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Californication tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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INTRO

   Chord diagramA minorAm                             Chord diagramFF
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------0---1----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------------------------0---2----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----2------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0---------------------------------3------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------1----------------------------|


VERSE

    Chord diagramC5C5                Chord diagramG5G5                   Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramDmDm
e|--------------------------------------------------------1----|
Chord diagramBB|---------5----------------------------------------------3----|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------------4-------------------------2-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----5-----5----------------------------------3----0---------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--3---------------------5-----5-------------3----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------3-------------------1-------------------|
  If you want....                       ...it’s Californication
PRE-CHORUS
(strum)

   Chord diagramA minorAm                            F7M
e|-0------------------------------0---------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-1------------------------------1---------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-2------------------------------2---------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2------------------------------2---------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0------------------------------3---------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------|

Pay your surgeon very well...


CHORUS
(strum)

(Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramA minorAm)    (Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramDmDm)
Dream of ......


*This tab has been adapted from the tab’s written by F@B

4/4
  Gtr I
                ~~                  ~~                ~
|----9------------------9----------------------------------|
|-10-----------------10------------------7-7-5--7p5--------|
|-------11b12r=11-----------11b12r=11---------------6-6----|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
      ~              ~                ~~              ~~~~~~
|-----------------------------9--12--14-------9--12--14b16r==14----|
|-----5--7b8.5r=7--5-------10--------------10----------------------|
|-4-6----------------6---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-17-16-14----14---------------------------------------------------12--------|
|----------17-----17-14-17---14---14---------14---------14-------------14----|
|---------------------------------16b17.5====16b17.5====16b17.5==============|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                                  ~~
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-19b20r==19--17------17--------------17--15--14-------|
|-----------------18------18--16--14-------------14----|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h   - hammer-on
p   - pull-off
b   - bend
pb  - pre-bend
r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s   - legato slide
S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~   - vibrato
tr  - trill
T   - tap
TP  - trem. picking
PM  - palm muting

/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

  - tremolo bar down
n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
=   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
|  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
:  - bar (freetime)
$  - Segno
&  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths,
s16 = swing 16ths

Californication tab

Californication is from the album with the same name released in 2000. The sparse combination of guitar and bass notes in the main riff is one of the reasons why these Red Hot chili Peppers Californication guitar tabs are so fun to play. This is a unique song by a unique band.

The song was written by the whole band and they got the inspiration from the song “Carnage visors” released by The Cure some years earlier. The Californication guitar tabs ticks in at five and a half minutes. The guitar used on the album is a vintage Gretsh White Falcon while John Frusciante used a White Falcon when playing it live. Many of the Red Hot Chili Peppers songs are about the dark side of California, LA and Hollywood. Looking at the Californication guitar tabs or the lyrics you will find references to plastic surgery, porn, Star Wars and Kurt Kobain.

Other versions of Californication

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