Dani California Chords by Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Start]

[Intro]
Am G D G Am G D C
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[Verse]
Am                  G                   
Getting born in the state of Mississippi
D                         G               
Papa was a copper and her mama was a hippy
A7 Am      G                       
In Alabama she would swing a hammer
D7                            G                 
Price you got to pay when you break the panorama
A7        G               Dm           C             
She never knew that there was anything more than poor
Am          G               Dm7     G          
What in the world does your company take me for
Am             G              
Black bandanna sweet Louisiana
D7                                       
Robbing on a bank in the state of Indiana
A7            
She's a runner
G7                 
Rebel and a stunner
D7                      A7               
On her merry way saying baby watcha gonna
Am               G                              
Looking down the barrel of a hot metal fortyfive
Am   G              Dm     
Just another way to survive


[Chorus]
F          C       D    
California rest in peace
G            F C       D
Simultaneous ■ release ■
G          F C         D    
California ■ show your teeth
G        F        
She's my priestess
C        D     
I'm your priest
          D7  
Yeah yeah yeah


[Inst]
Am G Dm Am G Dm C
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[Verse]
Am            G7                
She's a lover baby and a fighter
D                                                    
Should've seen it coming when I got a little brighter
A7               G              
With a name like Dani California
D                                         Am
Day was gonna come when I was gonna mourn ya
         G              Dm       G       Am    
A little loaded she was stealing another breath
                  Dm   
I love my baby to death


[Chorus]
F          C       D    
California rest in peace
G                   
Simultaneous release
F                    C    
California show your teeth
         C        
She's my priestess
    D    G     
I'm your priest
          G   
Yeah yeah yeah
F            C             D  
Who knew the other side of you
G                    F            
Who knew that others died to prove
C        D                    
Too true to say goodbye to you
Bm G D Bm G D
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Bm Bm7 G
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    Gbm  Bm     B7     
Too true to say say say


[Verse]
A7               G              
Pushed the fader gifted animator
Dm                  G7                  
One for the now and eleven for the later
A7    Am      A7             
Never made it up to Minnesota
D7              
North Dakota man
G                      Am   
Wasn't gunnin' for the quota
            G                Dm         G        Am  
Down in the Badlands she was saving the best for last
                     Dm   
It only hurts when I laugh
         E7  
Gone too fast


[Chorus]
F          C       D    
California rest in peace
G            F C D      
Simultaneous ■ ■ release
G          F C         D    
California ■ show your teeth
G        F        
She's my priestess
C        D     
I'm your priest
D             
Yeah yeah yeah
F          C       Dm   
California rest in peace
G            F C Dm     
Simultaneous ■ ■ release
G          F C         Dm   
California ■ show your teeth
         F        
She's my priestess
C   Dm         
I'm your priest


[Solo]
F D7 G F C Dm G F
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C D G F C D7 Dm7 F
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[Outro]
C Dm G F C D
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G F C D7
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     Dm7 F        
Yeah ■   yeah yeah
C G C D
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