Dani California Uke tab by Red Hot Chili Peppers

9 Chords used in the song: Am, G, Dm, F5, C5, Dm5, G5, Bm, D/F#

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Year:  2006
Difficulty: 
3.88
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Am Am                    G G
Getting born in the state of Mississippi,
Dm Dm Am Am
Her Poppa was a copper and her Momma was a hippy,
Am Am G G
In Alabama she will swing a hammer,
Dm Dm Am Am
Price you got to pay when you break the panorama,
Am Am G G Dm Dm Am Am
She never knew that there was anything more than all,
Am Am G G Dm Dm Am Am
Well in the war your comfort to take me for,
Am Am G G
Black bandanna, sweet Louisiana,
Dm Dm Am Am
Robbing on a bank in the state of Indiana,
Am Am G G
She's a runner, Rebel and a stunner,
Dm Dm Am Am
Come to Mirawais saying "Baby watcha gona?",
Am Am G G Dm Dm Am Am
Looking down the barrell of a hot bell 45,
Am Am G G Dm Dm
Just another way to survive

Chorus:

F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5 G5 G5
California, Rest In Peace,
F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5 G5 G5
Simultaneous release,
F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5 G5 G5
California, show your teeth,
F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5 G5 G5
She's my priestess, I'm your priest,
Dm5 Dm5
Yeah, yeah

Verse 2:
Am Am G G
She's a lover, Baby and a fighter,
Dm Dm Am Am
Shoulda seen it coming when I got a little brighter,
Am Am G G
With a name like "Dani California",
Dm Dm Am Am
Day was gona come when I was gona mourn ya,
Am Am G G
A A little low,
Dm Dm Am Am
That she was stealing another bread,
Am Am
I love my baby to death


Chorus:

F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5 G5 G5
California, Rest In Peace,
F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5 G5 G5
Simultaneous release,
F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm Dm G5 G5
California, show your teeth,
F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5
She's my priestess, I'm your priest,
Dm5 Dm5
Yeah, yeah


Bridge:

Bm Bm G G D/F# D/F#
Who knew the hardest side of you?
Bm Bm G G D/F# D/F#
Who knew the hardest time to prove?
Bm Bm G G D/F# D/F#
Too true to say goodbye to you
Bm Bm
Too true to say, say, say

Verse 3:

Am Am G G
Pushed the fader, Gifted animator,
Dm Dm Am Am
One for the now, And eleven for the later,
Am Am G G
Never made it up to Minnesota,
Dm Dm Am Am
Off the coated man, Was gona fill the quota,
Am Am G G Dm Dm Am Am
Down in the Badlands she was saving the best for last,
Am Am
It only hurts when I laugh,
G G
Gone to fade


Chorus:


F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5 G5 G5
California, Rest In Peace,
F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5 G5 G5
Simultaneous release,
F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5 G5 G5
California, show your teeth,
F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5
She's my priestess, I'm your priest,
Dm5 Dm5
Yeah, yeah

F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5 G5 G5
California, Rest In Peace,
F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5 G5 G5
Simultaneous release,
F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5 G5 G5
California, show your teeth,
F5 F5 C5 C5 Dm5 Dm5
She's my priestess, I'm your priest,
Dm5 Dm5
Yeah, yeah

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does anyone know where i can find fingering for the C5 F5 chords etc??
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About this song: Dani California

"Dani California" is the first single from the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio album, Stadium Arcadium. The single was first made available at the iTunes Music Store and then was officially released on May 2, 2006. The international radio premiere was April 3, 2006, when Don Jantzen from the Houston radio station KTBZ-FM, played "Dani California" continuously for his entire three hour program.

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