John Mayer – Home Life (Guitar Live Tab)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
This is the live version. TUNE THE GUITAR ONE STEP DOWN. All chords will be named as if in normal tuning so
you can add them to your playing
INTRO RIFF:
Harmonics, let ring... SLAP Harmonics
e|-12------------------------||---------------------------||-----------------------12--|
B|-12------------------------||-----------------0---------||---------------0-------12--|
G|-12------------------------||-----------7-----0---------||----------7----0-------12--|
D|---------------------------||-----------7--4-----4------||----------7--4---------12--|
A|---------------------------||-------7------5-----5------||-------7-----5---------12--|
E|---------------------------||--3/5----------------------||--3/5------------------12--|
SLAP Do a quick down up strum while doing the harmonics
e|---------------------------||-----------------------12--|
B|-----------------0---------||---------------0-------12--|
G|-----------7-----0---------||----------7----0-------12--|
D|-----------7--4-----4------||----------7--4---------12--|
A|-------7------5-----5------||-------7-----5---------12--|
E|--3/5----------------------||--3/5------------------12--|VERSE: These are the chords used, John mayer does different picking patterns; I'll write the most used one.
A5sus4-you can slide into it F7M/C
e|----x----------------------| |--x------------------------|
B|----x----------------------| |--0------------------------|
G|----7----------------------| |--0------------------------|
D|----7----------------------| |--4------------------------|
A|----7----------------------| |--5------------------------|
E|--3/5----------------------| |--x------------------------|Variation A
There is a slight delay between the sliding base and the strum. On the last pick stroke also slap. e|---------------------------| |---------------------------| B|---------------------------| |-----0------0--------------| G|------7--7-----------------| |-----0------0--------------| D|------7--7-----------------| |--4-----4---4--------------| A|------7--7-----------------| |--5-----5---5--------------| E|--3/5----------------------| |---------------------------|
PRE-CHORUS: (the part where he goes I want to live in the center of a circle)
He is alternating between A5sus5 and G. herese the way to play them:
A5sus4 G
e x x
A x x
D 7 4
G 7 5
B 7 5
E 5 x
Chorus: (home life, been hoding out for a home life)
John continually strums this F5 chord puling of the B string to the open string.
E A D G B e
1 3 3 0 1 x
p0
!! At the end of the chorus he strums the F5 chord twice and slides this shape 2 frets up and strums again. !!
Bridge:
F5
I can tell you this much
II will marry just once
C
And if it doesn't work out
Give her half of my stuff
A
It's fine with me
Dsus2/B
We said eternity
F5
And I will go to my grave
With the life that I gave
C
Not just some melody line
On a radio wave
A
It dissipates
Dsus2/B
And soon evaporates
F5
But home life doesn't change
Chords:
E A D G B e
F5 1 3 3 0 1 x
C 8 x 10 9 8 x
A 5 x 7 6 5 x hammer on with the pinky the 7th frett on the G string
Dsus2/B 7 x 7 7 5 5
Hope this helps, this as much as I could figure out by ear. If you have any suggestions please do write them.
p.s this is my first tab