{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":202765,"song":"Californication","artist":"Red Hot Chili Peppers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/202765-californication-chords-by-red-hot-chili-peppers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/202765?type=chord","rating":4.75426,"votes":7019,"content":"[Intro]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]     | [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]     | x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPsychic spies from China[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTry to steal your mind's elation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLittle girls from Sweden[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDream of silver screen quotations[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if you want these kind of dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's Californication[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]     | [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]     |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's the edge of the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd all of western civilization[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe sun may rise in the East[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAt least it settled in a final location[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's understood that Hollywood[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nsells Californication[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPay your surgeon very well[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nTo break the spell of aging[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCelebrity skin, is this your chin?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nOr is that war you're waging?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n   First born unicorn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n   Hardcore soft porn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDream of Californication[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDream of Californication[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDream of Californication[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDream of Californication[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]     | [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]     |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMarry me girl, be my fairy to the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBe my very own constellation[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA teenage bride with a baby inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGetting high on information[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd buy me a star on the boulevard[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's Californication[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]     | [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]     |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSpace may be the final frontier[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut it's made in a Hollywood basement[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd Cobain can you hear the spheres[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSinging songs off station to station?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Alderaan's not far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's Californication[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] |\r\n  Ooooo - ooooh   Oooo -  ooooh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBorn and raised by those who praise[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nControl of population[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEverybody's been there and[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nI don't mean on vacation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n   First born unicorn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n   Hardcore soft porn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDream of Californication[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDream of Californication[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDream of Californication[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDream of Californication[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n| [ch]F#m[/ch]   | [ch]D[/ch]     | [ch]F#m[/ch]   | [ch]D[/ch]     |\r\n| [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  | [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  | [ch]F#m[/ch]   | [ch]D[/ch]     |\r\n| [ch]F#m[/ch]   | [ch]D[/ch]     | [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  | [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  | [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  | [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  | [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]     | [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]     |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDestruction leads to a very rough road[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut it also breeds creation[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd earthquakes are to a girl's guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey're just another good vibration[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd tidal waves couldn't save the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFrom Californication[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] |\r\n  Ooooo - ooooh   Oooo -  ooooh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPay your surgeon very well[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nTo break the spell of aging[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSicker than the rest, there is no test[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nBut this is what you're craving[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n   First born unicorn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n   Hardcore soft porn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDream of Californication[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDream of Californication[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDream of Californication[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDream of Californication[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n| Am    | F     | Am    | F     | x2\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| Am    | F     | Am    | F     |\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| Am    | Fmaj7 | Am    | Fmaj7 |\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| Am    | F     | Am    | F     |\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| Am    | F     | Am    | F     |\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n| F#m   | D     | F#m   | D     |\n| Bm D  | A  E  | F#m   | D     |\n| F#m   | D     | Bm D  | A  E  |\n| Bm D  | A  E  | Bm D  | A  E  |\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| Am    | F     | Am    | F     |\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","F","C","G","Dm","Fmaj7","A","F#m","D","Bm","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}