83 by john mayer album: room for squares arranged by pj naranjo 1018020935 The song is quite redundant in its rhythm, and so easy to learn. And with all the tappings make it really easy. Try to play this along with the original, until you can do it by your own. Enjoy the tab! Intro: - Do this 2 times
AM7 Em7 E|-----4-------4-----------4-----------|-----0-------------0-------0---| B|-----5-------5-----------5-----5---0-|-----0-----0---0---0---0---0---| G|-----4-------4-----------4-----4---7-|-----------6---4-------4-------| D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|-0-------0-------0-----------0-------|-------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------|-0-------0-----0-------0-------| t t t t t t I. "I have these dreams I'm walking home..." - Do the Intro series 2 times "Here I stand, six feet small..." - Do I stanza Refrain. "And these days..." - Do this 2 times (once pero two lines) DM6 AM7 DM6 AM7 |---0-------4-------4-------4-----|---0-------4-------4-------4-----| |---0-------5-------5-------5-----|---0-------5-------5-------5-----| |-----------4-------4-------4-----|-----------4-------4-------4-----| |-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------| |-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| t t t t t t t t Chorus. "Oh if only my life was more like 1983..." - (strum) Am7, D7sus (4x) C-D Repeat Intro. II. "Thinking about my brother Ben..." - Do I stanza "Here I stand, six feet small, and smiling 'cause I'm scared as hell..." - repeat in the previous stanza except for the next lines "Kinda like your life is like a sequel to a movie..." - hold guitars "Where the actors' names have changed..." - Do this... |-----x---------| |-----x---------| |-----7---------| |-----5---------| |-----7---------| |-0-------------| t hold. Repeat Refrain and Chorus. Chorus 2. "If my life was more like 1983..." - Do Chorus chords Interlude. "And most my memories have escaped me..." - (strum) C#m7, F#sus-F# (2x) B - Bm7, E7 E7 (hold) Bridge. |-----------------------------|---------------x---7-|----9------12----- |-----3-----3-------2---2---2-|---------------x---9-|----10-----12----- |-----0-----0-------2---2---2-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------ |---------------0-------0-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|------------------ |-3-------3-------------------|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|------------------ |-----------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|------------------ t t t t t Coda. "You can paint that house a rainbow of colors... ...Whatever happened to my... ...More like 1983." - Am7, D7sus (repeat till fade) end. 1018021143 would be accepted also. =) Just 2 hours of ear exercise before going to school. This is one of my many "all my own work" pieces in my 9 year music history.
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