Assassin John Mayer
Song: ASSASSIN (Acoustic Version)
Artist/Album: JOHN MAYER, Battle Studies, (2009)
VERSION 1.03
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Date: 19th November 2009
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Tabbed by JOSEPH V (joseph.youtube@hotmail.com)
VIDEO EXAMPLE @ YOUTUBE
http://www.youtube.com/sepsep
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Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE)
* = SLAP
*> = ACCENTUATED SLAP
^ = ALTERNATIVE CHORD SHAPE
CHORDS
A = 707650
Asus = 707750
Bm = 024430
D = 057755
D/F# = 400230
D/G = 507750
G = 505430
ALTERNATIVE
D^ = 000232
Bm^ = 907770
PLAYER NOTES:
I guess the tricky part in my acoustic version is the slapping and getting the timing
It takes a bit of practice.
Please note the accentuated slap (meaning a stronger/louder slap)... keeps the song flowing.
VERSE/PRECHORUS
PHRASE I (Bm^) PHRASE II (Asus)
e----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| b-------------7-----------------------7--------|------------5-----------------------5------------| g-------7---------7------------------------7---|-----------------7-----------------------7-------| d-----------------------7-------7--------------|-----7----------------7-------7---------------7--| a----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| E----9-----9---------9------9-------9----------|--7------7----------------7------7---------------|
* * * *> * *
PHRASE III (D/G?) PHRASE IV (Asus)
|--------------------------------------------------------|----(see PHR II)--X-| |---------------5-------------------------5--------------|------------------X-| |--------------------7-------------------------7---------|------------------X-| |-------7----------------7-------7-------------------7---|------------------X-| |--------------------------------------------------------|------------------X-| |---5-------5-----------------5------5-------------------|------------------X-|
* * *
PRECHORUS
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_mayer/assassin_tab.html )
RIFF (Em)
---------------------------------------------------------|--| ----------7--h--9--7-------------------------------------|--| ----------7------------7---9----7--h--9------7---h---9---|--| ---------------------------------------------------------|--| ---------------------------------------------------------|--| ----------9------------9--------9--------9---9-------9---|--|
You [Asus]get in...... get done and..... get gone[D/G]
Bm^ Asus D/G
leave a trace..... show your face...... get gone
Bm^ Asus D/G
shoulda turned around.... left before...... came up again
but the sun came up [Asus]again
CHORUS
[Bm]I was a k[D/F#]iller .... be[G]st they'd ever see[A]n
[Bm]I'd steal your [D/F#]heart .... before yo[G]u ever hurt a [A]thing
[Bm]I'm an assa[D/F#]ssin... ha[G]d a job to do[A]
[Bm]Little did i [D/F#]know.... [G] an assassin [A]too ([Asus4]back to ch[A]orus)
BRIDGE
[D]Suddenly i[Bm]m in... over m[D]y head.... i can hardly [A]move
[D]Suddnely i[Bm] know exactly what i di[D]d... i cannot feel a th[A]ing
D^ Bm D/F# G A Asus
suddenly im floating over her bed .. .do not feel a thing
D^ Bm D/F# G G
Suddenly i know....exactly ....done.... and what
its gonna [G]mean to me
A Asus Bm^
mean to me, when im gone
INSTRUMENTAL
Bm^ Asus D/G Asus
Bm^ Asus D/G A Asus
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