Californication
Main Riff
Am F
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drums enter
Play riff during all couplets
[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
Main riff / Chords [Am F] 2x
It’s the [Am] edge of the world
And all of [F] western civilization
The [Am] sun may rise in the East
At least it [F] settles in the final location
It’s [C] understood that [G] Hollywood
Sells [F] Californi [Dm] cation
Chords 2x
[Am] Pay your surgeon very well
To [F] break the spell of aging
Ce [Am] lebrity skin is this your chin
Or [F] is that war your waging
Chorus:
[Am] [F]
First born unicorn
[Am] [F]
Hard core soft porn
[C] [G] [F]
Dream of Californication
[C] [G] [Dm]
Dream of Californication
2x Main Riff / Chords
[Am] Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
Be my [F] very own constellation
A [Am] teenage bride with a baby inside
Getting [F] high on information
And [C] buy me a star on the [G] boulevard
It’s [F] Californi [Dm] cation
2x Main Riff/ Chords
[Am] Space may be the final frontier
But it’s [F] made in a Hollywood basement
[Am] Cobain can you hear the spheres
Singing [F] songs off station to station
And [C] Alderon’s not [G] far away
It’s [F] Californi [Dm] cation
2x Chords
[Am] Born and raised by those who praise
Con [F] trole of population [Am] everybody’s been here and
I [F] don’t mean on vacation
Chorus
Dream of Californication 4x
Riff 2x
[Am] Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it [F] also breeds creation
And [Am] earthquakes are to a girl’s guitar
They’re [F] just another good vibration
And [C] tidal waves couldn’t [G] save the world
From [F] Californi [Dm] cation
Chords 2x
[Am] Pay your surgeon very well
To [F] break the spell of aging
[Am] Sicker than the rest
There is no test
But [F] this is what you’re craving
Chorus
Dream of Californication 4x
Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
Intro: F Am F Am G
Am Em Am
Oh life, is bigger, it’s bigger than you and you are not me, the links
Em Am Em
that I will go through. The distance and me arise. Oh no I've said too
Dm G
much, I've said it all
Am Em Am
That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight losing my religion,
Em Am Em
tryin to keep a view and I don't know if I can do it. Oh no I've said too
Dm G
much, I haven't said enough
F Am
I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you sing, I
F Am G
think I thought I saw you try
Am Em Am
Every whisper 0f every waking hour I'm choosing my confessions, trying to
Em Am Em
keep my eye on you. Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool. Oh no I said
Dm G
too much, I said it all
Am Em Am
Consider this, consider this, the hint of the century. Consider this, the
Em Am
slip that brought me to my knees paled. What if all these fantasies come
Em Dm G
flaming around and now I've said to much
F Am
I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you sing, I
F Am G
think I thought I saw you try
C Am C Em
But that was jus a dream, that was just a dream
Am Em Am
That's me in the corner, that's me In the spotlight losing my religion,
Em Am Em
tryin to keep a view and I don't know 1f 1 can do it. Oh no I've said too
Dm G
much, I haven't said enough
F Am
I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you sing, I
F Am G
think I thought I saw you try
F Am F
But that was just a dream, try, cry, fly. But that was just a dream
Am Em
just a dream, just a dream, dream
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