Song: ASSASSIN (Acoustic Version) Artist/Album: JOHN MAYER, Battle Studies, (2009) VERSION 1.03 ===================================================== Date: 19th November 2009 ===================================================== Tabbed by JOSEPH V (joseph.youtube@hotmail.com) VIDEO EXAMPLE @ YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/sepsep ** Out of gratitude, please subscribe to my youtube channel, if you enjoyed this/found this helpful. It would mean SOO much to me :) Thanks! -Joseph *** Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE) * = SLAP *> = ACCENTUATED SLAP ^ = ALTERNATIVE CHORD SHAPE CHORDS A = 707650 Asus = 707750 Bm = 024430 D = 057755 D/F# = 400230 D/G = 507750 G = 505430 ALTERNATIVE D^ = 000232 Bm^ = 907770 PLAYER NOTES: I guess the tricky part in my acoustic version is the slapping and getting the timing It takes a bit of practice. Please note the accentuated slap (meaning a stronger/louder slap)... keeps the song flowing. VERSE/PRECHORUS PHRASE I (Bm^) PHRASE II (Asus) e----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| b-------------7-----------------------7--------|------------5-----------------------5------------| g-------7---------7------------------------7---|-----------------7-----------------------7-------| d-----------------------7-------7--------------|-----7----------------7-------7---------------7--| a----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| E----9-----9---------9------9-------9----------|--7------7----------------7------7---------------| * * * *> * * PHRASE III (D/G?) PHRASE IV (Asus) |--------------------------------------------------------|----(see PHR II)--X-| |---------------5-------------------------5--------------|------------------X-| |--------------------7-------------------------7---------|------------------X-| |-------7----------------7-------7-------------------7---|------------------X-| |--------------------------------------------------------|------------------X-| |---5-------5-----------------5------5-------------------|------------------X-| * * * PRECHORUS RIFF (Em) 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 # The bass line follows the beat of the oo Wooo ohhh woaOhhh, oh oh, ohhhhh... # Its hard to describe... unless i do it in slow mo.... hmm.. :D ---------------------------------------------------------|--| ----------7--h--9--7-------------------------------------|--| ----------7------------7---9----7--h--9------7---h---9---|--| ---------------------------------------------------------|--| ---------------------------------------------------------|--| ----------9------------9--------9--------9---9-------9---|--| Asus D/G You get in...... get done and..... get gone Bm^ Asus D/G leave a trace..... show your face...... get gone Bm^ Asus D/G shoulda turned around.... left before...... came up again Asus but the sun came up again CHORUS Bm D/F# G A I was a killer .... best they'd ever seen Bm D/F# G A I'd steal your heart .... before you ever hurt a thing Bm D/F# G A I'm an assassin... had a job to do Bm D/F# G A Asus4 A Little did i know.... an assassin too (back to chorus) BRIDGE D Bm D A Suddenly im in... over my head.... i can hardly move D Bm D A Suddnely i know exactly what i did... i cannot feel a thing D^ Bm D/F# G A Asus suddenly im floating over her bed .. .do not feel a thing D^ Bm D/F# G G Suddenly i know....exactly ....done.... and what G its gonna mean to me A Asus Bm^ mean to me, when im gone INSTRUMENTAL Bm^ Asus D/G Asus Bm^ Asus D/G A Asus
