How to Play the Intro to Californication on Guitar

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Californication Guitar tabs

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- song : CALIFORNICATION
- album : Californication
- artist : Red Hot Chili Peppers
- tabbed by : F@B  
- corrections (solo, verse, chorus) by : Harmattan

INTRO

   Am                             F
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------0---1----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------0---2----------------|
D|-----2------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---------------------------------3------------------------|
E|-------------------------------1----------------------------|


VERSE

    C5                G5                   F         Dm
e|--------------------------------------------------------1----|
B|---------5----------------------------------------------3----|
G|---------------------------4-------------------------2-------|
D|-----5-----5----------------------------------3----0---------|
A|--3---------------------5-----5-------------3----------------|
E|---------------------3-------------------1-------------------|
  If you want....                       ...it's Californication


PRE-CHORUS
(strum)

   Am                            F7M
e|-0------------------------------0---------------------------|
B|-1------------------------------1---------------------------|
G|-2------------------------------2---------------------------|
D|-2------------------------------2---------------------------|
A|-0------------------------------3---------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Pay your surgeon very well...


CHORUS
(strum)

(C            G    F     Am)    (C            G   F  Dm)
Dream of ......



Solo From: "Darzee The good one" 
*This tab has been adapted from the tab's written by F@B 

4/4
  Gtr I
                ~~                  ~~                ~
|----9------------------9----------------------------------|
|-10-----------------10------------------7-7-5--7p5--------|
|-------11b12r=11-----------11b12r=11---------------6-6----|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


      ~              ~                ~~              ~~~~~~
|-----------------------------9--12--14-------9--12--14b16r==14----|
|-----5--7b8.5r=7--5-------10--------------10----------------------|
|-4-6----------------6---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-17-16-14----14---------------------------------------------------12--------|
|----------17-----17-14-17---14---14---------14---------14-------------14----|
|---------------------------------16b17.5====16b17.5====16b17.5==============|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                                  ~~
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-19b20r==19--17------17--------------17--15--14-------|
|-----------------18------18--16--14-------------14----|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


Tablature Legend
----------------
h   - hammer-on
p   - pull-off
b   - bend
pb  - pre-bend
r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s   - legato slide
S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~   - vibrato
tr  - trill
T   - tap
TP  - trem. picking
PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n  - tremolo bar down
n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
=   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
|  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
:  - bar (freetime)
$  - Segno
&  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, 
s16 = swing 16ths

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