Verse 1:
Psychic spies from China
FTry to steal your mind's elation
AmLittle girls from Sweden
Dream of silver screen quotations
C GAnd if you want these kind of dreams
F DIt's Californication
Am F x2
Verse 2:
Am
It's the edge of the world
FAnd all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the East
FAt least it settles in the final location
C GIt's understood that Hollywood
sells Californication
Pre Chorus:
Am
Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
AmCelebrity skin is this your chin
FOr is that war your waging
First born unicorn
Am FHardcore soft porn
Chorus
C G D Am
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Verse 3:
Am
Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
Be my very own constellation
AmA teenage bride with a baby inside
FGetting high on information
And buy me a star on the boulevard
F DIt's Californication
Am F x2
Verse 4:
Am
Space may be the final frontier
FBut it's made in a Hollywood basement
Cobain can you hear the spheres
FSinging songs off station to station
C GAnd Alderon's not far away
It's Californication
Pre Chorus 2:
Am
Born and raised by those who praise
Control of population
AmEverybody's been there and
FI don't mean on vacation
First born unicorn
Am FHardcore soft porn
Chorus
Dream of Californication
C G DDream of Californication
C G D AmDream of Californication
Dream of Californication
F#m D F#m D
F#m D F#m D
Bm D A E x3
Verse 5:
Am
Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
AmAnd earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
FThey're just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
F DFrom Californication
Am F x2
Pre Chorus 3:
Pay your surgeon very well
FTo break the spell of aging
AmSicker than the rest there is no test
But this is what you're craving
Am FFirst born unicorn
Am FHardcore soft porn
Chorus
Dream of Californication
C G DDream of Californication
C G D AmDream of Californication
Dream of Californication
The song is about Hollywood, the decline of Western society, pornography, plastic surgery, Kurt Cobain, Star Trek and Star Wars.