------------------------------------------------------------------------------ waiting on the world to change - john mayer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by:bablinkstud182 Email:rtb182@yahoo.com first tab: im pretty confident about it Tuning: standard listen to song for exact strum pattern(rather funkish...reminds me of john frusciante) intro/verse: e|---------------------7-------------------------------7---------------------------------------| B|---------------------7---3-3-x-------5-5-x-----------7---3-3-x-------------------------------| G|---11-11-x-----------7---4-4-x---7---6-6-x-----------7---4-4-x---7---------------------------| D|---12-12-x---9---9-9-7---5-5-x---7---7-7-x---9---9-9-7---5-5-x---7---------------------------| A|---12-12-x---9---9-9-----5-5-x---5---7-7-x---9---9-9-----5-5-x---5---------------------------| E|---10-10-x---7---7-7-----3-3-x---x---5-5-x---7---7-7-----3-3-x---x---------------------------| note: john uses his thumb for the E string chorus: note: "x" under chord means john does a type of palm mute ..he hits and u the full chord you just donnt let it ring out at all (listen to song) part A part B e|-----------------------7--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------7---3-3-x------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---7---11-11-----------7---4-4-x---7----x2-----7-7-7---9-9-9---7-7-7---8-8-8---repeat-------------| D|---7---12-12---9---9-9-7---5-5-x---7-----------7-7-7---9-9-9---7-7-7---9-9-9---part---------------| A|---5---12-12---9---9-9-----5-5-x---5-----------5-5-5---7-7-7---5-5-5---9-9-9-----A----------------| E|---x---10-10---7---7-7-----3-3-x---x-----------x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---7-7-7---one-time-----------| X X he does some hammer ons that i havent figured out yet but these are the main chords bridge/pre solo: he mutes most of it u just pick around on the two chords e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9---7---9---7--------------------------------------------------------------| D|---7---5---7---5--------------------------------------------------------------| A|---5---3---5---3--------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| solo: part A e|-----------------5----5-7-5h7-10--7h10-12-17----15p14h15p14h15p14--------------| B|-----------7-5h7----7------------------------15-------------------15-----------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| part B e|----------------5-10--5h7--------5-7-------------------------------------------| B|------------5h7-----------7--5h7-----5h7---------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------7--------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| chorus repeats for the rest of the song | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note =============================================================================