CALIFORNICATION (PERFECT)

This is my absolutely genius version of Californication. You'll find that it is perfect.




Intro + Verses (play during verses over chords)- Primary Riff

       Am      F
E:---------|---------|   \
B:-----0-1-|---------|    \
G:---------|-----0-2-|     \  play at 4 beats per bar
D:---2-----|---------|     /
A:-0-------|---3-----|    /
E:---------|-1-------|   /


Verse End (play during final line of verse over chords)- Secondary Riff

      C        G        Am        D
E:---------|---------|---------|-----2---|  \
B:-----1---|-----0---|-----1---|-------3-|   \
G:-------0-|-------0-|-------2-|---2-----|    \  play at 6 beats per bar
D:---2-----|---0-----|---2-----|-0-------|    /
A:-3-------|-2-------|-0-------|---------|   /
E:---------|---------|---------|---------|  /


Chords Used (throughout song by second guitar, lead plays chords during chorus)

     Am      F       C       G       D
E:---0---|---1---|---0---|---3---|---2---|  \
B:---1---|---1---|---1---|---0---|---3---|   \
G:---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---|---2---|    \  play at 4 beats per bar
D:---2---|---3---|---2---|---0---|---0---|    /
A:---0---|---0---|---3---|---2---|---0---|   /
E:---0---|---x---|---x---|---3---|---x---|  /



VERSE 1:

(Primary Riff)
Am                               F
Psychic spies from China try to, steal your minds elation
Am                                     F
And little girls from Sweden dream of, silver screen quotations

(Secondary Riff)
C                  G             Am            D
And if you want / these kinda / dreams it’s / Californication



VERSE 2:

(Primary Riff)
Am                          F
It’s the edge of the world, in all of western civilization
Am                                         F
The sun may rise in the east at least it, settles in a final location

(Secondary Riff)
C                 G               Am       D
Its understood / that Hollywood / sells / californication








PRE-CHORUS 1:

Am                          F
Pay your surgeon very well, to break the spell of aging

Am                                F
Celebrity skin is this your chin, or is that war you’re waging

Am         F
First-born unicorn

Am             F
Hard core soft porn





CHORUS:

C               G       Am
Dream of Cali / forni / cation
C               G       Am
Dream of Cali / forni / cation



VERSE 3:

(Primary Riff)
Am                                       F
Marry me girl be my fairy to the world, be my very own constellation
Am                                   F
A teenage bride with a baby inside, getting high on information

(Secondary Riff)
C                     G               Am     D
And buy me a star / on a boulevard / its / californication



VERSE 4:

(Primary Riff)
Am                                 F
Space may be the final frontier, but it’s made in the Hollywood basement
Am                                     F
And Cobaine can you hear the spheres, singing songs of station to station

(Secondary Riff)
C                 G            Am       D
And Alderon’s / not far away / its / californication



PRE-CHORUS 2:

Am                                   F
Born and raised by those who praise, control the population

Am                      F
Everybody’s been there, and I don’t mean on vacation

Am         F
First-born unicorn

Am             F
Hard core soft porn







CHORUS:

C               G       Am
Dream of Cali / forni / cation
C               G       Am
Dream of Cali / forni / cation





SOLO:


^^ - Bend

E:----9-------9----|------------------------------------
B:-10---^^-10---^^-|-------------^--------------^^------
G:------11------11-|-11-11-11-11-9---------^^-9-11-9----
D:-----------------|---------------11-11-9-11--------11-
A:-----------------|------------------------------------
E:-----------------|------------------------------------


           ^^         ^^ ^^                          ^
E:----9-12-14----9-12-15-14-|-17-16-14-12-14-12-9-12-9-9-
B:-10---------10------------|----------------------------
G:--------------------------|----------------------------
D:--------------------------|----------------------------
A:--------------------------|----------------------------
E:--------------------------|----------------------------


   ^        ^^
E:-9-9-12-9-14-12-9-12-9-|-------12-10-9-^^-|
B:-----------------------|-12-10---------10-|
G:-----------------------|------------------|
D:-----------------------|------------------|
A:-----------------------|------------------|
E:-----------------------|------------------|




VERSE 5:

(Primary Riff)
Am                                      F
Destruction leads to a very rough road, but it also breed creation
Am                                       F
An earthquake starts to a girl’s guitar, that’s just another good vibration

(Secondary Riff)
C                  G                         Am     D
And tidal waves / couldn’t save the world / from / californication











PRE-CHORUS 3:

Am                          F
Pay your surgeon very well, to break the spell of ageing

Am                                     F
Sicker than the rest there is no test, but this is what you’re craving

Am         F
First-born unicorn

Am             F
Hard core soft porn


CHORUS:

C               G       Am
Dream of Cali / forni / cation

C               G       Am
Dream of Cali / forni / cation

C               G       Am
Dream of Cali / forni / cation (let final Am fade......)