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NEON
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 (C A D G B E) - 'Lead Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm Guitar'
Intro
Q=102
Csus4 Ebsus2
4/4
Gtr I
S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S
||---------------------------------------|
||o---------8-x--------------4-----------|
||--------x---x-10---------3---x---------|
||----(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-|
||o----------------------------x---------|
||--0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb
S S S s s S S S S T t s S S S S s
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------4-x---------------------9-------------8--o||
|-------3---x-3----------------8----0---------7-----||
|----6------x-------(x)----8--------------10--------||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|-5-(5)---------(5)-(5)-8-(8)-(8)-----10-(10)-------||
Verse 1
Csus4 Ebsus2
S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S
||---------------------------------------|
||o---------8-x--------------4-----------|
||--------x---x-10---------3---x---------|
||----(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-|
||o----------------------------x---------|
||--0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb
S S S s s S S S S T t s S S S S s 3x
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------4-x-----------------9-----------8--o||
|-------3---x-3-------------8---0-------7-----||
|----6------x-------(x)---8----------10-------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|-5-(5)---------(5)-----8---------10----------||
Csus4 Ebsus2
S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|---------8-x--------------4-----------|
|-------x---x-10---------3---x---------|
|---(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-|
|----------------------------x---------|
|-0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb
S S S s s S S S S T t s S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------4-x-----------------9---------------||
|-------3---x-3-------------8---0-------------||
|----6------x-------(x)---8----------10-10\---||
|---------------------------------------------||
|-5-(5)---------(5)-----8---------10----------||
Pre-Chorus 1
Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G Ebsus4/F#
~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. E. E. Q +Q. +H H
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------||
|-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-------4--(4)---|-(4)---------||
|----5------------|-----5-----------|----3-----------|-------------||
|-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6--------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------||
|-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-6--------------|-------------||
Pre-Verse 1
Csus4 Ebsus2
S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S
||---------------------------------------|
||o---------8-x--------------4-----------|
||--------x---x-10---------3---x---------|
||----(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-|
||o----------------------------x---------|
||--0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb
S S S s s S S S S T t s S S S S s
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------4-x-----------------9-----------8--o||
|-------3---x-3-------------8---0-------7-----||
|----6------x-------(x)---8----------10-------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|-5-(5)---------(5)-----8---------10----------||
Verse 2
Csus4 Ebsus2
S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S
||---------------------------------------|
||o---------8-x--------------4-----------|
||--------x---x-10---------3---x---------|
||----(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-|
||o----------------------------x---------|
||--0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb
S S S s s S S S S T t s S S S S s 3x
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------4-x-----------------9-----------8--o||
|-------3---x-3-------------8---0-------7-----||
|----6------x-------(x)---8----------10-------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|-5-(5)---------(5)-----8---------10----------||
Csus4 Ebsus2
S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|---------8-x--------------4-----------|
|-------x---x-10---------3---x---------|
|---(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-|
|----------------------------x---------|
|-0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb
S S S s s S S S S T t s S S T T S S
|------------------------------------------------||
|---------4-x-----------------9-----------8------||
|-------3---x-3-------------8---0-------7--------||
|----6------x-------(x)---8----------10-----10\--||
|------------------------------------------------||
|-5-(5)---------(5)-----8---------10-------------||
Pre-Chorus 2
Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G Ebsus4/F#
~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. E. E. Q +Q. +H H
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-------4--(4)---|-(4)---------|
|----5------------|-----5-----------|----3-----------|-------------|
|-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6--------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-6--------------|-------------|
Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G EbsusFsus4/G Ab
~~~~~~~ ~~~
E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. Q. Q +Q. W W
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------|------||
|-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-4----6--(6)---|-4--------|------||
|----5------------|-----5-----------|-3----5--(5)---|-5--------|------||
|-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6----8--(8)---|-6--------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------|------||
|-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-5----7--(7)---|----------|------||
Chorus
$
$$
Ebsus4/FFsus4/G Eb/C
Gtr I
Q. H E +W
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-4-------6--------4-|-(4)-----------------|
|-3-------5--------3-|-(3)-----------------|
|-6-------8--------5-|-(5)-----------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-5-------7--------0-|-(0)-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E
|------6--------6----|-------6--------6----|
|----4----4---4----4-|-----4----4---4----4-|
|-3---------3--------|--3---------3--------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
Ebsus4/FFsus4/G Eb/C
Q. H E +W
|--------------------|----------------------||
|-4-------6--------4-|-(4)------------------||
|-3-------5--------3-|-(3)------------------||
|-6-------8--------5-|-(5)------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|-5-------7--------0-|-(0)------------------||
|
| E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E
|------6--------6----|-------6--------6-----||
|----4----4---4----4-|-----4----4---4----4--||
|-3---------3--------|--3---------3---------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
Ebsus4/FFsus4/G Eb/C Fsus4/Bb
Q. H E +H H
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-4-------6--------4-|-(4)--------11--------|
|-3-------5--------3-|-(3)--------10--------|
|-6-------8--------5-|-(5)--------10--------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-5-------7--------0-|-(0)--------10--------|
|
| E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E
|------6--------6----|-------6---------6----|
|----4----4---4----4-|-----4----4----4----4-|
|-3---------3--------|--3----------3--------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
To Coda
Ebsus4/Ab
W W
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-9-----------------|--------------------||
|-8-----------------|--------------------||
|-8-----------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-8-----------------|--------------------||
|
| E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E
|-----6--------6----|-----6--------6-----||
|---4----4---4----4-|---4----4---4----4--||
|-3--------3--------|-3--------3---------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_mayer/neon_tab_ver_6.html ]
Pre-Verse 2
Csus4 Ebsus2
S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S
||---------------------------------------|
||o---------8-x--------------4-----------|
||--------x---x-10---------3---x---------|
||----(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-|
||o----------------------------x---------|
||--0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
To Dbl. Coda
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Ebsus4/Ab
S S S s s S S S S T t s S S S S s
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------4-x-----------------9-----------8--o||
|-------3---x-3-------------8---0-------7-----||
|----6------x-------(x)---8----------10-------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|-5-(5)---------(5)-----8---------10----------||
Verse 3
Csus4 Ebsus2 Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb
S S S s s e S S S s s S S S S +S S S s s S E S s s S S S S s 4x
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o---------8-------------4-x-------|---------4-x-4-------9---------8----o||
||--------x-8-x-8-----3-3-3-x-----3-|---------3-x-3-----8-8---------7--7--||
||----(x)-----x-8-0---3-3---x-5---6-|-----6-----x-6-x---8---x----10---10--||
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||--0---------------3-------------5-|-(5)-----------8---------10----------||
Pre-Chorus 3
Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G Ebsus4/F#
~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. E. E. Q +Q. +H H
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-------4--(4)---|-(4)---------|
|----5------------|-----5-----------|----3-----------|-------------|
|-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6--------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-6--------------|-------------|
D.S. al Coda
Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G EbsusFsus4/G Ab Fsus4/Bb
~~~~~~~ ~~~
E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. Q. Q +Q. H E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
|-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-4----6--(6)---|-4----11---11\--||
|----5------------|-----5-----------|-3----5--(5)---|-5----10---10\--||
|-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6----8--(8)---|-6----10---10\--||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
|-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-5----7--(7)---|------10---10\--||
Bridge
1. 2.
&
Ab/F Bb/G B/Ab Db/Bb Db/Bb
Gtr I
> > > > >
Q. H E Q. H E Q. H +E
||--------------|---------------||-------------------------|
||o-4----6----7-|-------9------o||--------9------------(9)-|
||--5----7----8-|------10-------||-------10-----------(10)-|
||--6----8----9-|------11-------||-------11-----------(11)-|
||o-------------|--------------o||-------------------------|
||--5----7----8-|------10-------||-------10-----------(10)-|
|
| Gtr II
| W W E H S E E.
||--------------|---------------||-------------------------|
||o-------------|--------------o||-------------------------|
||--------------|---------------||-----------13---13\------|
||--------------|---------------||-----------15---15\------|
||o-------------|--------------o||-------------------------|
||--------------|---------------||-------------------------|
Ab/F Bb/G B/Ab Db/Bb G/B G/B
Q. Q. Q +E Q. E E S E S
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-4--------6--------7------|-(7)--9------------12---12---||
|-5--------7--------8------|-(8)-10------------12---12---||
|-6--------8--------9------|-(9)-11------------12---12---||
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-5--------7--------8------|-(8)-10------------11---11---||
|
| E. T T E E. T T E E. T T E E. T T E E E S E S
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------4--------6--------|--7------------9---12---12---||
|------5--------7--------8-|------------10-----12---12---||
|----6--------8--------9---|---------11--------12---12---||
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
Breakdown
1.
C Eb/Bb D5/AEb Eb/Bb Bb C5/D
S Q S S S S S S S S S s S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E E
||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------8--||
||o----------8-8-------------8-8-|---------8------8-8-----11------8-8b10-8-o||
||-----------8-8---x---x-7-x-8-8-|---(8)---8-x-x----8-------------7------7--||
||-----------8-8---x-----7-x---8-|---(8)---8-x-x-10-------------------------||
||o------------------------------|-----------------------------------------o||
||--(0)h7------------------------|--------------------(0)h10-(10)-----------||
2.
Eb/Bb Bb C5/D
S S S S S S S S S S +S S E E
|----------------------------------8-|
|---8-x-8---8-x-----11------8-8b10-8-|
|---8-x-8---8-x---x---------7------7-|
|---8-x-8---------x------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-------------------10-(10)----------|
Pre-Chorus 4
Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G Ebsus4/F#
~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. E. E. Q +Q. +H H
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-------4--(4)---|-(4)---------|
|----5------------|-----5-----------|----3-----------|-------------|
|-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6--------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-6--------------|-------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G EbsusFsus4/G Ab Fsus4/Bb
~~~~~~~ ~~~
E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. Q. Q +Q. H E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
|-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-4----6--(6)---|-4----11---11\--||
|----5------------|-----5-----------|-3----5--(5)---|-5----10---10\--||
|-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6----8--(8)---|-6----10---10\--||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
|-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-5----7--(7)---|------10---10\--||
Outro
&&
Bb Eb5/Bb Bb Eb5/Bb BbsBb2
Gtr II
S E S E S E S S S S E. W
||-----------------------------------------|-------||
||o----------------------------------------|------o||
||-----------------------------------------|-------||
||--12h=13--13---12h=13--13---10--12h==13--|-------||
||o-13-(13)-13---13-(13)-13---13-(13)-(13)-|------o||
||-----------------------------------------|-------||
Bb Eb5/Bb Bb Eb5/Bb BbsBb2
Gtr I
W
||-----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S E S E S E S S S S E.
||-----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||--12h=13--13---12h=13--13---10--12h==13--|
||o-13-(13)-13---13-(13)-13---13-(13)-(13)-|
||-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-8-10-11--------8-10-11------------||
|---------8h10-----------8h10------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|
| W
|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
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
