Californication

Intro: 0:00
Am | F  - x4

Verse 1: 0:20
  Am
Psychic spies from China
         F
Try to steal your mind's elation;
 Am
Little girls from Sweden
          F
Dream of silver screen quotations.

    C                  G
And if you want these kind of dreams
      F        Dm
It's Californication.

Instrumental: 0:35
Am | F  - x2

Verse 2: 0:45
Am
It's the edge of the world
            F
And all of western civ'lization;
     Am
The sun may rise in the East
             F
At least it settles in the final location.

     C                G
It's understood that Hollywood
       F        Dm
Sells Californication.

Instrumental: 1:00
Am | F  - x2

Pre-chorus 1: 1:10
 Am
Pay your surgeon very well
    F
To break the spell of aging
   Am
Celebrity skin, is this your chin,
   F
Or is that war your waging?

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Chorus: 1:30
  C           G7   Dm7   Am
Dream of Californication.
  C           G7   Dm7
Dream of Californication.

Instrumental: 1:40
Am | F | Am | F

Verse 3: 1:50
 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
Gettin' high on information.

     C                    G
And buy me a star on the boulevard;
      F        Dm
It's Californication.

Instrumental: 2:05
Am | F  - x2

Verse 4: 2:15
  Am
Space may be the final frontier,
          F
But it's made in a Hollywood basement;
 Am
Cobain can you hear the spheres
         F
Singing songs off station to station.

    C               G
And Alderaan's not far away;
      F        Dm
It's Californication.

Instrumental: 2:30
Am | F  - x2

Pre-chorus 2: 2:40
 Am
Born and raised by those who praise,
     F
Control of population.
Am
Everybody's been there and
   F
I don't mean on vacation.

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[Chorus] (x2) 2:59 3:09

Solo: 3:19
F#m | D | F#m | D
Bm D | A E
F#m | D | F#m D
Bm D | A E  - x3
Am | F | Am | F

Verse 5: 4:08
     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

     C                    G
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
      F        Dm
From Californication.

Instrumental: 4:24
Am | F  - x2

Pre-chorus 3: 4:33
 Am
Pay your surgeon very well
     F
To break the spell of aging.
 Am
Sicker than the rest, there is no test.
      F
But this is what you're craving.

Am               F
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[Chorus] (x2) 4:53 5:02