Belief bass tab by John Mayer

John Mayer - Belief (Chords n’ Bass)
Continuum (2006)


Intro:                      Bass 00:04 (Dm7, Gm7, C, Dm7)
G|---------+-+-+-+-+-------||--------------------------|  |-7--5----|-
D|----  Drums opening  ----||--------------------------|  |-------7-|-
A|-------------------------||-5-5---------3-3---3r-5-5-|x2|---------|-
E|-------------------------||-------3-3----------------|  |---------|-


Verse 1:: 00:23
G|-------------------------------------|  |-7--5----|-
D|-------------------------------------|  |-------7-|-
A|-3r-5-5---5r---------2-3-3---3r-5-5--|x2|---------|-
E|-------------3-3---3-----------------|  |---------|-
Dm7                 Gm7
Is there anyone who ever remembers
C                        Dm7
Changing their mind from the paint on a sign?

Dm7                 Gm7
Is there anyone who really recalls...
C
ever breaking record of...
Dm7
For something someone yelled real loud one time


Pre-Chorus:: 00:43     (Gm7, C, F, Bb)
G|--------|-----------|--------|------------|
D|--------|-----------|--------|------------|
A|-1r-----|---0-1-3-3-|-3r-----|------0-1-1-| play x2
E|----5-5-|-5---------|----1-1-|-1r-3-------|
Gm7 C                 F
     Everyone believes
           Bb
In how they think it ought to be
Gm7 C                 F
     Everyone believes
    Bb
And they're not going easily


Interlude:: 01:01   (Dm7, Gm7, C, Dm7)
G|-------------------------------------|  |-7--5----|-
D|-------------------------------------|  |-------7-|-
A|-3r-5-5---5r---------2-3-3---3r-5-5--|x1|---------|-
E|-------------3-3---3-----------------|  |---------|-


Verse 2:: 01:11   (Dm7, Gm7, C, Dm7)
G|-------------------------------------|  |-7--5----|-
D|-------------------------------------|  |-------7-|-
A|-3r-5-5---5r---------2-3-3---3r-5-5--|x2|---------|-
E|-------------3-3---3-----------------|  |---------|-
Dm7                           Gm7
Belief is a beautiful armor.  But makes for the heaviest sword
C                             Dm7
Like punching under water.    You never can hit who you're trying for
Dm7                           Gm7
Some need the exhibition.     And some have to know they tried
C                             Dm7
It's the chemical weapon.     For the war that's raging on inside


Pre-Chorus]: 01:30   (Gm7, C, F, Bb)
G|--------|------------|--------|------------|
D|--------|------------|--------|------------|
A|-1r-----|----0-1-3-3-|-3r-----|------0-1-1-| play x2
E|----5-5-|-5r---------|----1-1-|-1r-3-------|
Gm7 C                 F
     Everyone believes
     Bb
From emptiness to everything
Gm7 C                 F
     Everyone believes
    Bb
And no ones going quietly


Chorus:: 01:49    (Dm7, Gm7, Gm7, C) play x2
G|------7r--5-------|------------------|-
D|------------7-5-3-|------5r--3-------|-
A|-5-5--------------|------------5-3-5-|-
E|------------------|-3-3--------------|-
Dm7               Gm7
We're never gonna win the world
G|------------------|------5r--3-------|-
D|------5r--3-------|------------5-3---|-
A|------------5-0rr-|-3-3------------3-|-
E|-3-3--------------|------------------|-
Gm7               C
We're never gonna stop the war

Dm7               Gm7
We're never gonna beat this
Gm7                     C
If belief is what we're fighting for


Bridge:: 02:08   play like verse  (Dm7, Gm7, C, Dm7)
G|-------------------------------------|  |-7--5----|-
D|-------------------------------------|  |-------7-|-
A|-3r-5-5---5r---------2-3-3---3r-5-5--|x2|---------|-
E|-------------3-3---3-----------------|  |---------|-
...
...
Dm7                Gm7
Is there anyone who can remember,
C              Dm7
Ever surrender, with their life on the line


Solo:: 02:37
>> play Pre-chorus   (Gm7, C, F, Bb)
G|--------|-----------|--------|------------|
D|--------|-----------|--------|------------|
A|-1r-----|---0-1-3-3-|-3r-----|------0-1-1-|
E|----5-5-|-5---------|----1-1-|-1r-3-------|
...

>> then play Chorus (Dm7, Gm7, Gm7, C)
G|------7r--5-------|------------------|-
D|------------7-5-3-|------5r--3-------|-
A|-5-5--------------|------------5-3-5-|-
E|------------------|-3-3--------------|-
Dm7               Gm7
We're never gonna win the world
G|------------------|------5r--3-------|-
D|------5r--3-------|------------5-3---|-
A|------------5-0rr-|-3-3------------3-|-
E|-3-3--------------|------------------|-
Gm7               C
We're never gonna stop the war

We're never gonna beat this
If belief is what we're fighting for


Outro:: repeat bass line till fade out ...

>> play Chorus     (Dm7, Gm7, Gm7, C)
G|------7r--5-------|------------------|-
D|------------7-5-3-|------5r--3-------|-
A|-5-5--------------|------------5-3-5-|-
E|------------------|-3-3--------------|-
Dm7          Gm7              Gm7                C
What puts a hundred thousand children in the sand ?
G|------------------|------5r--3-------|-
D|------5r--3-------|------------5-3---|-
A|------------5-0rr-|-3-3------------3-|-
E|-3-3--------------|------------------|-
Dm7 Gm7
Belief can
          Gm7 C
Belief can


Dm7           Gm7              Gm7                C
What puts the folded flag inside his mother's hand
         Dm7 Gm7
Belief can
         Gm7 C
Belief can


Dm7 Gm7 Gm7 C    ...     fade out to End:: 04:02