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Stop This Train - John Mayer
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Tabbed by: willsside
I based this tab off of live videos of John Mayer playing this song so this should be the correct rendition.
John Mayer has enormous hands so you will have to reach for some of these fingerings.
Also, the strumming is the hardest part of the song; I will go into detail below.
S T R U M M I N G
First lay the edge of your palm on the bridge of the guitar, but not too close to the strings that you
palm mute. Look at the first line of the song VVV, I use my thumb for the 0 on the D
string and my middle finger for the 3 on the B string.
e|------------------0--------------------------|
B|----3-------------------------3--------------|
G|-----------*2----------------------*2--------|
D|----0-------------------0--------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Immediately after playing those two notes in unison, raise your hand off the guitar.
Now this is the hard part: hit the bridge of the guitar with the edge of your palm (not too hard) hard
enough to hear a thud. But at the same time, use the back nailtip of your pointer finger and hit the 2 on
string G.
- FOR VISUALIZATION
open your right hand like you're going to give a high five. now curl the pointer finger down. Try to
hold a pencil in your curled pointer finger. Now remove the pencil and don't move. That is what
finger should look like when it hits the guitar; the back of your nail hits the string.
(Try to be as accurate as possible on the string, but don't worry too much if you accidentally hit
other strings; the strumming effect sounds good in moderation)
Then I play the 0 on the e string with my middle finger, the 0 on the D with my thumb, 3 on B with middle,
and back to the whole raised/palm/nailtip business for the 2 on G.
This general pattern will be repeated throughout most if not all of the song.
FOR SIMPLICITY I will mark all of the raised/palm/nailtip'd notes in the tab with a *, as shown in the tab.
Practice makes perfect!
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
e|------------0-------------7-------7-------------5-------5-------------0-------0-----------|
B|----3-------------3-------------------------------------------------------------------*0--|
G|--------*2----------*2--------*6--------6-*6--------*6--------6-*6--------*2--------2-----|
D|----0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0--------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------0-------------7-------7-------------5-------5-------------0-------0-----------|
B|----0h3-----------3-------------------------------------------------------------------*0--|
G|--------*2----------*2--------*6--------6-*6--------*6--------6-*6--------*2--------2-----|
D|----0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0--------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
e|----2-------2-------------7-------7-------------5-------5-------------0-------0-----------|
B|------------------------------------------*0--------------------*0--------------------*0--|
G|--------*0--------0-*0--------*7--------7-----------*4--------4-----------*4--------4-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3----------3----------3----------3----------3----------3----------3----------3--------|
No I'm not colorblind, I know the world is black and white
e|------------0-------------7-------7-------------5-------5-------------0-------0-----------|
B|----0h3-----------3-------------------------------------------------------------------*0--|
G|--------*2----------*2--------*6--------6-*6--------*6--------6-*6--------*2--------2-----|
D|----0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0--------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
e|----2-------2-------------0-------0-------------2-------2-------------0-------0-----------|
B|--------------------*3--------------------*3--------------------*3--------------------*3--|
G|--------*3--------3-----------*3--------3-----------*3--------3-----------*3--------3-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3----------3----------3----------3----------3----------3----------3----------3--------|
Stop this train I want to get of and go
e|----2-------2-------------0-------0-------------2-------3-------------0-------2-----------|
B|--------------------*3--------------------*3--------------------*3--------------------*3--|
G|--------*2--------2-----------*2--------2-----------*2--------2-----------*2--------2-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----2----------2----------2----------2----------2----------2----------2----------2--------|
home again I can't take the speed it's
e|----2-------2-------------0-------0-------------2-------2-------------0-------2-----------|
B|--------------------*3--------------------*3--------------------*3--------------------*3--|
G|--------*1--------1-----------*1--------1-----------*1--------1-----------*1--------1-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0--------|
moving in I know I can't but
e|------------0---------------------0---------------------0---------------------0-----------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------0-------------0-----|
G|----7-------------7-------6-------------6-------5-------------5---------------------------|
D|--------*5----------*5--------*5----------*5--------*5----------*5--------*5----------*5--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----5----------5----------5----------5----------5----------5----------5----------5--------|
honestly won't someone stop this train
Verse 3:
e|----2-------2-------------0-------0-------------2-------2-------------0-------0-----------|
B|--------------------*3--------------------*3--------------------*3--------------------*3--|
G|--------*3--------3-----------*3--------3-----------*3--------3-----------*3--------3-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3----------3----------3----------3----------3----------3----------3----------3--------|
Had a talk with my old man, said help me understand
e|----2-------2-------------0-------0-------------2-------2-------------0-------0-----------|
B|--------------------*3--------------------*3--------------------*3--------------------*3--|
G|--------*2--------2-----------*2--------2-----------*1--------1-----------*1--------1-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----2----------2----------2----------2----------0----------0----------0----------0--------|
He said turn sixty eight, you'll renegotiate
Repeat Chorus for:
Don't stop this train, don't for a minute change the place you're in .... John honestly
we'll never stop this train
Bridge:
You can either play chords:
G A D Em G
See once in a while when it's good, it'll feel like it should
And they're all still around, and you're still safe and sound
And you don't miss a thing, 'til you cry when you're
Or:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0-------0-------------2-------2-------------3-------3-------------5-------5-----------|
G|--------*2--------2-*2--------*2----------*2--------*0----------*0--------*0--------0-*0--|
D|----------------------------------------2---------------------0---------------------------|
A|--------------------------0----------0----------2----------2----------4----------4--------|
E|----3----------3--------------------------------------------------------------------------| x3
See once in a while when it's good, it'll feel like it
should
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----7-------------------------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7---------------------5---------------------4-----------------------------------------|
A|----5-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------5---------------------0-----------------------------------------|
driving away in the dark
