Come Back To Bed tab by John Mayer

"Come Back to Bed"

John Mayer
Heavier Things


6/8 time

acoustic
-0------ --9-----------
-0------ -10----7------
-1------ --9----7------
-2------ -11----7------
-2------ --9----5------
-0------ --------------
w/ electric
-------- --------------
-------- -10----7------
----9--- --9----7------
----9--- -11----7------
-9-11--- --9----5------
--H-0--- --------------

repeat


Verse

"Still is the life...."

electric (acoustic plays A and then rests)

Figure
------------- -------------- ----------------- ------
-------5----- -5-----3----3~ 10--------10----- ----0-
-6-----6-6--- -4-4---4----4~ 11-11-----11----- --2---
-7---------7- -----5----5--- ------12------12- 3-----
------------- -------------- ----------------- ------
-----5------0 -3----------3~ 10-----10-------- 3-----

play Figure 2 more times - with improv

------------- ------------- ------------- ------ ----
-5-----5----- ---3---3-3-3- ------------- ------ ----
-6-----7-6--- ---4---7-6-4- -7------7---- -9---- ----
-----------7- ------------- -7------7---- -9---- ----
------------- ------------- -7-9--9---7-- -9-11- ----
-----5------- -3----------- ------------- -0---- ----


Pre-Chorus

"You can be mad...."

---------- --------- ---------- -----------
-10----7-- -9------- -10----7-- -9---10-9--
--9----7-- -9---9--- --9----7-- -9----9-9--
-11----7-- -9---9--- -11----7-- -9---11-9--
--9----5-- -7--11--- --9----5-- -7---------
---------- --------- ---------- -----------

-------4--- -------------
-10----5--- --7----10----
--9----4--- --7----11----
-11----6--- --7----12----
--9----4--- --5----------
----------- -------12----


Chorus

"Come back to bed....."

Figure - play 3 times w/
--5---5-- -------
--5---5-- -------
--7---6-- -7-----
--------- -7-----
--------- -7-9---
--5---5-- --H----
acoustic
--5---5-- -------
--5---5-- -5--5--
--7---6-- -6--4--
--------- -4--4--
--------- -5--5--
--5---5-- -5--5--

then

--5---5-- -----0--
--5---5-- -----0--
--7---6-- -2---2--
--------- -3---3--
--------- --------
--5---5-- -3------
acoustic
--5---5-- -0------
--5---5-- -3------
--7---6-- -2------
--------- -3------
--------- --------
--5---5-- -3------


Verse

"What will this fix..."

Figure once plus last line


Pre-Chorus
Chorus - Figure 4 times, no last line

Guitar Solo

all bends are full
-------- ----- -------- -----
-12----- ----- -12----- -5---
-bend--- -4--- -bend--- -----
------7- ----- ------7- -----
-------- ----- -------- -----
-------- ----- -------- -----

-------- ----- -------- -7---
-12----- -7--- -12----- -----
-bend--- ----- -bend-7- -----
------7- ----- -------- -----
-------- ----- -------- -----
-------- ----- -------- -----

---5-- ---3-- ---0-- ---------------------
-9---- -7---- -3---- -H----------H-----10-
-9---- -7---- -2---- 2-4--4--2--2-4-~11---
------ ------ ------ --3--3--3----3-------
------ ------ ------ ---------------------
------ ------ ------ ---------------------

-------- ----- -------- -----
-12----- ----- -12----- -5---
-bend--- -4--- -bend--- -----
------7- ----- ------7- -----
-------- ----- -------- -----
-------- ----- -------- -----

----------- ---------- -------------------------------
12------10- 13------10 12-12-10-12-10--10-12--12-12-10
bend-~11--- bend-~11-- bd------H--P--11--H----bd------
----------- ---------- -------------------------------
----------- ---------- -------------------------------
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----------------10-12--P--- ---H----------
-12-12--10--12-------12-10- -10-12--------
-bd---------bd-------bd---- --------------
--------------------------- --------------
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during solo, acoustic plays chorus figure 4 times then

-5---- -3---- ----- -0--- -5--- -3--- ----- -0-- ---
-5---- -3---- -7--- -3--- -5--- -3--- -7--- -0-- ---
-6---- -4---- -7--- -2--- -6--- -4--- -7--- -1-- ---
-7---- -5---- -7--- -3--- -7--- -5--- -7--- -2-- ---
------ ------ -5--- ----- ----- ----- -5--- -2-- ---
-5---- -3---- ----- -3--- -5--- -3--- ----- -0-- ---


Pre-Chorus

Chorus, no last line, til end
play guitar solo figure

Mayer's outro lines are almost exclusively A major
pentantonic - it would be too sloppy to write it out


Scott Taylor
wonderboymusic@yahoo.com
Florida State University
IM: tromba1B



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