• Song:

    War of my life

  • Artist:

    John Mayer

  • Album:

    The Collection

"War of my Life" by John Mayer
Battle Studies, November 14th 2009 (for the lucky ones to get the album early).
Tabbed (by ear) by:  J. David Buerk on November 15th, 2009
Distribute as you wish, but give me credit for it and derivative works.  My first 
tab - judge for yourself.  Contact me on Ultimate-Guitar, username "phat104u".

Standard Tuning.  A fun, easy song from Battle Studies.

INTRO:
E, A, C#m, A

INTRO RIFF:
Clean, with lots of ambience and mild detune / reversing effect.

     E   A A  E E   A A  A E   A  E D6   A

E|---4---5-5--4-4---5-5--7-4---5--4-2h4--0---|
B|---5---5-5--5-5---5-5--5-5---5--5-0----2---|
G|---4---6-6--4-4---6-6--6-4---6--4-2----2---|
D|---6---7-7--6-6---7-7--7-6---7--6------2---|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|


VERSE:
	   E		    A
Come out angels, come out ghosts,
	   C#m				A
Come out darkness, bring everyone you know.

	   E		    A
I'm not running, I'm not scared,
	C#m		A
I am waiting, and well prepared.


CHORUS:
E			A
I'm in the war of my life,
		   C#m
At the door of my life,
			A		E
Out of time and there's nowhere to run...


VERSE:
E				   A
I've got a hammer, and a heart of glass,
	C#m				A
I got to know right now, which walls to smash.

	E		A
I got a pocket, got no pill
		C#m				A
If fear hasn't killed me yet, then nothing will.


BRIDGE:
A	B		C#m	A
All the suffering, and all the pain,
A		B
Never left a name or...


CHORUS:
E			A
I'm in the war of my life,
			C#m
At the door of my life,
			A		 
Out of time and there's nowhere to run.

E			A
I'm in the war of my life,
		   C#m
At the core of my life,
			   A
I've got no choice but to fight 'til it's done.


BRIDGE:
A	B
No more suffering.
C#m	A
No more pain.
A	B
Never again.

SOLO:
E, A, C#m, A

SOLO RIFF:
Clean, with lots of ambience and mild detune / reversing effect.

E chord with some frills...

E|--7--4~---4-7-4--7~--4~---4-7-4-7b9-4~---5b4-----4-----(4~)-|
B|--5--5~---5-5-5--5~--5~---5-5-5-----5~---------5-------(5~)-|
G|--4--4~---4-4-4--4~--4~---4-4-4-----4~-------4-----4---(4~)-|
D|--6--6~---6-6-6--6~--6~---6-6-6-----6~-----------------(6~)-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|


INTERLUDE:
E			A
I'm in the war of my life,
		   C#m
At the door of my life,
			A		E
Out of time and there's nowhere to run.  Oh...


OUTRO:
			A
I'm in the war of my life.
			C#m
I'm at the core of my life.
			A
Got no choice but to fight 'til it's done.
	 E		A		C#m
So fight on, fight on everyone; fight on.
			A
Got no choice but to fight 'til it's done.

      E			A
Fight on, fight on everyone.
      C#m			A
Fight on, got no choice, but it's a fight 'til it's done.
	  E
So fight on...

KEY (as if you don't already know):
h  hammer-on
p  pull-off
~  vibrato
( ) ghosted or alternative notes
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