🎶 Californication

Verse 1
[Bb] Psychic spies from China
Try to [Em] steal your mind's elation
[Bb] Little girls from Sweden
Dream of [Em] silver screen quotations
[A#] And if you want these kind of [Db] dreams
It's [Em] Californica[Eb]tion

Interlude
[Bb] [Em] [Bb] [Em]

Verse 2
It's the [Bb] edge of the world
And all of [Em] western civilization
The [Bb] sun may rise in the East
At least it [Em] settled in a final location
[A#] It's understood that [Db] Hollywood
[Em] sells Californica[Eb]tion

Interlude
[Bb] [Fmaj7] [Bb] [Fmaj7]

Pre-Chorus 1
[Bb] Pay your surgeon very well
To [Fmaj7] break the spell of aging
[Bb] Celebrity skin, is this your chin?
Or is that [Fmaj7] war you're waging?
[Bb] First born [Fmaj7] unicorn
[Bb] Hardcore [Fmaj7] soft porn

Chorus
[A#] Dream of [Db] Californica[Eb]tion [Bb]
[A#] Dream of [Db] Californica[Eb]tion
[A#] Dream of [Db] Californica[Eb]tion [Bb]
[A#] Dream of [Db] Californica[Eb]tion

Interlude
[Bb] [Em] [Bb] [Em]

Verse 3
[Bb] Marry me girl, be my fairy to the world
Be my [Em] very own constellation
A [Bb] teenage bride with a baby inside
Getting [Em] high on information
[A#] And buy me a star on the [Db] boulevard
It's [Em] Californica[Eb]tion

Interlude
[Bb] [Em] [Bb] [Em]

Verse 4
[Bb] Space may be the final frontier
But it's [Em] made in a Hollywood basement
And [Bb] Cobain can you hear the spheres
Singing [Em] songs off station to station?
[A#] And Alderaan's not [Db] far away
It's [Em] Californica[Eb]tion

Interlude
[Bb] [Fmaj7] [Bb] [Fmaj7]
Ooooo - ooooh Oooo - ooooh

Pre-Chorus 2
[Bb] Born and raised by those who praise
[Fmaj7] Control of population
[Bb] Everybody's been there and
I don't [Fmaj7] mean on vacation
[Bb] First born [Fmaj7] unicorn
[Bb] Hardcore [Fmaj7] soft porn

Chorus
[A#] Dream of [Db] Californica[Eb]tion [Bb]
[A#] Dream of [Db] Californica[Eb]tion
[A#] Dream of [Db] Californica[Eb]tion [Bb]
[A#] Dream of [Db] Californica[Eb]tion

Solo
[Ab] [Cb] [Ab] [Cb]
[A#m] [Cb] [Bbm] [D] [Ab] [Cb]
[Ab] [Cb] [A#m] [Cb]
[Bbm] [D] [A#m] [Cb]
[Bbm] [D] [A#m] [Cb]
[Bbm] [D]

Interlude
[Bb] [Em] [Bb] [Em]

Verse 5
[Bb] Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it [Em] also breeds creation
And [Bb] earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
They're just [Em] another good vibration
[A#] And tidal waves couldn't [Db] save the world
From [Em] Californica[Eb]tion

Interlude
[Bb] [Fmaj7] [Bb] [Fmaj7]
Ooooo - ooooh Oooo - ooooh

Pre-Chorus 3
[Bb] Pay your surgeon very well
To [Fmaj7] break the spell of aging
[Bb] Sicker than the rest, there is no test
But [Fmaj7] this is what you're craving
[Bb] First born [Fmaj7] unicorn
[Bb] Hardcore [Fmaj7] soft porn

Chorus
[A#] Dream of [Db] Californica[Eb]tion [Bb]
[A#] Dream of [Db] Californica[Eb]tion
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