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Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers
All-time classics Rock & alternative 90s & 2000s
KeyAm
Capo—
LevelEasy
Transpose Am 0
Text
Chord sheet
Chords are positioned above the lyric change point

Intro

AmFAmF | x2
 
 

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
CG
And if you want these kind of dreams
FDm
It's Californication
 
 

Interlude

AmFAmF |
 
 

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 settled in a final location
CG
It's understood that Hollywood
FDm
sells Californication
 
 

Interlude

AmFmaj7AmFmaj7 |
 
 

Pre-Chorus 1

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 you're waging?
AmFmaj7
First born unicorn
AmFmaj7
Hardcore soft porn
 
 

Chorus

CGDmAm
Dream of Californication
CGDm
Dream of Californication
CGDmAm
Dream of Californication
CGDm
Dream of Californication
 
 

Interlude

AmFAmF |
 
 

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
CG
And buy me a star on the boulevard
FDm
It's Californication
 
 

Interlude

AmFAmF |
 
 

Verse 4

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

Interlude

AmFmaj7AmFmaj7 |
Ooooo - ooooh Oooo - ooooh
 
 

Pre-Chorus 2

Am
Born and raised by those who praise
Fmaj7
Control of population
Am
Everybody's been there and
Fmaj7
I don't mean on vacation
AmFmaj7
First born unicorn
AmFmaj7
Hardcore soft porn
 
 

Chorus

CGDmAm
Dream of Californication
CGDm
Dream of Californication
CGDmAm
Dream of Californication
CGDm
Dream of Californication
 
 

Solo

F#mDF#mD |
BmDAEF#mD |
F#mDBmDAE |
BmDAEBmDAE |
 
 

Interlude

AmFAmF |
 
 

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
CG
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
FDm
From Californication
 
 

Interlude

AmFmaj7AmFmaj7 |
Ooooo - ooooh Oooo - ooooh
 
 

Pre-Chorus 3

Am
Pay your surgeon very well
Fmaj7
To break the spell of aging
Am
Sicker than the rest, there is no test
Fmaj7
But this is what you're craving
AmFmaj7
First born unicorn
AmFmaj7
Hardcore soft porn
 
 

Chorus

CGDmAm
Dream of Californication
CGDm
Dream of Californication
CGDmAm
Dream of Californication
CGDm
Dream of Californication
End

How to play Californication chords

This Chordsurf arrangement of Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers is presented in the key of Am. Use the transpose controls above the sheet to move every chord together while keeping the lyric-change positions aligned.

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