G
And tidal waves couldn’t save the world
     F        Dm
From Californication.

Instrumental: Am Am Am Am/B Am/C | Fmaj Fmaj Fmaj/C Fmaj/B Fmaj/G
              Am Am Am Am/B Am/C | Fmaj Fmaj Fmaj/D Fmaj/C Fmaj/B Fmaj/G

   Am
   Pay your surgeon very well
      Fmaj
   To break the spell of aging.
   Am
   Sicker than the rest, there is no test,
       Fmaj
   But this is what you’re craving.

Chorus:
  Am                Fmaj
     First born unicorn.
  Am                 Fmaj
     Hard core soft porn.
     C            G7   Dm      Am
     Dream of Californication.
     C            G7   Dm
     Dream of Californication.
     C            G7   Dm      Am
     Dream of Californication.
     C            G7   Dm
     Dream of Californication.