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Californication Tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Californication tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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INTRO

   Am                             F
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------0---1----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------0---2----------------|
D|-----2------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---------------------------------3------------------------|
E|-------------------------------1----------------------------|


VERSE

    C5                G5                   F         Dm
e|--------------------------------------------------------1----|
B|---------5----------------------------------------------3----|
G|---------------------------4-------------------------2-------|
D|-----5-----5----------------------------------3----0---------|
A|--3---------------------5-----5-------------3----------------|
E|---------------------3-------------------1-------------------|
  If you want....                       ...it’s Californication
🎸
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PRE-CHORUS
(strum)

   Am                            F7M
e|-0------------------------------0---------------------------|
B|-1------------------------------1---------------------------|
G|-2------------------------------2---------------------------|
D|-2------------------------------2---------------------------|
A|-0------------------------------3---------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Pay your surgeon very well...


CHORUS
(strum)

(C            G    F     Am)    (C            G   F  Dm)
Dream of ......



Solo From: "Darzee The good one"
*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

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Red Hot Chili Peppers tabs for Californication

About Californication

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.

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