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3x5 by John Mayer

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Tuning: Standard (Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE MajorE)

Intro:

e||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
Chord diagramBB||--3---------------|--5---------------|--8---------------|--7---------------||
Chord diagramG+G||--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||--2---------------|--5---------------|--7---------------|--7---------------|| x2
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--2---------------|--4---------------|--7---------------|--6---------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||

Verse 1:

 I'm writing you to catch you up on places I've been...
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|---0-----------0---------|-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---3---------------------|---3-----1-----3-----3---|---3-----------0---------|---3---------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---0---------------------|---0-----2-----0-----0---|---0-----------2---------|---0---------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2---------------------|---2-----0-----0-----0---|---2-----------1---------|---2---------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---2---------------------|---2-----x-----x-----2---|---3-----------2---------|---2---------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|---0-----2-----3---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

 And you held this letter...
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|---0-----------0---------|-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---3---------------------|---3-----1-----3-----3---|---3-----------0---------|---3-----1-----3-----3---|
Chord diagramG+G|---0---------------------|---0-----2-----0-----0---|---0-----------2---------|---0-----2-----0-----0---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2---------------------|---2-----0-----0-----0---|---2-----------1---------|---2-----0-----0-----0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---2---------------------|---2-----x-----x-----2---|---3-----------2---------|---2-----x-----x-----2---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|---0-----2-----3---------|-------------------------|---------2-----3---------|

Pre-Chorus:

  Didn't have a camera by my side this time
  Hoping I would see the world through both my eyes
e||-------------------------|---0---------------------||
Chord diagramBB||---3-----3-----3-----3---|---1---------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||---0-----0-----2-----0---|---0---------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||---2-----0-----0-----2---|---3---------------------|| x2
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---3-----x-----x-----3---|---x---------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||---------3-----2---------|---1---------------------||

 Maybe I will tell you all about it when...
e|-------------------------|---0---------------------|-------------------------|---0-----------0---------|
Chord diagramBB|---3-----3-----3-----3---|---1---------------------|---3---------------------|---3-----------3---------|
Chord diagramG+G|---0-----0-----2-----0---|---0---------------------|---0---------------------|---2-----------0---------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2-----0-----0-----2---|---3---------------------|---2---------------------|---0-----------2---------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---3-----x-----x-----3---|---x---------------------|---2---------------------|-------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------3-----2---------|---1---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

 With words
e|---0---------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---3---------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---2---------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---4---------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|
Interlude:

e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--3---------------|--5---------------|--8---------------|--7---------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--2---------------|--5---------------|--7---------------|--7---------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2---------------|--4---------------|--7---------------|--6---------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|


Verse 2:

 Today, skies are painted colors of a cowboy cliche
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|---0-----------0---------|-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---3---------------------|---3-----1-----3-----3---|---3-----------0---------|---3---------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---0---------------------|---0-----2-----0-----0---|---0-----------2---------|---0---------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2---------------------|---2-----0-----0-----0---|---2-----------1---------|---2---------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---2---------------------|---2-----x-----x-----2---|---3-----------2---------|---2---------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|---0-----2-----3---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

And strange how clouds that look like mountains in the sky....
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|---0-----------0---------|-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---3---------------------|---3-----1-----3-----3---|---3-----------0---------|---3-----1-----3-----3---|
Chord diagramG+G|---0---------------------|---0-----2-----0-----0---|---0-----------2---------|---0-----2-----0-----0---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2---------------------|---2-----0-----0-----0---|---2-----------1---------|---2-----0-----0-----0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---2---------------------|---2-----x-----x-----2---|---3-----------2---------|---2-----x-----x-----2---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|---0-----2-----3---------|-------------------------|---------2-----3---------|


Pre-Chorus:

  Didn't have a camera by my side this time
  Hoping I would see the world with both my eyes
e||-------------------------|---0---------------------||
Chord diagramBB||---3-----3-----3-----3---|---1---------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||---0-----0-----2-----0---|---0---------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||---2-----0-----0-----2---|---3---------------------|| x2
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---3-----x-----x-----3---|---x---------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||---------3-----2---------|---1---------------------||

 Maybe I will tell you all about it when...
e|-------------------------|---0---------------------|-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---3-----3-----3-----3---|---1---------------------|---3---------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---0-----0-----2-----0---|---0---------------------|---0---------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2-----0-----0-----2---|---3---------------------|---2---------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---3-----x-----x-----3---|---x---------------------|---2---------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------3-----2---------|---1---------------------|-------------------------|

 lose my way ...
e|---0---------------------|-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---1---------------------|---1---------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---0---------------------|---2---------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---3---------------------|---0---------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---x---------------------|---x---------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---1---------------------|---2---------------------|


Chorus:

  You should have seen that sunrise...
  It brought me back to life
  You'll be with me next time I go outside
  Just no more 3x5s
e||--3---------------|------------------|--0---------------|------------------||
Chord diagramBB||--3---------------|--5---------------|--1---------------|--3---------------||
Chord diagramG+G||--0---------------|--5---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||--0---------------|--3---------------|--2---------------|--1---------------|| x4
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--x---------------|--5---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||--3---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||


Instrumental:

e||---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---||
Chord diagramBB||---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---||
Chord diagramG+G||---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---||
Chord diagramD MajorD||---2---4---2---4---2---4---2---4---|| x4
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-----------------------------------||
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +

e|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
Chord diagramBB|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
Chord diagramG+G|---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---|---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---0---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2---4---2---4---2---4---2---4---|---2---4---2---4---2---4---0---4---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---|---x---x---x---x---0---0---2---2---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---|---3---3---3---3-------------------|
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +

e|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
Chord diagramBB|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
Chord diagramG+G|---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---|---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---0---4---0---4---0---4---0---4---|---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---1---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +


Bridge:

  I guess you had to be there...
e||---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
Chord diagramBB||---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
Chord diagramG+G||---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---|---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---0---|
Chord diagramD MajorD||---2---4---2---4---2---4---2---4---|---2---4---2---4---2---4---0---4---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---|---x---x---x---x---0---0---2---2---|
Chord diagramE MajorE||---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---|---3---3---3---3-------------------|
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +

e|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---||
Chord diagramBB|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---||
Chord diagramG+G|---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---|---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---||
Chord diagramD MajorD|---0---4---0---4---0---4---0---4---|---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---1---|| x2
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---||
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +


Verse 3:

  Today I finally overcame
  Trying to fit the world inside a picture frame
e||-------------------------|---0---------------------||
Chord diagramBB||---3-----3-----3-----3---|---1---------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||---0-----0-----2-----0---|---0---------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||---2-----0-----0-----2---|---3---------------------|| x2
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---3-----x-----x-----3---|---x---------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||---------3-----2---------|---1---------------------||

 Maybe I will tell you all about it when
e|-------------------------|---0---------------------|-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---3-----3-----3-----3---|---1---------------------|---3---------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---0-----0-----2-----0---|---0---------------------|---0---------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2-----0-----0-----2---|---3---------------------|---2---------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---3-----x-----x-----3---|---x---------------------|---2---------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------3-----2---------|---1---------------------|-------------------------|

 lose my way ...
e|---0---------------------|-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---1---------------------|---1---------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---0---------------------|---2---------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---3---------------------|---0---------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---x---------------------|---x---------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---1---------------------|---2---------------------|


Chorus:

  You should have seen that sunrise...
  It brought me back to life
  You'll be with me next time I go outside
  Just no more 3x5s
  Just no more 3x5s
e||--3---------------|------------------|--0---------------|------------------||
Chord diagramBB||--3---------------|--5---------------|--1---------------|--3---------------||
Chord diagramG+G||--0---------------|--5---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||--0---------------|--3---------------|--2---------------|--1---------------|| x4
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--x---------------|--5---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||--3---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||


Outro:

e||----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB||---1-----------1-----------0-----------0------------|
Chord diagramG+G||-------0----------0------------0----------0---------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||-----------2---------2-------------1---------1------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---0-----------------------0------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE||----------------------------------------------------|
   1  +  a  2 e +   3  +  a  4 e +

e|---------------------------------------5------------||
Chord diagramBB|---0-----------3-----------2-----------2------------||
Chord diagramG+G|---------------0-----------------------0------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------0-----------------------2------------|| x3
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------0------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|---3------------------------------------------------||
   1      2      3      4

e|-----------------------------------|---0~------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---0-------0-----------------------|---0~------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------0-------0---0-------2-------|---0~------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------------2-------1---|---4~------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------2-------3-------2-------|---2~------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---3-------------------------------|---0~------------------------------|
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +


***********************************
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| ~  Vibrato
| +  Harmonic
| x  Dead note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
***********************************

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