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--
[Verse] On a [Gm] cobweb [F] afternoon In a [Dm7] room full of [Eb] emptiness By a [Gm] freeway [F] I confess I [Dm7] was lost in the [Eb] pages [Gm] Of a book [F] full of death [Dm7] Reading how we'll [Eb] die alone [Gm] And if we're good [F] we'll lay to rest [Dm7] Anywhere [Eb] we wanna go
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb] I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone
[Instrumental] [Gm][F][Dm7][Eb]
[Verse] On my [Gm] deathbed [F] I will pray To [Dm7] the gods and the [Eb] angels Like a [Gm] pagan to [F] anyone Who [Dm7] will take me to [Eb]heaven [Gm] To a place [F] I recall [Dm7] I was there so [Eb] long ago The [Gm] sky was bruised The [F] wine was bled And [Dm7] there you led me [Eb] on
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb]I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone [D]Alone
[Solo - Same chords as Chorus]
[Bridge] [Eb] And on I [Bb] read [D] Until the day was [Eb] gone And I [D#m] sat in [C] regret Of [D] all the things [Gm] I've done For [Eb] all that I've [Bb] blessed And [D] all that I've [Eb] wronged In [D#m] dreams until my [C] death I will [D] wander on
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb]I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone [D]Alone
