War of My Life John Mayer
"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:
Come out an[E]gels, come out gh[A]osts,
Come out da[C#m]rkness, bring everyone you kn[A]ow.
I'm not run[E]ning, I'm not sca[A]red,
I am wai[C#m]ting, and well p[A]repared.
CHORUS:
[E]I'm in the war of my lif[A]e,
At the door of my l[C#m]ife,
Out of time and there's [A]nowhere to run..[E].
VERSE:
[E]I've got a hammer, and a heart of g[A]lass,
I got to[C#m] know right now, which walls to [A]smash.
I got a [E]pocket, got no p[A]ill
If fear hasn't k[C#m]illed me yet, then nothing will.[A]
BRIDGE:
[A]All the [B]suffering, and a[C#m]ll the p[A]ain,
[A]Never left a nam[B]e or...
CHORUS:
[E]I'm in the war of my lif[A]e,
At the door of my life,[C#m]
Out of time and there's [A]nowhere to run.
[E]I'm in the war of my lif[A]e,
At the core of my l[C#m]ife,
I've got no choice but to f[A]ight 'til it's done.
BRIDGE:
[A]No more [B]suffering.
[C#m]No more [A]pain.
[A]Never ag[B]ain.
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]I'm in the war of my lif[A]e,
At the door of my l[C#m]ife,
Out of time and there's [A]nowhere to run. [E] Oh...
OUTRO:
I'm in the war of my lif[A]e.
I'm at the core of my li[C#m]fe.
Got no choice but to fig[A]ht 'til it's done.
So fight [E]on, fight on ev[A]eryone; fight on[C#m].
Got no choice but to fig[A]ht 'til it's done.
Fight [E]on, fight on every[A]one.
Fight [C#m]on, got no choice, but it'[A]s a fight 'til it's done.
So fight o[E]n...
KEY (as if you don't already know):
h hammer-on
p pull-off
~ vibrato
( ) ghosted or alternative notes
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