Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California (Guitar)

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 Getting born in the state of Mississippi,

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Her Poppa was a copper and her Momma was a hippie

Am          G
 In Alabama she would swing a hammer,

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Price you gotta pay when you break the panorama

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 She never knew that there was anything more than poor,

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 What in the world does your company take me for?

Am             G
Black bandana, sweet Louisiana,

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Robbin' on a bank in the state of Indiana,

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 She's a runner, rebel and a stunner,

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On her merry way sayin', "baby whatcha gonna"

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  Lookin' down the barrel of a hot metal .45,

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  Just another way to survive

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California, Rest In Peace,

 G    F       C  Dm
Simultaneous release,

  G F       C         Dm
California, show your teeth,

      G  F          C          Dm
She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah

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 She's a lover, baby and a fighter,

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Shoulda seen it coming when it got a little brighter,

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 With a name like "Dani California",

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Day was gonna come when I was gonna mourn ya,

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 A little loaded, she was stealing another breath

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 I love my baby to death

     F       C       Dm
California, Rest In Peace,

 G    F       C Dm
Simultaneous release,

  G F       C         Dm
California, show your teeth,

      G  F          C          Dm
She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah

Bm            G     D           F#
 Who knew the other side of you?

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 Who knew what others died to prove?

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 Too true to say goodbye to you

Bm
 Too true to say, say, say

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 Push the fader, gifted animator,

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One for the now and eleven for the later,

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 Never made it up to Minnesota,

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North Dakota man was a gunnin' for the quota

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 Down in the Badlands she was saving the best for last,

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 It only hurts when I laugh;  gone too fast

     F       C       Dm
California, Rest In Peace,

 G    F       C Dm
Simultaneous release,

  G F       C         Dm
California, show your teeth,

      G  F          C        | Dm |
She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah

    F       C       Dm
California, Rest In Peace,

  G  F   C     Dm
Simultaneous release,

  G F       C         Dm
California, show your teeth,

      G  F          C        | Dm |
She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah