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83 tab by John Mayer

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83 by john mayer
album: room for squares
arranged by pj naranjo
1018020935

	The song is quite redundant in its rhythm, and so
easy to learn.
And with all the tappings make it really easy.
	Try to play this along with the original, until you
can do it by
your own.
	Enjoy the tab!


Intro:
	- Do this 2 times
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
   AM7                                   Em7
E|-----4-------4-----------4-----------|-----0-------------0-------0---|
B|-----5-------5-----------5-----5---0-|-----0-----0---0---0---0---0---|
G|-----4-------4-----------4-----4---7-|-----------6---4-------4-------|
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-0-------0-------0-----------0-------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-0-------0-----0-------0-------|
         t       t                 t           t     t
      t

I. "I have these dreams I'm walking home..."
	- Do the Intro series 2 times
    "Here I stand, six feet small..."
	- Do I stanza

Refrain. "And these days..."
	- Do this 2 times (once pero two lines)

  DM6    AM7                        DM6   AM7
|---0-------4-------4-------4-----|---0-------4-------4-------4-----|
|---0-------5-------5-------5-----|---0-------5-------5-------5-----|
|-----------4-------4-------4-----|-----------4-------4-------4-----|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
      t       t       t       t         t       t
 t       t

Chorus. "Oh if only my life was more like 1983..."
	- (strum) Am7, D7sus (4x)
		  C-D

Repeat Intro.

II. "Thinking about my brother Ben..."
	- Do I stanza
    "Here I stand, six feet small, and smiling 'cause
I'm scared as hell..."
	- repeat in the previous stanza except for the next
lines
    "Kinda like your life is like a sequel to a
movie..."
	- hold guitars
    "Where the actors' names have changed..."
	- Do this...

		|-----x---------|
		|-----x---------|
		|-----7---------|
		|-----5---------|
		|-----7---------|
		|-0-------------|
		        t hold.

Repeat Refrain and Chorus.

Chorus 2. "If my life was more like 1983..."
	- Do Chorus chords

Interlude. "And most my memories have escaped me..."
	- (strum) C#m7, F#sus-F# (2x)
		  B - Bm7, E7
		  E7 (hold)

Bridge.


|-----------------------------|---------------x---7-|----9------12-----
|-----3-----3-------2---2---2-|---------------x---9-|----10-----12-----
|-----0-----0-------2---2---2-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------
|---------------0-------0-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|------------------
|-3-------3-------------------|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|------------------
|-----------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|------------------
        t     t       t       t                 t


Coda. "You can paint that house a rainbow of colors...
      ...Whatever happened to my...
      ...More like 1983."

	- Am7, D7sus (repeat till fade)

end. 1018021143

would be
accepted also. =) Just 2 hours of ear exercise before
going to school.
This is one of my many "all my own work" pieces in my
9 year music
history.

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