If there is anything wrong with this tab - or any critisicm 
     please please please please get in touch with me as this is the first tab i've done,  
     i've spent a long time on it and would be greatly appriciated. 
     thanx.  
           sam 
               J* 




this is any of the bits that require picking. 
    for :  
      the first bar is for the fist lines of the verse. 
      two lines. 

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     Am                 F              C        G       F 
  |-----------------------------|---------------------------| 
  |---------0-1-----------------|---------5-----------------| 
  |----------------------0-2----|------------------4------2-| 
  |---2-------------------------|-------5-------------------| 
  |-0------------------3--------|-----3----------5------3---| 
  |------------------1----------|---------------3------1----| 

  needed chords are: 
    Am F   C  G  F  Am 
  |-0----|-3--3--1--0-| 
  |-1----|-5--3--1--1-| 
  |-2----|-5--4--2--2-| 
  |-2--3-|-5--5--3--2-| 
  |-0--3-|-3--5--3--0-| 
  |----1-|----3--1----|
 

  i use F the abbriviated way fist time round cos its easier 
  if you can manage full F then do. 
    
  n e way: 
                  
  Pick this bit 
 ( Am 
  Phycic spies from china 
         F 
  Try to steal your mind's elation         
  Am               
  Little girls from sweeden  
           F            
  Dream of silver screen quotations  
  C                     G             
  And if you want these kind of dreams 
  F 
  It's californication. 


  Am 
  It's the end of the world 
             F         
  And all of western civilisation 
  Am 
  The sun may rise in the East 
              F 
  At least it settles in a final location 
  C                    G 
  It's understood that Hollywood 
         F 
  Sell's Californication) 
                              start strumming straight after californication 
  Am 
  Pay your Surgeon very well 
     F 
  To break the spell of aging 
  Am 
  Celebraty skin is this your chin 
        F 
  Or is it that war your waging. 
  

         Chorus :  
                  Am         F 
                  First born unicorn 
                  Am             F 
                  Hard core soft porn 
                  C            G    F 
                  Dream of californication 
                  C            G    F 
                  Dream of californication 

  start picking again 

  Am 
  Marry me girl be my fairy to the world 
        F 
  Be my very own constellation 
  Am 
  A tenage bride with a baby inside 
          F 
  getting high on information 
  C                          G 
  And buy me a star from the boulevard 
       F   
  It's californication 
  
  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 song from station to station  
  C                  G             F     
  And alderaan's not far away it's californication 

  Am 
  Born and raised by those who praise 
      F                 Am 
  control of population everybody's been there and 
      F  
  i don't mean on vacation 


  Chorus 
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   Now comes the solo i've only tabbed the top three strings as these  
   are all you need.  
  
    
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   e|----9----------9^------------------------- 
   B|-10---97--10---7--7-7p5---------5-7^-5--- 
   G|------------------------6-6--4-6--------6- 

   e----9-12-14-----9-12-14^-17-16-14-12-14-12----12---- 
   B-10----------10----------------------------14----14- 
   G---------------------------------------------------- 

   e----------12----14^-12----12----------12-10-9-----| 
   B-14-14-14----14--------14----14-12-10---------10--| 
   G--------------------------------------------------|
 

      this bit returns to picking. 

  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 
  And tidal waves couldn't save the world 
       F 
  From californication 

  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 your craving 

   
  Chorus 
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