John Mayer - Heartbreak Warfare

Tabbed by Jake Fong
Email: jakejohn1991@yahoo.co.uk

This is my first tab, so please mind any mistakes. If there is something wrong
then please send an email to the address above.

**UPDATE**
Check "Guitar Four" section for updates

Standard Tuning

GUITAR ONE
GUITAR TWO
GUITAR THREE (Bass)
GUITAR FOUR (Electric)
GUITAR FIVE (Piano)

Chord List for guitar one, two and four:
A	x0222x - (I mute the e string only because it sounds better to me. You
don't have to do this.
D/F#	2x023x
F#m	244222
F	133211
C	032010
G	320003

NOTE: Guitar two and three is PALM MUTED throughout the entire song.
NOTE: Guitar four starts at second chorus (clouds of sulfur) - best played on
	electric guitar (I don't know the settings. If anyone figures it out
	email me and I'll update the tab)
NOTE: Listen to the song for the timing on guitars 3-5
NOTE: For the solo I recommend using the Heartbreak Warfare Solo Tab (first version).

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GUITAR ONE and TWO:

1.
A	D/F#
A	D/F#

A
Lightning strikes
			   D/F#
Inside my chest to keep me up at night
A
Dream of ways
			 D/F#
To make you understand my pain

2.
A--------------------------
Clouds of sulfur in the air,
---------------------------
Bombs are falling everywhere
     D/F#
It's heartbreak warfare
A-----------------------
Once you want it to begin,
------------------------
No one really ever wins
   D/F#
In heartbreak warfare


3.
       F#m	  A
If you want more love,
		D/F#
why don't you say so?
       F#m	  A
If you want more love,
		D/F#
why don't you say so?

1.
A
Drop his name
			 D/F#
Push it in and twist the knife again
A
Watch my face
		       D/F#
As I pretend to feel no pain

2.
A--------------------------
Clouds of sulfur in the air,
---------------------------
Bombs are falling everywhere
     D/F#
It's heartbreak warfare
A-----------------------
Once you want it to begin,
------------------------
No one really ever wins
   D/F#
In heartbreak warfare

3.
       F#m	  A
If you want more love,
		D/F#
why don't you say so?
       F#m	  A
If you want more love,
		D/F#
why don't you say so?


4.
     F	     C G
Just say so....

F	C  G
F	C  G
F	C  G


5.
F
How come the only way to know how high you get me
      G
is to see how far I fall?
F
God only knows how much I'd love you if you let me
      G
but I can't break through at all.
	 A
It's a heart-----heartbreak


1.
A
I don't care if we don't sleep at all tonight
	    D/F#
Let's just  fix this whole thing now
A
I swear to God we're gonna get it right
       D/F#
If you lay your weapons down

2.
A
Red wind and ambient
				D/F#
You're talking shit again, it's heartbreak warfare
A
Good to know it's all a game
				D/F#			A
Disappointment has a name, it's heartbreak warfare

     D/F#
It's heartbreak warfare...

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GUITAR THREE (Bass)

NOTE: I played this with my acoustic guitar, so I don't know if the notes are
correct on bass guitar.

1.

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|--5(x16)-5/10--10(x16)--10\|

2.

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|--5(x8)-5/10\5-5(x8)--5/10--10(x16)--10\|

3.

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|--2(x8)/5(x8)/10(x16)\-----|


4.

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|--3(x8)/5(x4)/8(x4)\-------|


5.

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|--1(x16)-5/10--3(x16)----3\|

heaart...heartbreak

let ring____________
E|--5------------------------|

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GUITAR FOUR (Electric)

NOTE: Best to listen to the song for timing.
NOTE: John Mayer uses a scattered whammy technique (I don't know if that's the actual 
when playing the notes. Here's a live version of the song, so you can see for yourself: 
(skip to 0:35)

1 and 2

e|-------------------17------|
B|-----17--------------------|
G|--14------------14---------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

3.
e|----------------------------------|
B|---2-----2------2-------2---2---3-|
G|---2-----2------2-------2---2---2-|
D|--------------0----0-0----0---0---|
A|-------0--------------------------|
E|-2--------------------------------|

5. (John Mayer doesn't use the whammy bar for this part)

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---10----10-----10----10-----|
D|-7-----7------7-----7--------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----9----9----9----9--------|
D|---7----7----7----7----------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------|
B|-----8---8---8---------8---8----------|
G|-----------------10------------10---9-|
D|---7---7---7---7-----7---7---7----7---|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

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GUITAR FIVE
(piano)

3.

v: vibrato

e|------------------------------|
B|-------10---12---10-10---12v--|
G|---12-----12-----------12-----|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

Outro

e|--------------------------------|
B|----10--10-12----10-10---10-12v-|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|