"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:
E A
Come out angels, come out ghosts,
C#m A
Come out darkness, bring everyone you know.
E A
I'm not running, I'm not scared,
C#m A
I am waiting, and well prepared.
CHORUS:
E A
I'm in the war of my life,
C#m
At the door of my life,
A E
Out of time and there's nowhere to run...
VERSE:
E A
I've got a hammer, and a heart of glass,
C#m A
I got to know right now, which walls to smash.
E A
I got a pocket, got no pill
C#m A
If fear hasn't killed me yet, then nothing will.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_mayer/war_of_my_life_crd.html ]
BRIDGE:
A B C#m A
All the suffering, and all the pain,
A B
Never left a name or...
CHORUS:
E A
I'm in the war of my life,
C#m
At the door of my life,
A
Out of time and there's nowhere to run.
E A
I'm in the war of my life,
C#m
At the core of my life,
A
I've got no choice but to fight 'til it's done.
BRIDGE:
A B
No more suffering.
C#m A
No more pain.
A B
Never 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:
E A
I'm in the war of my life,
C#m
At the door of my life,
A E
Out of time and there's nowhere to run. Oh...
OUTRO:
A
I'm in the war of my life.
C#m
I'm at the core of my life.
A
Got no choice but to fight 'til it's done.
E A C#m
So fight on, fight on everyone; fight on.
A
Got no choice but to fight 'til it's done.
E A
Fight on, fight on everyone.
C#m A
Fight on, got no choice, but it's a fight 'til it's done.
E
So fight on...
KEY (as if you don't already know):
h hammer-on
p pull-off
~ vibrato
( ) ghosted or alternative notes
