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Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers
ChordsKeyAmadvanced96 BPM
★4.9(7k)

Chords in this song11

Intro

| Am | F | Am | F | x2

Verse 1

Psychic spies from China
Try to steal your mind's elation
Little girls from Sweden
Dream of silver screen quotations
And if you want these kind of dreams
It's Californication

Interlude

| Am | F | Am | F |

Verse 2

It's the edge of the world
And all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the East
At least it settled in a final location
It's understood that Hollywood
sells Californication

Interlude

| Am | Fmaj7 | Am | Fmaj7 |

Pre-Chorus 1

Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Celebrity skin, is this your chin?
Or is that war you're waging?
First born unicorn
Hardcore soft porn

Chorus

Dream of Californication 
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication 
Dream of Californication

Interlude

| Am | F | Am | F |

Verse 3

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

Interlude

| Am | F | Am | F |

Verse 4

Space may be the final frontier
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
And Cobain can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station?
And Alderaan's not far away
It's Californication

Interlude

| Am | Fmaj7 | Am | Fmaj7 |
Ooooo - ooooh Oooo - ooooh

Pre-Chorus 2

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

Dream of Californication 
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication 
Dream of Californication

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 |

Verse 5

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

Interlude

| Am | Fmaj7 | Am | Fmaj7 |
Ooooo - ooooh Oooo - ooooh

Pre-Chorus 3

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

Dream of Californication 
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication 
Dream of Californication

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