Dani California! Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays432

Dani California! by Red Hot Chili Peppers is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, Dm, F5, C5, D5, G5 and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			  
Am=5,7,7,5,5,5  
G=3,5,5,4,3,3  
Dm=X,5,7,7,6,5  

  


Introdução: Am  G  Dm  Am  
            Am  G  Dm  Am  



Primeira Estrofe:  

Am                       G  
   Getting born in the State of Mississippi  
 Dm  
Papa was a copper  
     Am  
And mama was a hippie  
             G  
In Alabama she would swing a hammer  
  Dm                           Am  
Price you gotta pay when you break the panorama  

Riff 1:  

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|  
B|---------------------------------6h8p6----------5h6p5------|  
G|-------5h7p5---------5p4---------------7--------------5----|  
D|--7--7-------7--5--5-----5----------------7--7-----------7-|  
A|--x-------------------------5--5---------------------------|  
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|  

e|------------------------------------------------5-----|  
B|---------------------------------6h8p6----------5h6p5-|  
G|-------5h7p5---------5p4---------------7--------5-----|  
D|--7--7-------7--5--5-----5----------------7--7--------|  
A|--x-------------------------5--5----------------------|  
E|------------------------------------------------------|  

 

Am             G  
   She never knew that there was  
Dm            Am  
Anything more    than poor  
             G  
What in the world does your  
 Dm          Am  
Company take    me for?  




  Am             G  
Black bandana, sweet Louisiana  
 Dm                     Am  
Robbin' a bank in the state of Indiana  
                 G  
She's a runner, rebel and a stunner  
Dm  
On her merry way sayin' 
 Am  
Baby, watcha gonna?  



Am                   G  
   Looking down the barrel of a  
 Dm        Am  
Hot metal forty five  
              G         Dm  
Just another way to survive  


  
     F5          C5  D5  
California, rest in peace  
   G5   F5      C5  D5  
Simul__taneous re__lease  
   G5  F5              C5   D5  
Cali__fornia, show me your teeth  
       G5  F5            C5    D5  
She's my priestess, I'm your priest   


Solo 1: Am  G  Dm  Am  
        Am  G  Dm  Am  

Guitarra 1:  
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|-13------12------15------17------13------12------15------17-----|  
G|-15b17~--14b16~--17b19~--19b21~--15b17~--14b16~--17b19~--20b22--|  
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|  

 


Am                 G  
   She's a lover, baby and a fighter  
  Dm  
Shoulda seen it comin' when  
    Am  
It got a little brighter  
                  G  
With a name like Dani California  
  Dm  
The day was gonna come  
     Am  
When I was gonna mourn ya  


Guitarra 2 Clean:  

e|-------------------------------------------|  
B|---10---------8---------15--------10-------|  
G|---12b174~~---10b12~~---17b19~~---12b14~~--|  
D|-------------------------------------------|  
A|-------------------------------------------|  
E|-------------------------------------------|  

 

Am           G  
   A little loaded she was  
  Dm       Am  
Stealin's another breath  
           G       Dm  
I love my baby to death  


  

     F5          C5  D5  
California, rest in peace  
   G5   F5      C5  D5  
Simul__taneous re__lease  
   G5  F5              C5   D5  
Cali__fornia, show me your teeth  
       G5  F5            C5    D5  
She's my priestess, I'm your priest   


Bridge:  

e|-----7-x-----7-x---------------------|  
B|-----7-x-----7-x--------12-x---------|  
G|-----7-x-----7-x--------12-x---9-7-6-|  
D|-9-9-----9-9------------12-x---------|  
A|-9-9-----9-9------10-10------9-------|  
E|-7-7-----7-7------x------------------| (3x)  

e|-----7-x-----7-x-----7-x--------------------|  
B|-----7-x-----7-x-----7-x--------------------|  
G|-----7-x-----7-x-----7-x--------------------|  
D|-9-9-----9-9-----9-9------------------------|  
A|-9-9-----9-9-----9-9-----------5-7----------|  
E|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7--------/7-----7\5p3--5-|  


  



Bridge:  

Bm              G  
   Who knew the other side of you?  
Bm               G  
   Who knew what others died to prove?  
Bm              G  
   Too true to say goodbye to you  
Bm  
   Too true to say, say, say  

 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|--5------3------6-------5-------5------3------6-------6-------12-------|  
G|--7b9^^--5b7^^--8b10^^--7b9^^---7b9^^--5b7^^--8b10^^--8b10^^--14b16^^--|  
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|  
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|  

 

Am                  G  
   Push the fader, gifted animator  
    Dm                   Am  
One    for the now and eleven for the later  
              G  
Never made it up to Minnesota  
 Dm                     Am  
North Dakota man was a gunnin'  

For the quota  




Am              G  
   Down in the badlands  
         Dm         Am  
She was savin' the best for last  
         G            Dm  
It only hurts when I laugh  
          G#º  
Gone too fast  



  

     F5          C5  D5  
California, rest in peace  
   G5   F5      C5  D5  
Simul__taneous re__lease  
   G5  F5              C5   D5  
Cali__fornia, show me your teeth  
       G5  F5            C5    D5  
She's my priestess, I'm your priest  

 
e|----------|  
B|----------|  
G|----------|  
D|----------|  
A|--5\3-----|  
E|------5\3-|  

 


     F5          C5  D5  
California, rest in peace  
   G5   F5      C5  D5  
Simul__taneous re__lease  
   G5  F5              C5   D5  
Cali__fornia, show me your teeth  
       G5  F5            C5    D5  
She's my priestess, I'm your priest  
  


Solo Final:  

e|-------------------------------------------------------|  
B|---------10--------------------------------------------|  
G|---------10--------------------------------------------|  
D|------10-----12----------------------------------------|  
A|--/12-----------12\10p8-10p8-10p8-10p8-------------3/5-|  
E|---------------------------------------10\-/-1h3p1-----|  

e|---------------------------------------------------------|  
B|---------10-------------------------------13----15~~-----|  
G|---------10---------------------------/14----14----------|  
D|------10-----12-----10----10----10-12--------------------|  
A|--\12-----------/12----12----12--------------------------|  
E|----------------------------------------------------15-\-|  

e|---------------------------------------------------------|  
B|---------10----------------------------------------------|  
G|---------10----------------------------------------------|  
D|------10-----12------------------------------------------|  
A|--/12-----------12\10p8-10p8-10p8-10p8---------------3/5-|  
E|---------------------------------------10\-/5\-1h3p1-----|  


e|---------------------------------------------------------|  
B|---------10-------------------------------13----15~~-----|  
G|---------10---------------------------/14----14----------|  
D|------10-----12-----10----10----10-12--------------------|  
A|--\12-----------/12----12----12--------------------------|  
E|---------------------------------------------------------|  

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|  
B|------13----15-13----15-13----15-13----15-13----15-13------|  
G|--/14----14-------14-------14-------14-------14-------14\--|  
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|  
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|  
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|  

e|---------------------------------------------------------|  
B|---------10----------------------------------------------|  
G|---------10----------------------------------------------|  
D|------10-----12-----10----10----10--------------------10-|  
A|--\12-----------/12----12----12----12\10p8----8-10/12----|  
E|-------------------------------------------10------------|  

e|----------------------------------------------------------|  
B|-----------------------10---------------------------------|  
G|-----------------------10---------------------------------|  
D|--------------------10-----12----10----10----10-12b14r12--|  
A|--12\10p8-------\12-----------/12---12----12--------------|  
E|----------10----------------------------------------------|  

e|--------------------------------|  
B|------13----15b17r15~~----------|  
G|--\14----14---------------------|  
D|--------------------------------|  
A|--------------------------------|  
E|---------------------------15\--|  

e|---------------------------------------------------------|  
B|---------10----------------------------------------------|  
G|---------10----------------------------------------------|  
D|------10-----12------------------------------------------|  
A|--/12-----------12\10p8-10p8-10p8-10p8---------------3/5-|  
E|---------------------------------------10\-/5\-1h3p1-----|  

e|-----------------|----------------13-|-13h15-15-15-15-15-|  
B|--------10-13p10-|-------10-13/15----|-------------------|  
G|--12b14----------|-12b14-------------|-------------------|  
D|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|  
A|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|  
E|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|  
               (10x)                                    (2x)  

e|--13h15-15-|-------13----------|----------------|-------------|  
B|-----------|-13h15----15p13----|-------10-13p10-|-13----------|  
G|-----------|----------------14-|-12b14----------|-12b14r12p10-|  
D|-----------|-------------------|----------------|-------------|  
A|-----------|-------------------|----------------|-------------|  
E|-----------|-------------------|----------------|-------------|  
          (3x)                                (2x)  

e|------------------------------------------------|  
B|------------------------------------------------|  
G|-12~~----12(AL)---12(AL)--12(AL)--12(AL)--------|  
D|------------------------------------------------|  
A|------------------------------------------------|  
E|------------------------------------------h12\--|  

  



    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante