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John Mayer-Slow Dancing In A Burning Room - sr - 200

[Intro - Drum straight in]
Pick up phrase 4& - D-6, B-5 then play Cm, Csus2, x46444
[C#m7]   [C#m7]   [Aadd9-x02222]  [E] x 4
 
[Verse 1]
It's not a  [C#m7] silly little moment
It's not the  [Aadd9] storm before the  [E] calm
This is the  [C#m7] deep and dying breath of
This love that we've been  [Aadd9] working  [E] on
 
Can't seem to  [C#m7] hold you like I want to
So I can  [Aadd9] feel you in my  [E] arms
Nobody's  [C#m7] gonna come and save you
We've pulled too many  [Aadd9] false al [E] arms
 
[Chorus - Badd11-799800,F#m11-24x200 ]
We're going  [Badd11] down  
And you can  [C#m7-9-11-x-9-0-0] see it  [Aadd9] too  
We're going  [Badd11] down  
And you  [C#m7] know that we're  [F#m11-play F#m7 instead] doomed
My  [C#m7] dear, we're slow [C#m7] dancing in a  
[Aadd9] burning  [E] room
 
[Instrumental]
[C#m7]   [C#m7]   [Aadd9-x02222]  [E] x 4
 
[Verse 2]
I was the  [C#m7] one you always dreamed of
You were the  [Aadd9] one I tried to d [E] raw
How dare you  [C#m7] say it's nothing to me
Baby, you're the only  [Aadd9] light I ever  [E] saw
 
I'll make the  [C#m7] most of all the sadness
You'll be a  [Aadd9] bitch because you  [E] can
You try to  [C#m7] hit me just to hurt me so you leave me feeling dirty
'Cause you  [Aadd9] can't under [E] stand
  
[Chorus] 
We're going  [Badd11] down  
And you can  [C#m7] see it  [Aadd9] too  
We're going  [Badd11] down  
And you  [C#m7] know that we're  [F#m11] doomed
My  [C#m7] dear, we're slow [C#m7] dancing in a  
[Aadd9] burning  [E] room
 
[Instrumental]
[C#m7]   [C#m7]   [Aadd9-x02222]  [E] x 4
 
[Bridge]
Go  [F#m11] cry about it, why  [C#m7C#m7-9-11-x-9-0-0] 
don't you   [Badd11]          [Aadd9]      
Go  [F#m11] cry about it, why  [C#m7] don't you   [Badd11]          [Aadd9]      
Go  [F#m11] cry about it, why  [C#m7] don't you   [Badd11]          [Aadd9]      
My  [C#m7] dear, we're slow [C#m7] dancing in a  
[Aadd9] burning  [E] room
 
[Instrumental]
[C#m7]   [C#m7]   [Aadd9-x02222]  [E] x 4
 
[Outro] 
Don't you think we oughta  
[C#m7] know by now ... Don't you [C#m7] think we should've  [Aadd9] learned some [E]how  
[Repeat twice]

[Fade to end]
[E]

  (Chords I use)
             E  A  D  G  B  e
             -  -  -  -  -  -
 E        0  2  2  1  0  0
 C#m7     9 11  x  9  0  0
 Aadd9    5  7  7  6  0  0
 Badd11   7  9  9  8  0  0
 F#m11    2  4  x  2  0  0

[Tab for solo * first finger full barre]
  [E]  [C#m7]*             [A]   [E]
E 9-11s12---12--11--9------9--------
B 9----9---------------12--10----9--
G 9----9-------------------9-----9--
D 9----9-------------------x-----9--
A -----11------------------0-----x--
E -----9-------------------------0--

########################################################################

Fleetwood Mac-Chain

[Intro - Just bass drum - BPM 76] 
[Strum the first chord and then just flatpick notes with first fingernail
BUT MIGHT BE EASIER TO JUST STRUM THE LOT, DROP THE SLIDE TO 5TH FRET 
AND JUST PLAY UPSTROKE ON HIGH E TO ALLUDE TO
or pick really close to bridge]

e|-0------2-----------------0------2----------------
B|-0-03--0-------03---3s5---0-03--0-------03-03-3s5-
G|-0------------------------0-----------------------
D|-2------------------------2----------------------- 
A|-2------------------------2-----------------------
E|-0-----------0------------0-----------0-----------

e|-0-------------0--2-------0------------0------------  
B|-0-03-03-3s5---0-0----3s5-0-03-03-3s5--0------------
G|-0-------------0----------0------------0------------
D|-2-------------2----------2------------2-5p2*------- 
A|-2-------------2----------2------------2----5p2-----
E|-0-------------0----------0------------0--------3b4-0
*hard down pick with other strings muted to bring this out

[Verse 1 - Just bass drum - Slap strings for snare - some finger picking] 
[Em] Listen to the wind bl [A] ow, 
watch the (finger pick) [Bm/D - x00432] sunrise 
[Am/C - x3x210] [Em] (stop)
[Em] Run in the shad [A] ow, damn your love,
 damn your lies [Bm/D] [Am/C] [Em]
 
(finger pick section) 
e|-------2-----------0---------3p0-----------0-------|
B|-----3--3--------1--1------------3p0------0--------|
G|----4----4------2----2----------------2p0----------|
D|-0--------------------------------------------2----|
A|--------------3-------------------------------2----|
E|-----------------------------0----------------0----|
 
[Chorus - Bass drum on all 4,snare on 2 and 4]
And if 
[Am7] you don't love me now, 
You will never love me again .. I can (can sing same note)
[Em] still here you [C] saying You would 
[Dsus4] never break the chain .. And if 

[Am7] you don't love me now
You will never love me again .. I can 
[Em] still hear you [C] saying You would 
[Dsus4] never break the chain [Em] 
(Stop - bass drum back in for second half of phrase)

e|----0------------------------0---------------------
B|---0-0--3--------3-03-3s5----0-3-03-3s5------------
G|--0-------------0------------0---------------------
D|---------------------------------------5p2---------  
A|------------------------------------------5p2------
E|-0-------------0-------------0---------------3b4-0-

[Verse - Just bass drum]
[Em] Listen to the wind [A] blow
Down comes the night [Bm/D] [Am/C] [Em] (stop)
[Em] Run in the shad [A] ow
Damn your love, damn your lies [Bm/D] [Am/C] 
[Em] Break The si [A] lence
Damn the dark damn the night [Bm/D] [Am/C] 
[Em]
 
[Chorus - Bass drum on all 4,snare on 2 and 4]
And if 
[Am7] you don't love me now, 
You will never love me again .. I can (can sing same note)
[Em] still here you [C] saying You would 
[Dsus4] never break the chain .. And if 

[Am7] you don't love me now
You will never love me again .. I can 
[Em] still hear you [C] saying You would 
[Dsus4] never break the chain .. And if

[Am7] you don't love me now
You will never love me again .. I can 
[Em] still hear you [C] saying You would 
[Dsus4] never break the chain .. And if

[Am7] you don't love me now
You will never love me again .. I can 
[Em] still hear you [C] saying You would 
[Dsus4] never break the chain 
(Stop) 

[Em] 
[Ahead of bass section - Bass drum stabs only - keep second finger on 2nd fret of D whilst 
transitioning from Em to the other chord]
 
e|-0---2--2-----2------2------2-----2--------|
B|-0---1----1-----1------1------1-----1------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2------2-----2------2------2----------| 4x
A|-2-----------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------------------------|

Left hand tap - play snare roll with right hand
then at some point start to play notes with right hand pick 
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-h5----h5h7h8-p7p5s3h5s7----p0------------|

[Vamp - chords follow bass line]
[Am] [Am] [C] [G-G/B] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em]

Implying solo - apply some vibrato on 45 to help mute D string
mute low E when playing notes on A string
e|-0--sustain-chord
B|-5------------5-
G|-4------------4-
D|-2------------x- then repeat at 12th fret
A|-0--023-20-02-2--
E|-x----x---3-x-0--
 
[Outro - Sing down from original with 3rd on harmony - not during Running in bit]
[YOU CAN JUST PLAY A5 THEN THE RIFF MUTING ALL THE OTHER STRINGS THE E5 - STILL SOUNDS BIG AND CAN SING AGAINST]
[Am] Chains [C] [G-G/B] keep us to 
[Em] gether  ... Running in the shadows
[Repeat to end - Slow the riff for the end]

[END RIFF]
E -------------
B -------------
G 2------------
D 2------------2
A 0-023--20-02-2
E ---------3---0

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