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Who Did You Think I Was? - John Mayer
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Tabbed by: Nate Shoemaker
Email: [email protected]
Ok... whew.... so much to say about this song. This is the Live in LA version,
I have never even listened to the CD veriosn before :). This tab is of now
for sure 90% correct, and I will continue to update it, but I wanted to get
it up as fast as I could without spending a month on it. I hope that
EVERYONE will see this tab purely as a template, nothing more. DO NOT
read it nore for note, because you will not be playing how you probably
want to play it, and the rythm is not perfect, I know, but you don’t need it
hopefull because you are reading this and listening to the song at the
same time. This is definately ADVANCED, and is not for the moderate
player, especially since this tab is a template and requires some improvization.
Tuning: Standard
[Intro]
Played until 1st chorus
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----5h6-xx-----xx------------5h6-xx-----xx----------|
D|----6h7-xx-5h7-xx------------6h7-xx-5h7-xx----------|
A|--------xx-----xx----5-----------xx-----xx-----5----|
E|--5-----xx-----xx-8b---8b--5-----xx-----xx-8--------|
[Chorus 1]
Notes played on E string played with thumb
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------3-----3-3---------------|
G|------2---4-2------------------2h4---4-4p2-------------|
D|--0---2h4----4-2-----------0-0-------------4-2---------|
A|--x--------------4-2-------x-x-----------------4-2-----|
E|--2------------------5-2---3-3-------------------------|
This will played many times, so I will refer
to this as “The Riff”
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----5h6-xx-----xx------------5h6-xx-----xx----------|
D|----6h7-xx-5h7-xx------------6h7-xx-5h7-xx----------|
A|--------xx-----xx----5-----------xx-----xx----5-----|
E|--5-----xx-----xx-8b---8b--5-----xx-----xx-8b---8b--|
*The Riff a whole bunch of times (too lazy to count), then a delicious lick:
Delicious Lick
e|-----------------------------|
B|--------8--------------------| Go straight into chorus 1, then
G|----5h6-7p5------------------| 2 times of The Riff, then:
D|----6h7-----7-5--------------|
A|----------------7-6-5--------|
E|--5-------------------8-5----|
Chorus pt. 2
e|--2-------------3------------|
B|--2-------------3------------|
G|--2-------------4------------|
D|--4-------------5------------|
A|--4-------------5------------|
E|--2-------------0------------|
Lady Lick- Mayer claims it turns the ladies on
e|---------------------------------------|
B|--8/h10\p8/h10-8-----------------------|
G|--7/h9-\p7/h9--7p5---------------------|
D|-------------------7-5-----------------|
A|-----------------------7-6-5-----------|
E|-----------------------------8---------|
*Chorus 1. then The Riff, then Chorus pt. 2, then 2 times on The Riff again, then:
SOLO!!!!! The stars represent the slides
up and down the neck starting from the
3rd fret, traveling to about the 12th
e|-----------------------------------*--------------*---|
B|-------------------8---8---8---9-----8---8------------|
G|----5h6-xx---------7h9-7h9-7h9-7h9---7h9-7h9-7-5~-----|
D|----6h7-xx-5h7-5-7-----------------*--------------*---|
A|--------xx--------------------------------------------|
E|--5-----xx-------------------------*--------------*---|
e|----------------*-------------------------------5-----------|
B|------------------------------------------------5------10~--|
G|-----5-7-7-7-5~----7b1/2----5~--------------5-7---7/12------|
D|--/7------------*---------------5h7p5---5-7-----------------|
A|--------------------------------------7---------------------|
E|----------------*-------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--10-13br-10----10----10~-10-13br-10~-10~--17br-17---|
G|-------------12----12--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|
B|--17-15-------15--------------------|
G|--------14-16----16-14----14~-------|
D|-----------------------17-----------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
e|------10-10-----10-10-------------------------2--|
B|--13b-------13b-------5-----------------------2--|
G|------------------------7-5-------------------2--|
D|----------------------------7-5---------------4--|
A|--------------------------------7-6-5---------4--|
E|--------------------------------------8-5-2-0-2--|
“Here is a line that you won’t understand!!!”
Cool slidy part- Play 2 times
e|--3-3--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-3-3/h5\p3/h5\p3/h5\p3/h5---------------------------------|
G|--0-0-2/h4\p2/h4\p2/h4\p2/h4--------2---2-2h4p2--------------|
D|--0-0------------------------12/----2h4-4-------4-2----------|
A|--x-x------------------------12/-------------------4-3-2-----|
E|--3-3------------------------12/--2----------------------5---|
Then on the 3rd:
e|--3/h5\p3/h5\p3/h5\p3/h5-------------|
B|--3/h5\p3/h5\p3/h5\p3/h5-------------| Then play The Riff
G|-------------------------------------| 2 times.
D|--------------------------12/--------|
A|--------------------------12/--------|
E|--------------------------12/--------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------5-------------5--7-5-7-5---------5-------------5-7p5---5-|
G|------5-----~-------5--7-5-7-5---------5-------------5-7p5---5-|
D|--5-7---5-7-----5-7------------7~--5-7---5-7-----5-7-------7---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------8-5------------------------------8-5---------------|
e|-------------|
B|--7p5--------|
G|--7p5--------|
D|------7~-----|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
But on 2nd time, end with the G on the D string (5th fret) instead of the A (7th Fret)
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| / Slide up
| ~ Vibrato
| + harmonic
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