----------------------------------------------------------------- Who Did You Think I Was? - John Mayer ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Nate Shoemaker Email: dennisandlynda@comcast.net Ok... whew.... so much to say about this song. This is the Live in LA version, I have never even listened to the CD veriosn before :). This tab is of now for sure 90% correct, and I will continue to update it, but I wanted to get it up as fast as I could without spending a month on it. I hope that EVERYONE will see this tab purely as a template, nothing more. DO NOT read it nore for note, because you will not be playing how you probably want to play it, and the rythm is not perfect, I know, but you don’t need it hopefull because you are reading this and listening to the song at the same time. This is definately ADVANCED, and is not for the moderate player, especially since this tab is a template and requires some improvization. Tuning: Standard Intro- Played until 1st chorus e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----5h6-xx-----xx------------5h6-xx-----xx----------| D|----6h7-xx-5h7-xx------------6h7-xx-5h7-xx----------| A|--------xx-----xx----5-----------xx-----xx-----5----| E|--5-----xx-----xx-8b---8b--5-----xx-----xx-8--------| Chorus 1- Notes played on E string played with thumb e|-------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------3-----3-3---------------| G|------2---4-2------------------2h4---4-4p2-------------| D|--0---2h4----4-2-----------0-0-------------4-2---------| A|--x--------------4-2-------x-x-----------------4-2-----| E|--2------------------5-2---3-3-------------------------| This will played many times, so I will refer to this as “The Riff” e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----5h6-xx-----xx------------5h6-xx-----xx----------| D|----6h7-xx-5h7-xx------------6h7-xx-5h7-xx----------| A|--------xx-----xx----5-----------xx-----xx----5-----| E|--5-----xx-----xx-8b---8b--5-----xx-----xx-8b---8b--| *The Riff a whole bunch of times (too lazy to count), then a delicious lick: Delicious Lick e|-----------------------------| B|--------8--------------------| Go straight into chorus 1, then G|----5h6-7p5------------------| 2 times of The Riff, then: D|----6h7-----7-5--------------| A|----------------7-6-5--------| E|--5-------------------8-5----| Chorus pt. 2 e|--2-------------3------------| B|--2-------------3------------| G|--2-------------4------------| D|--4-------------5------------| A|--4-------------5------------| E|--2-------------0------------| Lady Lick- Mayer claims it turns the ladies on e|---------------------------------------| B|--8/h10\p8/h10-8-----------------------| G|--7/h9-\p7/h9--7p5---------------------| D|-------------------7-5-----------------| A|-----------------------7-6-5-----------| E|-----------------------------8---------| *Chorus 1. then The Riff, then Chorus pt. 2, then 2 times on The Riff again, then: SOLO!!!!! The stars represent the slides up and down the neck starting from the 3rd fret, traveling to about the 12th e|-----------------------------------*--------------*---| B|-------------------8---8---8---9-----8---8------------| G|----5h6-xx---------7h9-7h9-7h9-7h9---7h9-7h9-7-5~-----| D|----6h7-xx-5h7-5-7-----------------*--------------*---| A|--------xx--------------------------------------------| E|--5-----xx-------------------------*--------------*---| e|----------------*-------------------------------5-----------| B|------------------------------------------------5------10~--| G|-----5-7-7-7-5~----7b1/2----5~--------------5-7---7/12------| D|--/7------------*---------------5h7p5---5-7-----------------| A|--------------------------------------7---------------------| E|----------------*-------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|--10-13br-10----10----10~-10-13br-10~-10~--17br-17---| G|-------------12----12--------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------| B|--17-15-------15--------------------| G|--------14-16----16-14----14~-------| D|-----------------------17-----------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| e|------10-10-----10-10-------------------------2--| B|--13b-------13b-------5-----------------------2--| G|------------------------7-5-------------------2--| D|----------------------------7-5---------------4--| A|--------------------------------7-6-5---------4--| E|--------------------------------------8-5-2-0-2--| “Here is a line that you won’t understand!!!” Cool slidy part- Play 2 times e|--3-3--------------------------------------------------------| B|--3-3-3/h5\p3/h5\p3/h5\p3/h5---------------------------------| G|--0-0-2/h4\p2/h4\p2/h4\p2/h4--------2---2-2h4p2--------------| D|--0-0------------------------12/----2h4-4-------4-2----------| A|--x-x------------------------12/-------------------4-3-2-----| E|--3-3------------------------12/--2----------------------5---| Then on the 3rd: e|--3/h5\p3/h5\p3/h5\p3/h5-------------| B|--3/h5\p3/h5\p3/h5\p3/h5-------------| Then play The Riff G|-------------------------------------| 2 times. D|--------------------------12/--------| A|--------------------------12/--------| E|--------------------------12/--------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|------5-------------5--7-5-7-5---------5-------------5-7p5---5-| G|------5-----~-------5--7-5-7-5---------5-------------5-7p5---5-| D|--5-7---5-7-----5-7------------7~--5-7---5-7-----5-7-------7---| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------8-5------------------------------8-5---------------| e|-------------| B|--7p5--------| G|--7p5--------| D|------7~-----| A|-------------| E|-------------| But on 2nd time, end with the G on the D string (5th fret) instead of the A (7th Fret) | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================