Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Nice strumming pattern with this and good to get it right.

The rhythm is 1&2_3&4_1&2_3&4 so applying that to the chords ya got

AAA_GGG_DDD_AAA_AAA_GGG_DDD_AAA (of course some are minors)

In the chorus bit it goes 1&2&3 on F then &4& on C followed by 1&2&3 on Dm then &4& on G

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS         DANI CALIFORNIA

Am  G  Dm  Am ( x 2 )
Am                        G
Getting born in the state of Mississippi,
       Dm                                      Am
Her Poppa was a copper and her Momma was a hippy,
Am             G
In Alabama she will swing a hammer,
Dm                                        Am
Price you gotta pay when you break the panorama,
Am           G                              Dm        Am
She never knew that there was anything more than poor,
Am                  G                          Dm     Am
     What in the world what does your  confidence take me for,
 Am                    G
Black bandanna, sweet Louisiana,
 Dm                                Am
Robbing on a bank in the state of Indiana,
 Am                  G
She’s a runner, Rebel and a stunner,
 Dm                                 Am
Comin’ everyway saying “Baby watcha gonna?”,
 Am                         G               Dm       Am
    Looking down the barrell of a hot metal 45,
 Am                G              Dm Dm
   Just another way to survive

Chorus:
      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,
Dm
Yeah, yeah
Am                 G
She’s a lover, Baby and a fighter,
 Dm                                         Am
Shoulda seen it coming when I got a little brighter,
Am                          G
    With a name like “Dani California”,
Dm                                   Am
Day was gona come when I was gona mourn ya,
Am             G
    A little low,
                    Dm        Am
That she was stealing another bread,
Am          G          Dm  Dm
I love my baby to death
Chorus:

      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,
Dm
Yeah, yeah
Bridge:

 Bm                G           F#
Who knew the hardest side of you?
 Bm                   G        F#
Who knew what others died to prove?
 Bm            G           F#
Too true to say goodbye to you
 Bm           Bm
Too true to say, say, say
 Am                      G
Pushed the fader, Gifted animator,
 Dm                             Am
One for the now, And eleven for the later,
 Am                 G
Never made it up to Minnesota,
 Dm                                   Am
North Dakota man, Was a-gunnin’ for the quota,
 Am              G                        Dm           Am
Down in the Badlands she was saving the best for last,     Am     G                 Dm                   E
It only hurts when I laugh,  Gone too fast
Chorus:
     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,
Dm
Yeah, yeah
     F                 C   Dm
California, Rest In Peace,
         F           C Dm
Simultaneous release,
      F                 C      Dm
California, show your teeth,
               F                    C      Dm
She’s my priestess, I’m your priest,
Dm
Yeah, yeah