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83

John Mayer
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

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83 - John Mayer

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Tabbed by: Elliot Wenman

Email: elliot@wenmans.com

Tuning:Standard

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| o harmonic

| x Mute note

| ^ Gradual Stroke

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Intro:

|+ + + + |+ + + + |+ + + + |+ + + + |

e|----4-----4---0-|----0-----0-----|----------------|--0-------0-----|
B|----2-----2---5-|----5-----5---3-|----3-----2---0-|--0---0---0-----|
G|----4-----4---4-|----4-----4---0-|----0-----0---0-|------0-------2-|   x2
D|----------------|--------------4-|----4-----4---4-|------4-------2-|
A|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|0-----0-0-------|0-----0-0-------|

Verse:

"I've these dreams of..."

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e|----4-----4---0-|----0-----0-----|----------------|--0-------0-----|
B|----2-----2---5-|----5-----5---3-|----3-----2---0-|--0---0---0-----|
G|----4-----4---4-|----4-----4---0-|----0-----0---0-|------0-------2-|   x4
D|----------------|--------------4-|----4-----4---4-|------4-------2-|
A|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|0-----0-0-------|0-----0-0-------|

Pre-Chrous:

"And these days..."

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e|----------4-----|--4-------4-----|
B|--5-------2-----|--2-------2-----|
G|--6-------4---4-|--4---4---4---2-|   x4
D|--4-----------2-|------2-------2-|
A|5-----0-----0---|0-------0-------|
E|----------------|----------------|

T

Chorus:

"If only my life was more like..."

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e|0---0-000-0-0-5-|--5-5-3---3-3-33|
B|0---0-000-0-0-0-|--0-0-0---0-0-00|
G|5---5-555-5-5-5-|--5-5-5---5-5-55|  x3
D|5---5-555-5-5-4-|--4-4-0---0-0-00|
A|--------------5-|--5-5-5---5-5-55|
E|5---5-555-5-5---|----------------|

T T TTT T T

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e|/0---0-00 /0-0-0---|----------------|
B|/0---0-00 /0-0-0---|3-3-3-335-5-5-55|
G|/5---5-55 /5-5-5---|4-4-4-446-6-6-66|
D|/5---5-55 /5-5-5---|2-2-2-224-4-4-44|
A| --------  --------|3-3-3-335-5-5-55|
E|/5---5-55 /5-5-5---|----------------|

T T TTT T T

Interlude:

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e|----4-----4---0-|----0-----0-----|----------------|--0-------0-----|
B|----2-----2---5-|----5-----5---3-|----3-----2---0-|--0---0---0-----|
G|----4-----4---4-|----4-----4---0-|----0-----0---0-|------0-------2-|
D|----------------|--------------4-|----4-----4---4-|------4-------2-|
A|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|0-----0-0-------|0-----0-0-------|

Verse:

"Thinking 'bout my brother Ben..."

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e|----4-----4---0-|----0-----0-----|----------------|--0-------0-----|
B|----2-----2---5-|----5-----5---3-|----3-----2---0-|--0---0---0-----|
G|----4-----4---4-|----4-----4---0-|----0-----0---0-|------0-------2-|   x3
D|----------------|--------------4-|----4-----4---4-|------4-------2-|
A|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|0-----0-0-------|0-----0-0-------|

"Kind of like my life is like a sequel to a movie..."

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e|----4-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----2-----------|----------------|----3-----------|----------------|
G|----4-----------|----------------|----0-----------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----4-----------|----------------|
A|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|

Pre-Chrous:

"And these days..."

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e|----------4-----|--4-------4-----|
B|--5-------2-----|--2-------2-----|
G|--6-------4---4-|--4---4---4---2-|   x4
D|--4-----------2-|------2-------2-|
A|5-----0-----0---|0-------0-------|
E|----------------|----------------|

T

Chorus:

"If only my life was more like..."

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e|0---0-000-0-0-5-|--5-5-3---3-3-33|
B|0---0-000-0-0-0-|--0-0-0---0-0-00|
G|5---5-555-5-5-5-|--5-5-5---5-5-55|  x8
D|5---5-555-5-5-4-|--4-4-0---0-0-00|
A|--------------5-|--5-5-5---5-5-55|
E|5---5-555-5-5---|----------------|

T T TTT T T

Bridge:

"And most my memories..."

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e|4---4-444-4---4-|--4-4-444-7-4-44|----------4-4---|----------4---44|
B|5---5-555-5---5-|--5-5-555-5-5-55|2---2-222-2-2-2-|--2-2-222-2-2-22|
G|4---4-444-4---4-|--4-4-444-4-4-44|3---3-333-4-4-3-|--3-3-333-4-3-44|
D|6---6-666-6---6-|--6-6-666-6-6-66|2---2-222-2-2-2-|--2-2-222-2-2-22|
A|4---4-444-4---4-|--4-4-444-4-4-44|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|2---2-222-2-2-2-|--2-2-222-2-2-22|

T T TTT T T T T T TTT T T TT

|+ + + + |+ + + + |+ + + + |+ + + + |

e|4---4-444-4-4-4-|--4-4-444-7-4-44|----------4-4---|----------4-----|
B|5---5-555-5-5-5-|--5-5-555-5-5-55|2---2-222-2-2-2-|--2-2-222-2-2---|
G|4---4-444-4-4-4-|--4-4-444-4-4-44|3---3-333-4-4-3-|--3-3-333-4-3---|
D|6---6-666-6-6-6-|--6-6-666-6-6-66|2---2-222-2-2-2-|--2-2-222-2-2---|
A|4---4-444-4-4-4-|--4-4-444-4-4-44|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|2---2-222-2-2-2-|--2-2-222-2-2---|

T T TTT T T T T T TTT T T

(Half-Time feel)

"If heaven's all we want it to be..."

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e|----------------|-----------------|0-------0-----0-|----------------|
B|4---------4---3-|------3--3-3-3\--|0-------0-----0-|----------------|
G|4---------4---2-|------2--2-2-2\--|1-------2-----1-|----------------|
D|4---------4---4-|------4--4-4-4\--|0-------0-----0-|----------------|
A|2---------2---2-|------2--2-2-2\--|2-------2-----2-|----------------|
E|----------------|-----------------|0-------0-----0-|----------------|

| + + + + |+ + + + |+ + + + |+ + + + |

e|^0---------------|----------------|0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|^0---------------|----------------|0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|^1---------------|----------------|1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|^0---------------|----------------|0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|^2---------------|----------------|2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|^0---------------|----------------|0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|+ + + + |+ + + + |+ + + + |+ + + + |

e|----------------|----0---0---0-00|4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-|--7---9---12-----|
B|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3//5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
G|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4//6-6-6-6-6-6-6-66|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--7---9---12-----|
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2//4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3//5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

Interlude/Outro:

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e|/0--00-000-0------|-------------------------|
B|/0--00-000-0---12-|--121212-121212-12-12-12-|
G|/5--55-555-5---11-|--111111-111111-11-11-11-| x10 (fade last 2 times)
D|/5--55-555-5---10-|--101010-101010-10-10-10-|
A| -----------------|-------------------------|
E|/5--55-555-5---10-|--101010-101010-10-10-10-|

T TT TTT T T T T T T T T T T T

The rhythm for that last bar looks messy, so it's:

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e|--xxx-xxx-x-x-x-|
B|--xxx-xxx-x-x-x-|
G|--xxx-xxx-x-x-x-|
D|--xxx-xxx-x-x-x-|
A|--xxx-xxx-x-x-x-|
E|--xxx-xxx-x-x-x-|

That's it! Please rate it and feel free to comment or email me.

Lyrics:

I've these dreams of

Walking home

Home where it used to be

And everything is

As it was

Frozen in front of me

Here I stand

6 feet small

Romanticizing years ago

But it's a bitter sweet feeling hearing

"Wrapped Around Your Finger" on the radio

And these days

I wish I was 6 again

Oh make me a red cape

I wanna be Superman

Oh, if only my life was more like 1983

All these things would be more like they

Were at the start of me

Had it made in 83

Thinking 'bout my brother Ben

I miss him every day

He looks just like his brother John

But on an 18 month delay

Here I stand

6 feet small

And smiling cause I'm scared as hell

Kind of like my life is like a sequel to a movie

Where the actor's names have changed

Oh well

Well these days

I wish I was 6 again

Oh make me a red cape

I wanna be Superman

Oh, if only my life was more like 1983

All these things would be more like they

Were at the start of me

If my life was more like 1983

Plot a course to the source of the

Purest little part of me

And most my memories

Have escaped me

Or confused themselves within dreams

If heaven's all we want it to be

Send your prayers to me

Care of 1983

You can paint that house a rainbow of colors

Rip out the floorboards

Replace the shutters but

That's my plastic in the dirt

Whatever happened to my

Whatever happened to my

Whatever happened to my lunchbox?

When came the day that it got

Thrown away and don't you think I should have had some say

In that decision?

If only my life (repeated until fade)

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