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NEON
As recorded by John Mayer
Transcribed by Noel T. Manalo
Words and Music by John Mayer
Arranged by John Mayer
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Pre-Verse
Q=115
$
Csus4 Eb G#m6 G#sus2 C5/Bb
4/4
Gtr I
S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S S S S S S
||------------3-------------------|-----------------------4-----------3--||
||o-------------6-----------4-----|-----------4-------------x-------1---o||
||---------5--------------3-------|---------3---3------3---------0-------||
||-----x---------------5------5-6-|-(6)--6--------5----------------------||
||o-3-(3)-(3)-----5-6-(6)---------|---------------------------1-(1)-----o||
||--------------------------------|--4--(4)---------4-(4)----------------||
Verse
Csus4 Eb G#m6 G#sus2 C5/Bb
S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S S S S S S 4x
||------------3-------------------|-----------------------4-----------3--||
||o-------------6-----------4-----|-----------4-------------x-------1---o||
||---------5--------------3-------|---------3---3------3---------0-------||
||-----x---------------5------5-6-|-(6)--6--------5----------------------||
||o-3-(3)-(3)-----5-6-(6)---------|---------------------------1-(1)-----o||
||--------------------------------|--4--(4)---------4-(4)----------------||
Pre-Chorus
Fm/Ab Fm/Ab
> > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------6--(6)----------------6--(6)-------6-(6)-----|
|--------5------(5)------------5------(5)---------(5)-----|
|----6--------------(6)----6--------------(6)---------(6)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-(4)-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)-(4)---------4-----------|
Fm/G Fm/G
> > > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------6--(6)--------------6--(6)-------6-(6)------|
|--------5------(5)-----------5-----(5)---------(5)------|
|----6--------------(6)----6------------(6)---------(6)--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-(3)-(3)-(3)---------3-(3)-3-(3)---------3------------|
Fm7/F# Fm7/F#
> > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------4--(4)--------------4--(4)--------4--(4)-----|
|--------1------(1)-----------1-----(1)-----------(1)-----|
|----3--------------(3)----3------------(3)-----------(3)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-(2)-(2)-(2)---------2-(2)-2-(2)---------2-(2)---------|
D.C.
Fm7/F# Fm7/F#
> > > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------||
|------------4--(4)--------------4--(4)--------4--(4)------||
|--------1------(1)-----------1-----(1)-----------(1)------||
|----3--------------(3)----3------------(3)-----------(3)--||
|----------------------------------------------------------||
|-2-(2)-(2)-(2)---------2-(2)-2-(2)---------2-(2)-(2)-(2)--||
Pre-Chorus 2
Fm/Ab Fm/Ab
> > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------6--(6)----------------6--(6)-------6-(6)-----|
|--------5------(5)------------5------(5)---------(5)-----|
|----6--------------(6)----6--------------(6)---------(6)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-(4)-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)-(4)---------4-----------|
To Coda
Fm/G Fm/G
> > > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------6--(6)--------------6--(6)-------6-(6)------|
|--------5------(5)-----------5-----(5)---------(5)------|
|----6--------------(6)----6------------(6)---------(6)--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-(3)-(3)-(3)---------3-(3)-3-(3)---------3------------|
Fm7 Gm7
> > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4-(4)---------------6-(6)-------6-(6)-----|
|--------1-----1-------------3----(3)---------(3)-----|
|----3------------(3)----5------------(5)---------(5)-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-1-(1)-(1)-----------3-(3)-(3)-----------3-----------|
G# G# G#
> > <
S S S e S S S S e S S S S S q H Q
|---------------------------------|------------||
|---------4-4---------4-4---4---4-|-4----------||
|-------5-----------5-------------|-5----------||
|-----6-----------6-------6---6---|-6----------||
|---------------------------------|------------||
|-(4)---------(4)-----------------|-4----------||
Chorus
$$
G#5/F Bb Eb/C
S S S e S E S S S e S S +S
||----------------------------------1-(1)-------|
||o--------1---4--(4)-(4)--------3--------------|
||-----1--------------(1)----3------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------1-(1)-(1)-------3-(3)-|
||--1-(1)-(1)-(1)-------------------------------|
1. 2.
S S S S S S S e S S S S e S S S S S S S S s S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
|--4----4------------4--(4)----------4--(4)-o||-4---4------------4-----4-----4-----4-----|
|--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
|-----5---5-3h(4)h5-(5)-----3h(4)h5-(5)------||---5---5-3h(4)h5-(5)-3-(3)-5-(5)-3-(3)-5--|
|-(3)---------------------------------------o||------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
G#5/F Bb Eb/C
S S S e S E S S S e S S S
|---------------------------------1-(1)-------|
|--------1---4--(4)-(4)--------3--------------|
|----1--------------(1)----3------------------|
|------------------------------------------5--|
|-----------------------1-(1)-(1)-------3-(3)-|
|-1-(1)-(1)-(1)-------------------------------|
To Dbl. Coda
Bb
S S S S e S S S S S e S S S
|-----------------------------6-6---------|
|--4----4---4-(4)-------------------------|
|-----------------3--------7------(7)-----|
|-----5---5------------8--------------(8)-|
|-(3)-------------------------------------|
|-------------------6-(6)-(6)-------------|
D.S. al Coda
G# G# G# G# G# Bb
> > >
S S S s +S S S S S s +S S S S S S e E E E E Q +E
|-----------4-(4)-------------4-(4)---------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------5--------5--------5--------5----5------5-|----5----5---7--(7)-||
|----6-----------------6---------------------6----|---------6----------||
|-------------------------------------------------|----6--------8--(8)-||
|-4-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)---|-4-(4)---4---6--(6)-||
&
Fm7 Gm7 Gm7
> > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4-(4)---------------6-(6)-------6-(6)-----|
|--------1-----1-------------3----(3)---------(3)-----|
|----3------------(3)----5------------(5)---------(5)-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-1-(1)-(1)-----------3-(3)-(3)-----------3-----------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
G# Bb
> >
S S S S e S S S s S S S S S S
|-------------------6---6---6---6-||
|-------4-------------------------||
|-----5---(5)-----7---------------||
|---6-----------8-----8---8---8---||
|---------------------------------||
|-4-----------6-------------------||
&&
G# G# G# G# G#
> > >
S S S s +S S S S S s +S S S S S S e e E E E E Q
|-----------4-(4)-------------4-(4)---------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------5--------5--------5--------5----5------5-|----5--5-----5-5-5--||
|----6-----------------6---------------------6----|--------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|----6--6-----6-6-6--||
|-4-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)---|-4-(4)---(4)-4------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_mayer/neon_tab_ver_3.html ]
Guitar Rhythmic Solo
Fm7 Gm7
S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o------------4---------------6--------6---------6-|
||---------1------x--------3------3-------(3)-------|
||-----3---------------5------------(5)-------(5)---|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--1-(1)-(1)-(1)---3-(3)-(3)-(3)-------------------|
1. 2.
G#m7 Bbm7 G#m7 Bbm7
S S S e S S S S S S S S S e S S S e S S S S e e S S s
|--------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
|------------7---------------9--------6---9-o||------------7---------------9--9-9---6--|
|--------4------x--------6------6------------||--------4------x--------6----------6----|
|----6---------------8------------(8)---8----||----6---------------8-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------o||----------------------------------------|
|-4-(4)-(4)-(4)---6-(6)-(6)-(6)--------------||-4-(4)-(4)-(4)---6-(6)-(6)-(6)----------|
Fm7 Gm7 G#m7
S S S e S S S S e S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|------------4---------------6--------------7-|
|--------1---------------3---------------4----|
|----3---------------5---------------6--------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-1-(1)-(1)-(1)---3-(3)-(3)-(3)---4-(4)-(4)---|
Bbm7 F#/F#F#/Bb
+s S S S S e S q e +E
|---------------------------------|
|-(7)--------------9----7--7-(7)\-|
|--------------6--------6--6-(6)\-|
|----------8------------8--8-(8)\-|
|---------------------------------|
|-(4)---6-(6)-(6)-(6)---6--6-(6)\-|
Cm7/G
E S e +S S S S E +S S S S S
||----------------------------------------------|
||o--------4---------------4-----------------3--|
||---------3---------------3-------------5------|
||-----5---------------5-------------5----------|
||o-3-(3)-(3)-(3)-----------------3-(3)-(3)-(3)-|
||----------------3h6-(6)-(6)-(6)---------------|
Cm7/G
E S e +S S S S E +S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------||
|--------4---------------4-----------------3--o||
|--------3---------------3-------------5-------||
|----5---------------5-------------5-----------||
|-3-(3)-(3)-(3)-----------------3-(3)-(3)-(3)-o||
|---------------3h6-(6)-(6)-(6)----------------||
Pre-Chorus 3
Fm/Ab Fm/Ab Fm/Ab
> > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------------------------|
||o------------6--(6)----------------6--(6)-------6-(6)-----|
||---------5------(5)------------5------(5)---------(5)-----|
||-----6--------------(6)----6--------------(6)---------(6)-|
||o---------------------------------------------------------|
||--4-(4)-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)-(4)---------4-----------|
Fm/G Fm/G Fm/G
> > > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------||
|------------6--(6)--------------6--(6)-------6-(6)-----||
|--------5------(5)-----------5-----(5)---------(5)-----||
|----6--------------(6)----6------------(6)---------(6)-||
|-------------------------------------------------------||
|-3-(3)-(3)-(3)---------3-(3)-3-(3)---------3-----------||
1.
Fm7/F# Fm7/F# Fm7/F#
> > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------4--(4)--------------4--(4)--------4--(4)-----|
|--------1------(1)-----------1-----(1)-----------(1)-----|
|----3--------------(3)----3------------(3)-----------(3)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-(2)-(2)-(2)---------2-(2)-2-(2)---------2-(2)---------|
Fm7/F# Fm7/F# Fm7/F#
> > > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|------------4--(4)--------------4--(4)--------4--(4)------o||
|--------1------(1)-----------1-----(1)-----------(1)-------||
|----3--------------(3)----3------------(3)-----------(3)---||
|----------------------------------------------------------o||
|-2-(2)-(2)-(2)---------2-(2)-2-(2)---------2-(2)-(2)-(2)---||
2.
Fm7 Gm7 Gm7
> > >
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4-(4)---------------6-(6)-------6-(6)-----|
|--------1-----1-------------3----(3)---------(3)-----|
|----3------------(3)----5------------(5)---------(5)-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-1-(1)-(1)-----------3-(3)-(3)-----------3-----------|
G# Bb
> > <
S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S
|-------4---------------6-----6---6-||
|---------(4)-----------------------||
|-----5-------(5)-----7---7---------||
|---6---------------8-------8---8---||
|-----------------------------------||
|-4---------------6-----------------||
Out-Chorus
G#5/F Bb Eb/C
S S S e S E S S S e S S +S
||----------------------------------1-(1)-------|
||o--------1---4--(4)-(4)--------3--------------|
||-----1--------------(1)----3------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------1-(1)-(1)-------3-(3)-|
||--1-(1)-(1)-(1)-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S e S S S S e S
|--------------------------------------------||
|--4----4------------4--(4)----------4--(4)-o||
|--------------------------------------------||
|-----5---5-3h(4)h5-(5)-----3h(4)h5-(5)------||
|-(3)---------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||
G#5/F Bb Eb/C
S S S e S E S S S e S S S
|---------------------------------1-(1)-------|
|--------1---4--(4)-(4)--------3--------------|
|----1--------------(1)----3------------------|
|------------------------------------------5--|
|-----------------------1-(1)-(1)-------3-(3)-|
|-1-(1)-(1)-(1)-------------------------------|
Bb
S S S S e S S S S S e S S S
|-----------------------------6-6---------|
|--4----4---4-(4)-------------------------|
|-----------------3--------7------(7)-----|
|-----5---5------------8--------------(8)-|
|-(3)-------------------------------------|
|-------------------6-(6)-(6)-------------|
G# G# G# G#
> > >
S S S s +S S S S S s +S S S S S S e e E E E E Q
|-----------4-(4)-------------4-(4)---------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------5--------5--------5--------5----5------5-|----5--5-----5-5-5--||
|----6-----------------6---------------------6----|--------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|----6--6-----6-6-6--||
|-4-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)---|-4-(4)---(4)-4------||
Outro
1.
Csus4 Eb G#m6 G#sus2 C5/Bb
Gtr I
S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S S S S S S
||------------3-------------------|-----------------------4-----------3--||
||o-------------6-----------4-----|-----------4-------------x-------1---o||
||---------5--------------3-------|---------3---3------3---------0-------||
||-----x---------------5------5-6-|-(6)--6--------5----------------------||
||o-3-(3)-(3)-----5-6-(6)---------|---------------------------1-(1)-----o||
||--------------------------------|--4--(4)---------4-(4)----------------||
2.
G#m6 G#sus2 C5/Bb C5
S S S e e S S S S S S S S S +E H Q E
|---------------------4-----------3-|-(3)\-----------*|
|---------4-------------x-----------|----------------*|
|-------3---3------3------------5-5-|-(5)\-----------*|
|----6--------5--------------5----5-|-(5)\-----------*|
|-----------------------------------|----------------*|
|-4-(4)---------4-(4)-----6-(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
