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9 Chords used in the song: Am, F, C, G, D, F#m, Bm, A, E
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Intro:
Verse 1:
Psychic spies from China
Try to steal your mind's elation
Little girls from Sweden
Dream of silver screen quotations
And if you want these kind of dreams
It's Californication
Verse 2:
It's the edge of the world
And all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the East
At least it settles in the final location
It's understood that Hollywood
sells Californication
Pre Chorus:
Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Celebrity skin is this your chin
Or is that war your waging
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Chorus:
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Verse 3:
Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
Be my very own constellation
Getting high on information
And buy me a star on the boulevard
It's Californication
Verse 4:
Space may be the final frontier
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
Cobain can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station
And Alderon's not far away
It's Californication
Pre Chorus 2:
Born and raised by those who praise
Control of population
Everybody's been there and
I don't mean on vacation
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Chorus:
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Verse 5:
Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
They're just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
From Californication
Pre Chorus 3:
Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Sicker than the rest there is no test
But this is what you're craving
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Chorus:
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
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i love it
20 Apr 2022
maybe i'm crazy, but i feel a Dm works better than a D in the verse and chorus. again.. maybe its the california sun.
23 Sep 2016
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About this song: Californication
The song reached #69 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA, and #16 on the UK charts, and hit #1 on both US Modern Tracks and US Mainstream Rock Tracks. It is notable for its sparse combination of guitar and bass notes in the intro, and its unique music video. The song is mainly about the dark side of Hollywood. The song opens to the "Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elation." Kiedis says in his book Scar Tissue that he got the inspiration for the lyric from when he was in New Zealand and he heard a woman on the street ranting about there being psychic spies in China.
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