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      [Intro]
Am  F   Am  F
Am  F   Am  F

[Verse I]
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
Am  F   Am  F

[Verse II]
         Am
It's the edge of the world
           F
And all of western civilization
    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
Am  Fmaj7   Am  Fmaj7

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

[Chorus]
C            G     Dm     Am
Dream of Californication
C            G     Dm
Dream of Californication

Am  F   Am  F

[Verse III]
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
Getting high on information
    C                   G 
And buy me a star on the boulevard
     F        Dm
It's Californication

Am  F   Am  F
 
[Verse IV]
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 Alderon's not far away
     F        Dm
It's Californication
Am  Fmaj7   Am  Fmaj7

[Pre Chorus II]
Am
Born and raised by those who praise       
   Fmaj7               
Control of population 
 Am
Everybody's been there and
  Fmaj7
I don't mean on vacation
Am            Fmaj7
First born unicorn
Am            Fmaj7
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[Chorus]
C            G    Dm      Am
Dream of Californication
C            G    Dm
Dream of Californication
C            G    Dm      Am
Dream of Californication
C            G    Dm
Dream of Californication

[Solo/Interlude]
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 V]
   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

Am  Fmaj7   Am  Fmaj7

[Pre Chorus III]
Am
Pay your surgeon very well
   Fmaj7
To break the spell of aging
Am
Sicker than the rest, there is no test
    Fmaj7     
But this is what you're craving
Am            Fmaj7
First born unicorn
Am            Fmaj7
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[Chorus]
C            G    Dm     Am
Dream of Californication
C            G    Dm
Dream of Californication
C            G    Dm     Am
Dream of Californication
C            G    Dm     (Am)
Dream of Californication
    

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