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NEON (Bassline)
As recorded by John Mayer
(From the 2002 Album ROOM FOR SQUARES)
Transcribed by dalsegno
Words by John Mayer Music by John Mayer and Clay Cook
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=102
4/4
Gtr I
W W
||-----------|-------||
||o----------|------o||
||o----------|------o||
||-----------|-------||
Verse 1
S Q E S S. E.. E S E E. E S S E. E E 3x
||----------------------|--------------------||
||o---------------------|-------------------o||
||o-3------5-6----------|-------------------o||
||--------------------0-|-1------3-4----6----||
S Q E S S. E.. E S E E. E S S E. E E
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|-3------5-6----------|-------------------||
|-------------------0-|-1------3-4----6---||
Pre-Chorus 1
H.. E +W H.. E E. Q Q S E E
|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------------||
|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------------||
|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------------||
|-4---------3-|-(3)--------|-2---------2S|=14--------0h13s0--||
Pre-Verse 1
S Q E S S. E.. E S E E. E S S E. E E
||----------------------|--------------------||
||o---------------------|-------------------o||
||o-3------5-6----------|-------------------o||
||--------------------0-|-1------3-4----6----||
Verse 2
S Q E S S. E.. E S E E. E S S E. E E 3x
||----------------------|--------------------||
||o---------------------|-------------------o||
||o-3------5-6----------|-------------------o||
||--------------------0-|-1------3-4----6----||
S Q E S S. E.. E S E E. E S S E. E E
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|-3------5-6--------7-|-8-----------------||
|---------------------|--------3-4----6---||
Pre-Chorus 2
H.. E +Q E H +E H.. E S S E S E. H
|-------------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-4---------3-|-(3)--3S15----(15)\-|-2---------2S|=14-14-9-14---------|
H. E E E. E. H +E H H H.. E E H Q.
|-------------|-----------------|-----------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|-5-----5----(5)\-|-----------|-------------|---------------||
|---------4-6-|----5------------|-----------|-------------|---------------||
|-4-----------|-----------------|-1----3----|-4---------4S|=16------------||
Chorus
$
$$
E. S E Q Q E +Q S S S S E E E E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-----------1--3-|-(3)----------3-3-1---|
|-1--1-4-3-------|--------3-6-3-------3-|
E. S E Q Q E Q S S S S S S E E E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----5-5-----5-5-------|
|-----------1--3-|--------3-3-----3---3-|
|-1--1-4-3-------|------------------3---|
E. S E Q E E E +E E E. S Q E S S
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------1-2-3-|-(3)---3-------------|
|-1--1-4-3--------|----------3-6--6-3-4-|
To Coda
Q E. S E Q E S S E E E. S E Q
|----------------|-------------------------||
|----------------|-------------------------||
|----------------|-------------------------||
|-4--6--3-4-4--4S|=16-16---16----16---16\--||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_mayer/neon_btab_ver_2.html ]
Pre-Verse 2
To Dbl. Coda
S Q E S S. E.. E S E E. E S S E. E E
||----------------------|--------------------||
||o---------------------|-------------------o||
||o-3------5-6----------|-------------------o||
||--------------------0-|-1------3-4----6----||
Verse 3
S Q E S S. E.. E S E E. E S S E. E E 4x
||----------------------|--------------------||
||o---------------------|-------------------o||
||o-3------5-6----------|-------------------o||
||--------------------0-|-1------3-4----6----||
Pre-Chorus 3
H.. E +W H.. S S S S S E. E H
|-------------|------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------|------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------|------------|---------------|-4---4-4\--------|
|-4---------3-|-(3)--------|-2-----------2-|---2-------------|
D.S. al Coda
H.. E +W Q. E +H H. S E.
|-------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|-------------|------------|---------------|---------8-----||
|-------------|------------|---------------|---------------||
|-4---------3-|-(3)--------|-1----3-(3)----|-6---------6\--||
Bridge
&
Q. Q Q E +Q. Q E S S S S
||---------------|---------------------||
||o--------------|--------------------o||
||o--------------|--------------------o||
||--1----3--3--4-|-(4)---6--6-6-7-8-0--||
Q E Q Q E +E Q Q E S S E
|--------------|-----------------------||
|--------------|-----------------------||
|--------------|-------------/13---13--||
|-1--1-3--3--4-|-(4)-4--6--------6-----||
Breakdown
Q Q Q S S S S E E H E S S H. S S S S H S S S S E E
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|----------------5---|-5S10------------|---------5-------|----------5---5S10-||
|-15\--3-------3---3-|-------------3-3-|-------------3---|--------3---3------||
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Pre-Chorus 4
Q E Q. E E +Q E Q. E +E
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-4--4S16----11\-3-|-(3)--3S15----15-(15)\-|
E. S E H +E +E S S S S E S S Q.
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----1------------------|
|------4S9----(9)-|-(9)-----4-4---4-4------|
|-2--2------------|-------2-----2-----2\---|
E. S E Q Q. E. S S S Q E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------0s2----------|
|-4--4-4S16--16\---|-3--3-----3--3-0-1-|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S E.
|-----------------|---------------3-----||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|-------------1-------||
|-x-1-x-3-x-3-x-4-|-x-4-x-6-x-6-----6\--||
Outro
&&
S Q S S S S Q.. S Q S S s S E E. E 4x
||-----------------------|----------------------||
||o----------------------|---------------------o||
||o-3------------3-------|-3--------3---3-3----o||
||-------3-6-(3)---------|------3-6-------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
