John Mayer - War of my life
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"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:
Come Eout angelAs, come out ghosts,
Come C#mout darknesAs, bring everyone you know.
I'm nEot runninAg, I'm not scared,
I C#mam waitAing, and well prepared.
CHORUS:
EI'm in Athe war of my life,
At the C#mdoor of my life,
Out ofA timeE and there's nowhere to run...
VERSE:
EI've got a hAammer, and a heart of glass,
I C#mgot to knowA right now, which walls to smash.
I Egot aA pocket, got no pill
If fC#mear hasn't Akilled me yet, then nothing will.
BRIDGE:
AAllB the C#msuffeAring, and all the pain,
ANeverB left a name or...
CHORUS:
EI'm in Athe war of my life,
At theC#m door of my life,
Out ofA time and there's nowhere to run.
EI'm in Athe war of my life,
At the C#mcore of my life,
I've got Ano choice but to fight 'til it's done.
BRIDGE:
ANo Bmore suffering.
C#mNo moAre pain.
ANevBer 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:
EI'm in Athe war of my life,
At the C#mdoor of my life,
Out ofA timeE and there's nowhere to run. Oh...
OUTRO:
I'm inA the war of my life.
I'm atC#m the core of my life.
Got noA choice but to fight 'til it's done.
So EfightA on, C#mfight on everyone; fight on.
Got noA choice but to fight 'til it's done.
Fight Eon, figAht on everyone.
Fight C#mon, got nAo choice, but it's a fight 'til it's done.
So fEight on...
KEY (as if you don't already know):
h hammer-on
p pull-off
~ vibrato
( ) ghosted or alternative notes