• Song:

    Waiting On The World To Change

  • Artist:

    John Mayer

  • Album:

    Waiting On The World To...

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                             waiting on the world to change - john mayer
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Tabbed by:bablinkstud182
Email:rtb182@yahoo.com         first tab: im pretty confident about it
Tuning: standard

listen to song for exact strum pattern(rather funkish...reminds me of john frusciante)

   intro/verse:
e|---------------------7-------------------------------7---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------7---3-3-x-------5-5-x-----------7---3-3-x-------------------------------|
G|---11-11-x-----------7---4-4-x---7---6-6-x-----------7---4-4-x---7---------------------------|
D|---12-12-x---9---9-9-7---5-5-x---7---7-7-x---9---9-9-7---5-5-x---7---------------------------|
A|---12-12-x---9---9-9-----5-5-x---5---7-7-x---9---9-9-----5-5-x---5---------------------------|
E|---10-10-x---7---7-7-----3-3-x---x---5-5-x---7---7-7-----3-3-x---x---------------------------|
            note: john uses his thumb for the E string

   chorus:  note: "x" under chord means john does a type of palm mute ..he hits and u 
the full chord you just donnt let it ring out at all (listen to song)
     part A                                      part B
e|-----------------------7--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------7---3-3-x------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7---11-11-----------7---4-4-x---7----x2-----7-7-7---9-9-9---7-7-7---8-8-8---repeat-------------|
D|---7---12-12---9---9-9-7---5-5-x---7-----------7-7-7---9-9-9---7-7-7---9-9-9---part---------------|
A|---5---12-12---9---9-9-----5-5-x---5-----------5-5-5---7-7-7---5-5-5---9-9-9-----A----------------|
E|---x---10-10---7---7-7-----3-3-x---x-----------x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---7-7-7---one-time-----------|
         X  X

he does some hammer ons that i havent figured out yet but these are the main chords

  bridge/pre solo: he mutes most of it u just pick around on the two chords
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9---7---9---7--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7---5---7---5--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---3---5---3--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   solo:  part A
e|-----------------5----5-7-5h7-10--7h10-12-17----15p14h15p14h15p14--------------|
B|-----------7-5h7----7------------------------15-------------------15-----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
        part B
e|----------------5-10--5h7--------5-7-------------------------------------------|
B|------------5h7-----------7--5h7-----5h7---------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------7--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
            chorus repeats for the rest of the song


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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