Album: Californication

Record Label: WEA/Warner Bros.
Catalog Number: 47386
Producer: Rick Rubin
Release Date: June 08 1999


Transcribed by Wim...
questions, comments, critisism, death threats,
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and if you just want to say thank you, then that would be very appreciated :)


This song is nice... and I like the title.

I have only tabbed a bit of the lead.
I have left another stave for _you_ to tab the rhythm guitar in
the background... :)
thank you for contributing, a lot of people will appreciate it.

Well, I think those high notes are harmonics... if you dont agree, then
use the 10th fret of the B string instead - it's the same note.

If you don't know how to do natural harmonics, get someone who plays
a lot of guitar to show you. It's kind of hard to explain in writing...
but you have to fret the note without pushing the string down. Try it,
put ONE finger on the string _where the fret would be_ (not between frets)
and dont push the string down onto the fretboard, just pluck the note.
after you've plucked the harmonic, you can take your finger off and it
will still ring.
They work the most on the 12th, 5th, and 7th frets...
the open string is the fundamental, 12th harmonic is first overtone (one
octave higher than the open string) and the fifth fret harmonic is two
octaves higher than the open string. The seventh fret harmonic is the
fifth (in the major scale) of the open string. This is physics. :)



key:

5/7 slide up
7\5 slide down
x muted note (deaden the string when you pluck it)
!5! natural harmonic



Intro: Two guitars, Electric Lead (top )
Accoustic rhythm ( bottom)
D5
e:---------------------|------------------|--3--1-0---------|
B:-----1-3----1-3------|----1-3----1-3----|----------1--1/3-|
G:--2-------0----------|--2------0--------|-----------------|
D:-----------------3---|---------------3--|-----------------|
A:---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E:---------------------|------------------|-----------------|

e:---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
B:---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
G:---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D:---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A:---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E:---------------------|------------------|-----------------|




e:--5--3--0---------------|--------------------------|-----------12-x-12------|
B:----------1--1/3--3-3-3-|--3-3---------------------|-----------10-x-10------|
G:------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
D:------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
A:------------------------|------!5!--!5!--!5!-------|--!5!--!5!---------!5!--|
E:------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
Close to my skin... Someone who's been....
e:------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
B:------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
G:------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
D:------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
A:------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
E:------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|