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Title: Californication
Author: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album: Californication
Tabbed by: John McElyea
= slide
. = staccato (stop the note early)-look closely, these are stuck throughout in random
places, either below or above the note(s)
~ = let ring
b = bend
p = pull off
|---3---| = triplet (3 eighth notes played in the time of 2)
*note: during some portions of the solo and the last chorus there are too many notes/symbols
to fit, so some dashes have been added and the timing along the bottom has been changed
to fit. Also, watch the rhythms carefully (all of the rhythms here are perfect).
Tempo = about 96 beats per minute
INTRO:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0---1~------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------0---2~------------------| x4
|----2~--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0~------------------------------|----3~--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|1~------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
VERSE 1:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0---1~------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------0---2~------------------| x2
|----2~--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0~------------------------------|----3~--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|1~------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|--------------------------------|------------------------1-------|
|--------5-----------------------|------------------------3-------| X1
|------------5-----------7-------|--------2-----------2-----------|
|----5-----------------------5--|------------3---0---------------|
|3-------------------5----------|----3---------------------------|
|----------------3---------------|1-------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0---1~------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------0---2~------------------| x4
|----2~--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0~------------------------------|----3~--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|1~------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|--------------------------------|------------------------1-------|
|--------5-----------------------|------------------------3-------| x1
|------------5-----------7-------|--------2-----------2-----------|
|----5-----------------------5--|------------3---0---------------|
|3-------------------5----------|----3---------------------------|
|----------------3---------------|1-------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|------0-0---0-----0-0---0---0-0-|0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---|
|1---1-1-1---1-----1-1---1---1-1-|1---1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1---| x1
|2---2-2-2---2-----2-2---2---2-2-|2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---|
|2---2-2-2---2-----2-2---2---2-2-|3---3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---|
|0---0-0-0---0-----0-0---0---0-0-|3---3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---|
|--------------------------------|1---1-0-1---1-0-1-0-1---1-0-1---|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|0---0-0-0---0-----0-0---0---0-0-|0---0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0---|
|1---1-1-1---1-----1-1---1---1-1-|1---1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1---| X1
|2---2-2-2---2-----2-2---2---2-2-|2---2-2-2---2-2---2-2---2---2---|
|2---2-2-2---2-----2-2---2---2-2-|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3---|
|0---0-0-0---0-----0-0---0---0-0-|x---x-x-x---x-x---x-x---x---x---|
|--------------------------------|1---1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1---|
.
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
PRE-CHORUS:
|0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0---|0---0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|
|1---1---1---1-1---1-1---1---1---|1---1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-| x1
|2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2---2---|2---2-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-|
|2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2---2---|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|
|0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0---|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|
|--------------------------------|1---1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0---|0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|
|1---1---1---1-1---1-1---1---1---|1---1---1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-| x1
|2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2---2---|2---2---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-|
|2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2---2---|3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0---|3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|--------------------------------|1---1---1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0---|0---0---0-----0-0-0-0---0---0-0-|
|1---1---1---1-1---1-1---1---1---|1---1---1-----1-1-1-1---1---1-1-| x1
|2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2---2---|2---2---2-----2-2-2-2---2---2-2-|
|2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2---2---|3---3---3-----3-3-3-3---3---3-3-|
|0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0---|3---3---3-----3-3-3-3---3---3-3-|
|--------------------------------|1---1---1-----1-1-1-1---1---1-1-|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0---|0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|
|1---1---1---1-1---1-1---1---1---|1---1---1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-| x1
|2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2---2---|2---2---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-|
|2---2---2---2-2---2-2---2---2---|3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0---|3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|--------------------------------|1---1---1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
CHORUS:
|3---3-3-3-------3-------3-------|1-------1-------0-------0-------|
|1---1-1-1-------0-------0-------|3-------3-------1-------1-------| x1
|0---0-0-0-------0-------0-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|2---2-2-2-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------2-------2-------|
|3---3-3-3-------2-------2-------|--------.-------0-------0-------|
|----------------3-------3-------|------------------------.-------|
.
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|3---3---3-------3---3-------1---|----1---1-----1-1-1-1---1-1-----|
|1---1---1-------0---0-------3---|----3---3-----3-3-3-3---3-3-----| x1
|0---0---0-------0---0-------2---|----2---2-----2-2-2-2---2-2-----|
|2---2---2-------0---0-------0---|----0---0-----0-0-0-0---0-0-----|
|3---3---3-------2---2-----------|--------------------------------|
|--------.-------3---3-----------|--------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|3---3-3-3-------3-------3-------|1-------1-------0-------0-------|
|1---1-1-1-------0-------0-------|3-------3-------1-------1-------| x1
|0---0-0-0-------0-------0-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|2---2-2-2-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------2-------2-------|
|3---3-3-3-------2-------2-------|--------.-------0-------0-------|
|----------------3-------3-------|------------------------.-------|
.
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|3---3---3-------3---3-------1~--|(1~)----------------------------|
|1---1---1-------0---0-------3~--|(3~)----------------------------| x1
|0---0---0-------0---0-------2~--|(2~)-(hold last chord)----------|
|2---2---2-------0---0-------0~--|(0~)----------------------------|
|3---3---3-------2---2-----------|--------------------------------|
|--------.-------3---3-----------|--------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
INTERLUDE:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0---1~------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------0---2~------------------|
|----2~--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0~------------------------------|----3~--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|1~------------------------------|
| | | x1
|12~-------------12--7~------8~~-|(8~~)---------------------------|
|13~-------------13--8~------10~-|(10~)---------------------------|
|14~-------------14--9~------10~-|(10~)---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0---1~------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------0---2~------------------|
|----2~--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0~------------------------------|----3~--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|1~------------------------------|
| | | x1
|12~-----------------15~-----12~-|8~~-----------------------------|
|13~-----------------17~-----13~-|10~-----------------------------|
|14~-----------------17~-----14~-|10~-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
VERSE 2: same as VERSE 1
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
SOLO:
Lead guitar:
|------------9-------------------|--------------------------------|
|10------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------11b-----|(11~)---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| | |
|Rhythm guitar: | |
|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|2-----------2-----------2-------|
|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|2-----------2-----------2-------|
|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|2-----------2-----------2-------|
|4-------4---6-----------4---2---|0-----------0-----------0-------|
|----------------------------.---|------------------------.-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|------------9-------------------|--------------------------------|
|10------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------11b-----|(11~)---------------11--11--11--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| | |
|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|2-----------2-------2---2-------|
|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|2-----------2-------2---2-------|
|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|2-----------2-------2---2-------|
|4-------4---6-----------4---2---|0-----------0-------0---0-------|
|----------------------------.---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|---3---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|9------11b------11--9------------|
|11p9-11--11--------------9---11--|-----------------------11--------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| | |
|2----2---2-----------------------|5---5---5------------------------|
|2----2---2-------7---7---7-------|5---5---5-------9----9---9-------|
|4----4---4-------7---7---7-------|6---6---6-------9----9---9-------|
|4----4---4-------7---7---7-------|7---7---7-------9----9---9-------|
|2----2---2-------5---5---5-------|7---7---7-------7----7---7-------|
|---------------------------------|6---6---6-------0----0---0-------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 (e & a 4)e & a
|------------9-------12------14~-|(14~)---------------------------|
|10------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| | |
|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|2-----------2-----------2-------|
|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|2-----------2-----------2-------|
|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|2-----------2-----------2-------|
|4-------4---6-----------4---2---|0-----------0-----------0-------|
|----------------------------.---|------------------------.-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|------------9-------12------14b-|----14--------------------------|
|10------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| | |
|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|2-----------2-------2---2-------|
|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|2-----------2-------2---2-------|
|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|2-----------2-------2---2-------|
|4-------4---6-----------4---2---|0-----------0-------0---0-------|
|----------------------------.---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|17------16------14--------------|14------------------------------|
|------------------------17------|--------17--14--------17----14--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| | |
|2---2---2-----------------------|5---5---5-----------------------|
|2---2---2-------7---7---7-------|5---5---5-------9---9---9-------|
|4---4---4-------7---7---7-------|6---6---6-------9---9---9-------|
|4---4---4-------7---7---7-------|7---7---7-------9---9---9-------|
|2---2---2-------5---5---5-------|7---7---7-------7---7---7-------|
|--------------------------------|6---6---6-------0---0---0-------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------14----------|14--14------17--17--14------19b-|
|----16b-------------16b---------|16b-16b-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| | |
|5---5---5-----------------------|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|
|5---5---5-------9---9---9-------|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|
|6---6---6-------9---9---9-------|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|
|7---7---7-------9---9---9-------|4-------4---6-----------4---2---|
|7---7---7-------7---7---7-------|----------------------------.---|
|6---6---6-------0---0---0-------|--------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----17------17------------------|------------17------15------14--|
|--------18----------18------16--|----14--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| | |
|5---5---5-----------------------|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|
|5---5---5-------9---9---9-------|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|
|6---6---6-------9---9---9-------|2-------2---2-----------2---2---|
|7---7---7-------9---9---9-------|4-------4---6-----------4---2---|
|7---7---7-------7---7---7-------|----------------------------.---|
|6---6---6-------0---0---0-------|--------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
INTERLUDE 2:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|14~~----------------------------|(14~~~)-------------------------|
|-------(hold this for a long time)-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| | | X1
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0---1~------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------0---2~------------------|
|----2~--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0~------------------------------|----3~--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|1~------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0---1~------------------|--------------------------------| x1
|--------------------------------|--------0---2~------------------|
|----2~--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0~------------------------------|----3~--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|1~------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
VERSE 3:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0---1~------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------0---2~------------------| x2
|----2~--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0~------------------------------|----3~--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|1~------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|--------------------------------|------------------------1-------|
|--------5-----------------------|------------------------3-------| X1
|------------5-----------7-------|--------2-----------2-----------|
|----5-----------------------5--|------------3---0---------------|
|3-------------------5----------|----3---------------------------|
|----------------3---------------|1-------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|------0-0---0-----0-0---0---0-0-|0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---|
|1---1-1-1---1-----1-1---1---1-1-|1---1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1---| x1
|2---2-2-2---2-----2-2---2---2-2-|2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---|
|2---2-2-2---2-----2-2---2---2-2-|3---3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---|
|0---0-0-0---0-----0-0---0---0-0-|3---3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---|
|--------------------------------|1---1-0-1---1-0-1-0-1---1-0-1---|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|0---0-0-0---0-----0-0---0---0-0-|0---0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0---|
|1---1-1-1---1-----1-1---1---1-1-|1---1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1---| X1
|2---2-2-2---2-----2-2---2---2-2-|2---2-2-2---2-2---2-2---2---2---|
|2---2-2-2---2-----2-2---2---2-2-|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3---|
|0---0-0-0---0-----0-0---0---0-0-|x---x-x-x---x-x---x-x---x---x---|
|--------------------------------|1---1-1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1---|
.
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
PRE-CHORUS
LAST CHORUS:
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|8-10p8---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------9-----------7---9~--|(9~)----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| | | x1
|3----3-3-3-------3-------3-------|1-------1-------0-------0-------|
|1----1-1-1-------0-------0-------|3-------3-------1-------1-------|
|0----0-0-0-------0-------0-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|2----2-2-2-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------2-------2-------|
|3----3-3-3-------2-------2-------|--------.-------0-------0-------|
|-----------------3-------3-------|------------------------.-------|
.
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|8-10p8---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------9-----------7---9~--|(9~)----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| | | x1
|3----3---3-------3---3-------1---|----1---1-----1-1-1-1---1-1-----|
|1----1---1-------0---0-------3---|----3---3-----3-3-3-3---3-3-----|
|0----0---0-------0---0-------2---|----2---2-----2-2-2-2---2-2-----|
|2----2---2-------0---0-------0---|----0---0-----0-0-0-0---0-0-----|
|3----3---3-------2---2-----------|--------------------------------|
|---------.-------3---3-----------|--------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|8-10p8---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------9-----------7---9~--|(9~)----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| | | x1
|3--------3-------3---3---3---3---|1-------1-------0-------0---0-0-|
|1--------1-------0---0---0---0---|3-------3-------1-------1---1-1-|
|0--------0-------0---0---0---0---|2-------2-------2-------2---2-2-|
|2--------2-------0---0---0---0---|0-------0-------2-------2---2-2-|
|3--------3-------2---2---2---2---|----------------0-------0---0-0-|
|---------.-------3---3---3---3---|--------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|8-10p8---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------9-----------7---9~--|(9~)----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
| | ||
|3----3-3-3-------3---3-------1~--|(1~)----------------------------||
|1----1-1-1-------0---0-------3~--|(3~)----------------------------||
|0----0-0-0-------0---0-------2~--|(2~)-(hold last chord)----------||
|2----2-2-2-------0---0-------0~--|(0~)----------------------------||
|3----3-3-3-------2---2-----------|--------------------------------||
|---------.-------3---3-----------|--------------------------------||
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
That’s it. The rhythms and stuff are 100% correct, and I think the rest of the tab is pretty
much perfect too.
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