[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Psychic spies from China
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Try to steal your mind's elation
Cm
Little girls from Sweden
G#
Dream of silver screen quotations
D# A#
And if you want these kind of dreams
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It's Californication
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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It's the edge of the world
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And all of western civilization
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The sun may rise in the East
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At least it settled in a final location
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It's understood that Hollywood
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sells Californication
[Interlude]
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[Pre-Chorus 1]
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Pay your surgeon very well
G#maj7
To break the spell of aging
Cm
Celebrity skin, is this your chin?
G#maj7
Or is that war you're waging?
Cm G#maj7
First born unicorn
Cm G#maj7
Hardcore soft porn
[Chorus]
D# A# Fm Cm
Dream of Californication
D# A# Fm
Dream of Californication
D# A# Fm Cm
Dream of Californication
D# A# Fm
Dream of Californication
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Marry me girl, be my fairy to the world
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Be my very own constellation
Cm
A teenage bride with a baby inside
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Getting high on information
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And buy me a star on the boulevard
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It's Californication
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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Space may be the final frontier
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But it's made in a Hollywood basement
Cm
And Cobain can you hear the spheres
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Singing songs off station to station?
D# A#
And Alderaan's not far away
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It's Californication
[Interlude]
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Ooooo - ooooh Oooo - ooooh
[Pre-Chorus 2]
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Born and raised by those who praise
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Control of population
Cm
Everybody's been there and
G#maj7
I don't mean on vacation
Cm G#maj7
First born unicorn
Cm G#maj7
Hardcore soft porn
[Chorus]
D# A# Fm Cm
Dream of Californication
D# A# Fm
Dream of Californication
D# A# Fm Cm
Dream of Californication
D# A# Fm
Dream of Californication
[Solo]
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[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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Destruction leads to a very rough road
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But it also breeds creation
Cm
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
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They're just another good vibration
D# A#
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
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From Californication
[Interlude]
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Ooooo - ooooh Oooo - ooooh
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Cm
Pay your surgeon very well
G#maj7
To break the spell of aging
Cm
Sicker than the rest, there is no test
G#maj7
But this is what you're craving
Cm G#maj7
First born unicorn
Cm G#maj7
Hardcore soft porn
[Chorus]
D# A# Fm Cm
Dream of Californication
D# A# Fm
Dream of Californication
D# A# Fm Cm
Dream of Californication
D# A# Fm
Dream of Californication