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Claifornication Guitar Tablature
Song - Californication 
Album - Californication 
Band - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tabber - Blademunky (CJB)
Note - Wicked Song! This is the live acoustic version of Californication, John only played it this way for a couple of gigs, that I know of, so that is probably why you are all dissin my tab.

U = Upstroke
D = Downstroke
H = Hammer on
P = Pull off
/  = Slide
B = Bend up
X = Don’t play string

Intro/ Verse:
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------0--1------------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------------------------------------------0--2-----------------------------
D -------2-----------2----0h2p0--------------------------3--0-----------------------
A ---0------------------------------3--------3--------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------1------------------------------------------

Riff 1:
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -----------1-------------------------------------------------3--------------------
G -------0-------------------0----------------------------2-------------------------
D -----------------------0-------------------3---------0----------------------------
A ---3-----------------------------------3------------------------------------------
E ------------------3---------------1-----------------------------------------------

Bridge:
E ---0------0---------3------3----------1------1-----------1-------1---------------
B ---1------1---------3------3----------1------1-----------3-------3---------------
G ---0------0---------0------0----------2------2-----------2-------2---------------
D ---2------2---------0------0----------3------3-----------0-------0---------------
A ---3------3---------2------2----------x------x-----------x-------x---------------
E ---x------x---------3------3----------x------x-----------x-------x---------------
     D      D         D      D          D      D           D       D

PreChorus:
E ---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----------0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----------------
B ---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------1---1---1---1---1---1---1-----------------
G ---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------------
D ---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----------------
A ---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----------x---x---x---x---x---x---x-----------------
E ---x---x---x---x---x---x---x-----------x---x---x---x---x---x---x----------------
     D   U   D   D   U   D   D           D   U   D   D   U   D   D
Chorus:
E ---0---0-----3---3-----1---1-----1---1-----0---0-----3---3-----1------------------
B ---1---1-----3---3-----1---1-----3---3-----1---1-----3---3-----1------------------
G ---0---0-----0---0-----2---2-----2---2-----0---0-----0---0-----2------------------
D ---2---2-----0---0-----3---3-----0---0-----2---2-----0---0-----3------------------
A ---3---3-----2---2-----x---x-----x---x-----3---3-----2---2-----x------------------
E ---x---x-----3---3-----x---x-----x---x-----x---x-----3---3-----x------------------
     D   D     D   D     D   D     D   D     D   D     D   D     D

Chorus Variation:
E ---0---0-----3---3-----1---1-----1---1-----0---0-----3---3-----1---1---1---1------
B ---1---1-----3---3-----1---1-----3---3-----1---1-----3---3-----1---1---1---1------
G ---0---0-----0---0-----2---2-----2---2-----0---0-----0---0-----2---2---2---2------
D ---2---2-----0---0-----3---3-----0---0-----2---2-----0---0-----3---3---3---3------
A ---3---3-----2---2-----x---x-----x---x-----3---3-----2---2-----x---x---x---x------
E ---x---x-----3---3-----x---x-----x---x-----x---x-----3---3-----x---x---x---x------
     D   D     D   D     D   D     D   D     D   D     D   D     D   D   D   D

Solo Version 1:
E ---5---9---4 / 2---5---9---4 / 2---2---2---0----------------0---3---B2---0--------
B ---------------------------------------------------2---2---2-----------------2----
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --5---9---12---14---5---9---12---14---17--14---17---16---14---12---14---12--------
B -----------------------------------------------------------------------------14---
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --12------------------------------B14---------------------------------------------
B ------B14---B14---B14---17---14--------17---14-------------17---15---14-----------
G ------------------------------------------------16---14-------------------14------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Solo Version 2:
E -------9-----------9-------------------------------------------------9---12---14--
B ---10---------10------------------------------------------------10----------------
G ---------B11---------B11-11-11P9---------------9-B11------------------------------
D -----------------------------------11-11-9H11----------11---9---------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --------9--12-B14--17--16--14-------------------------------------------------B14-
B ---10-----------------------------17--14--17--14--B14--B14--B14--17--14-----------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---17--14--------------17--15--14-------------------------------------------------
G -------------16--14-------------------14------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Song Order:

Intro/ Verse x6
Riff 1 x1
Intro/ Verse x4
Bridge x1
PreChorus x6
Chorus x1
Intro/ Verse x4
Riff 1 x1
Intro/ Verse x4
Bridge x1
PreChorus x6
Chorus Variation x1
Chorus x1
Solo Version 1 OR Solo Version 2 x1
Intro/ Verse x4
Bridge x1
PreChorus x6
Chorus Variation x1
Chorus x1

AND THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT! HOPE U ENJOY! AND DONT FORGET TO RATE THE TAB! CHEERS! CJB
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