Waiting For My Rocket To Come

___________________________________     /                                  /    /  Jason Mraz                      /   /  Waiting for My Rocket to Come   /  /  (2002)                          / /__________________________________/ I transcribed this lovely album simply as an ear-exercise on the 14th and 15th of August 2008. And because I just adore Jason Mraz of course! I’ve tried not to use any other instrument than my ears while transcribing this and that turned out to be brilliant training you should really try that! :) As most of the guitar on this record isn’t very complicated it can be notated as simple chords and that’s how I’ve done for all the songs. And of course I’ve also included the parts that are more suitable for tabs certain finger picking figures for example. But if there are any parts you think is missing in the tab or if you want any of the parts in Guitar Pro just ask ;)                                                               - 15th /August /08 And for question comments corrections - just mail me at !  1.  You and I Both              (Mraz)  2.  I’ll Do Anything            (Galewood Mraz)  3.  The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)  (Christy Edwards Mraz Spock)  4.  Who Needs Shelter           (Keup Mraz Schermerhorn)  5.  Curbside Prophet            (Galewood Mraz Ruffalo)  6.  Sleep All Day               (Mraz)  7.  Too Much Food               (Mraz)  8.  Absolutely Zero             (Mraz)  9.  On Love In Sadness         (Keene Mraz) 10.  No Stopping Us              (Mraz) 11.  The Boy’s Gone              (Mraz) 12.  Tonight Not Again          (Keene Mraz) *******************************************************************************  " Maitinin writing here - the author of this tab.    The past 11 years I have generated 10318000 views and 815 top-rated tabs for this site.    If you want to support an eager contributor like me check out my own site:    _____  http://www.PlayLikeTheGreats.com  _____    Here I will continue to upload and improve my transcriptions.    Best regards    Maitinin    July 2015 " ******************************************************************************** 1. _________________________________   / Jason Mraz                     /  / You and I Both                 / /________________________________/  Chords: e:---3-----2------0-----0----0----2-----------------0----: B:---3-----3------3-----1----1----3--------3--------3----: G:---0-----0------0-----0----0----2--------0--------0----: D:---0-----4------2-----2----2----0--------4--------4----: A:---2-----x------2-----0----3----x--------5--------2----: E:---3-----3------0---------------2-----------------0----:  Verse: | | | | | | | | | / |  Verse (break on 3 in the last bar)  Chorus 1: | | | | | | | | | / |  Interlude:       [break on 2] | | | | |  Verse (break on 2 in the last bar)  Chorus 2: | | | | | | | / | | | | | |                 [break on 2] | | | | / |  Chorus 3: | | | | | | | / | | | | | / | | | |  Bridge: | | (add11) |   / | | | C | D(add11) |                              [break on 3] | | | | | (add11) | (add11) |  Chorus 3 end on the last G  *The Acoustic Intro*: The best version of this song my opinion is the acoustic live-performance at Mix 106.5 04/04/08. This is the sweet intro he plays and here’s the link to the performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY4tBjIwDJ8 |-----------------3^----3---------|-----------3-----2/----7~~~------| |-----------0-----0^--------0-----|-----------------3/----8~~~------| |-------0---------0^------------0-|-------0---------0-----0---------| |-----0-----------0^--------------|---------0-----------------------| |-----------------x^--------------|---------------------------------| |-3-----------3---3^--------------|-3-------------------------------| |-----------------x^--------------|---------------------------------| |-----------8-----8^----8---------|-7-----7-----7/8---8---8-8-------| |-----------------7^--------7-----|-7-----7-----7-----------7-------| |-------5---------5^--------------|---------------------------------| |-----7-------7-------7-------7---|---------------------7-------0---| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------5-----------5-----|-7^----7-----5-----------5-------| |---------5---------5-------------|-5^----5-----5---------5-5-5-----| |---------5-------------5-5-------|-5^----------------5---5-5-5-----| |-------5-5---------------5-------|-5^------------------5-----5-----| |---------x---------------x-------|-----------------------------0---| |-3/5-----5-------------------5---|---------------------------------|   C6sus2                            D(add9)/F# |------------10-------------------|-------------0-------------------| |-------8-----------8-------8-----|-------3-------------------------| |-------7---------------7-7---x-x-|---2---2-------------------------| |-------------------------7---x-x-|-----------0---------------------| |-------------------------x---x-x-|---------------------------------| |-5/8-----------------8-----------|-2-------------------------------| I have also typed this little bit into guitar pro it’s worth checking out: www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/j/jason_mraz/you_and_i_both_acoustic_intro_guitar_pro.htm ******************************************************************************** 2. __________________________________   / Jason Mraz                      /  / I’ll Do Anything                / /_________________________________/  Chords: e:---0---0----2----2-- --0------2-----1--- --1-----0----2----: B:---2---0----2----3-- --2------2-----3--- --2-----2----0----: G:---2---1----2----2-- --0------2-----2--- --1-----1----2----: D:---2---2----4----0-- --2------0-----0--- --3-----2----1----: A:---0---2----4------- --0---------------- --4-----2----2----: E:-------0----2------- ------------------- --1-----0---------:  Intro: |    |    | |    | |  Verse: ||:    |    :|| 6x  Chorus: | | | | |  Verse only 4 rounds  2x Chorus  Bridge: ||: | #/ | | :|| | | |  Verse 4 rounds  2x Chorus end on Dm ******************************************************************************** 3. _________________________________   / Jason Mraz                     /  / The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)     / /________________________________/  Chords:   intro/chorus/bridge           verse                  final pre-chorus e:---3---------6----------5--- ---3---------1-------- ---6---------4---------: B:---3----8----6----10----6--- ---3----5----1----3--- ---6----8----4----6----: G:---3----8----7----10----7--- ---4----5----2----3--- ---7----8----5----6----: D:---5----8----8----10----7--- ---5----5----3----3--- ---8----8----6----6----: A:---5----6----8-----8----5--- ---5----3----3----1--- ---8----6----6----4----: E:---3---------6-------------- ---3---------1-------- ---6---------4---------:  Intro: ||:    |    |    |    :|| (the band plays in the second time  break on the last F before the verse)  Verse: ||:    |    :|| 4x (break on the last )  Pre-Chorus: similar to Verse  Chorus: ||:    | Fsus4 |    |    :||  Interlude: similar to ½ Intro  Verse  Pre-Chorus  Chorus  Bridge: ||: | | | :||  Final Pre-Chorus: ||:    |    :|| 4x (break on the last time)  2x Chorus then fade out during one Chorus ******************************************************************************** 4. _________________________________   / Jason Mraz                     /  / Who Needs Shelter              / /________________________________/  In this song there is 1 picking pattern and 4 strummed chords.  The picking pattern is played in the verses and interludes. Notice that the pattern for the E and the C#m7 is excactly the same as these are two very similar chords. You can also just play the picking pattern as strummed chords those would be the first 3 chords I’ve added in the chord chart.  The strummed chords are played in the chorus and bridge. Those are the next 4 chords in the chord chart.  Capo on 2nd fret  Picking Pattern: |----2---0-------------0---|----------------------------| |-------------3----0h3---0-|----0-----------0-----------| |--------------------------|----2---0---0h2---2p0-----0-| |-4----4----4----4---------|----0-----------------0-----| |--------------------------|-3----3----3------------3---| |--------------------------|----------------------------|  Chords: e:---2-----------2---- ---2-----0-----0-----0----: B:---3-----0-----3---- ---0-----0-----1-----0----: G:---2-----2-----2---- ---2-----1-----2-----0----: D:---4-----0-----4---- ---0-----2-----2-----2----: A:--(5)----3----(2)--- ---2-----2-----0-----2----: E:-------------------- ---------0-----------0----:  Intro/Interlude: | | | | |  Verse: | | | | | | | |  Chorus: | | | | | | | | | |  Interlude  Verse: | | | | | | | | | |  Chorus  Bridge: | | | | | | | | | |  Guitar Solo (Interlude): |-----------------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------10-12-|-10p9-----------------------| |---------------------9-------|------11-11~~~-------9-11---| |---------7s9----9s11---------|------------------11------9s| |-----------------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------|------- |-----------------------------|----------------------------|------- |----9------------------------|----------------------------|------- |s11---11--11~~~----9--7-6----|----6-----------------------|------- |--------------------------9--|-9----9~~~-----7--5--4-2-0--|------- |-----------------------------|----------------------------|-(4)---  Outro-Verse: | | | | ... ******************************************************************************** 5. _________________________________   / Jason Mraz                     /  / Curbside Prophet               / /________________________________/ All the way through the song is just the same round of two bars of played over and over again. So instead of indicating chords I’ve just indicated how many rounds long each part is pretty simple :) The Picking Pattern: Okay this is such a cool riff! It’s kinda tricky though - especially if you’re to sing/rap at the same time! The tricky thing is the slaps on the beats 2 and 4 (except for the second 4). The easiest way of learning the whole thing would be to learn it without the slaps in first place. Simply start with the finger picking and then try to add the slaps afterward. Notice how important the slaps are! How Jason slaps is slapping only the low e- and a-string (as noted in the tab) with the thumb. By only slapping and dampening those two strings you can let the other strings ring across the slap but it really takes some motor function. I find the second slap hardest as you are to do the slide simultaneously but when it’s nailed it sounds so groovey! I typed the riff into GP5 so just mail me and ask for it if you want it.   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   + |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------8\--------|---------------------------------| |-------4---------------7\--------|-------2---------------0-------0-| |-------5-----------------------0-|-------2-------------0-------0---| |---------x---0-----------x---0---|---------x---0-----5-------5-----| |-3---3---x-------8---8---x-------|-1---1---x-1-----6-------5-------|  Intro:       2+2+2 rounds only guitar and banjo in the first 2 rounds               then Jason’s vocal comes in and finally the bands plays in.  Verse 1:     4  Chorus:      2  Interlude:   2  Verse 2:     4+4  Chorus:      4  Verse 3:     4 break on the second bar all four times  Verse 4:     4  Chorus:      2 then fade out over 3 rounds ******************************************************************************** 6. _________________________________   / Jason Mraz                     /  / Sleep All Day                  / /________________________________/ Ooh this is just a lovely simple song! Troughout the entire song is just one single chord progression of 4 bars and 3 variations. So instead of writing the same chords over again I’ll just wirte how many rounds each part is long simple :D  The Chord Progression: | | | | A7sus4   | e:---5-------7-----7------5-----5----3---: B:---7-------7-----8------5-----5----3---: :---6-------7-----7------7-----6----4---: A:---5-------x-----7------7-----7----5---: E:-----------7------------5-----5----3---:  Intro:   2 rounds  Verse:   3  Chorus:  2                                  [break]  Verse:   2 + | | | | |  Verse:   4  Chorus:  2  Verse:   2+1+2 break on Dmaj7 and Bm7 on the third round here  Chorus:  2  Verse:   2 + | Em7 | G |  Outro:   3 then end on Dmaj7 ******************************************************************************** 7. _________________________________   / Jason Mraz                     /  / Too Much Food                  / /________________________________/  Chords: e:---2----0----0-----------2-----2-----5------7---: B:---2----0----2----2------2-----3-----5------7---: G:---3----1----2----4------2-----2-----6------8---: D:---4----2----2----3------0-----0-----7------9---: A:---4----2----0----4------------------7------9---: E:---2----0----------------------------5------7---:  The Intro-Riff: This riff is played by an electric guitar with overdrive in the intro-parts. It’s played with capo on the 2nd fret. I have notated it below as if there was no capo on since it’s easier to read. So the open string (0th fret) on just hold that fret for you. Well long explanation here you go! ;) (I have typed this riff into GP5 as well so just mail me and ask for it!)       1  +   2 +   3 +   4    +     1  +    2  +    3     +     4     +    3x ||----0------0-----0---0------0---|----0----0-------0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|| ||o-(11)\7---7\5---5/9-9-----10---|---10---10/14---14-14-14-14-12-12-11---o|| ||--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------------o|| ||--------------------------------|----------------------------------------||       1  +   2 +   3 +   4    +     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   |---0------0-----0---0------0---|----------------------------------|   |-(11)\7---7\5---5/9-9-----10---|----------------------------------|   |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|   |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|   |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|   |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|  Intro: |    |    |    |    | |    |    |    | |  Verse: ||:    | |    | |  |    | :||  Chorus: ||: | (bar) | | :||  Interlude: (it’s just half an intro)    Verse  Chorus  Intro  Bridge: | | | | | | | | | |  ½ Chorus (break on the first # (bar) and )  Chorus  Intro end on Dmaj9 ******************************************************************************** 8. _________________________________   / Jason Mraz                     /  / Absolutely Zero                / /________________________________/  Intro: |-0-------0---------|-0-------0---3---|-0-------0---------|-0-------3-------| |-----1-------1-----|-----1-----------|-----1-------1-----|-----1-----------| |---0---0---0---0h2-|---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---0---0h2-|---2---2---------| |-3-------3---------|-3-------3---3---|-3-------3---------|-3-------3-------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| (this is the picking pattern for all the Fmaj9 and Fmaj7 chords  all other chords are strummed)                                                                   _E_A_D_G_B_E_  Verse:                                                          | | | | | | | |                                                                  |             |                                                                  |             |                                                               Gm | 3 5 5 3 3 3 |  Verse                                                           |             |                                                                C | x 3 2 0 1 0 |                                                                  |             |  Chorus:                                                       F | 1 3 3 2 1 1 |                                                            Fsus4 | 1 3 3 3 1 1 |                                                               Dm | x x 0 2 3 1 |                                                           Dmmaj7 | x x 0 2 2 1 |                                                                  |             |  Verse                                                        Am | x 0 2 2 1 0 |                                                                  |             |                                                               Cm | x 3 5 5 4 3 |  Chorus:                                                         |             |                                                                  |             |                                                                  |             | + | F Fsus4 | Asus4 A |                                    Asus4 | x 0 2 2 3 0 |                                                                  |             |                                                                A | x 0 2 2 2 0 |                                                                  |             |  Bridge:                                                    A/Db | x 4 2 2 2 x | ||: | |   / | :||                                    |_|_|_|_|_|_|_| | Bbm | Asus4 A |  Chorus: similar to previous but instead extended with: + | | | | ... ******************************************************************************** 9. _________________________________   / Jason Mraz                     /  / On Love In Sadness            / /________________________________/  Chords: (Capo on 2nd fret)   verse                        chorus              bridge e:---3----5-----7-------10---- --3---2----3----3-- --1---0-------2----: B:---0----5-----7--------8---- --0---3----1----1-- --1---1---3---2----: G:---0----5-----7--------9---- --0---2----0----0-- --2---0---3---3----: D:---0----5-----7--------x---- --0---0----2----2-- --3---2---3---4----: A:---2----x-----x-------10---- --2--------0----3-- --3---3---1---4----: E:---3----5-----7--------8---- --3---------------- --1-----------2----:  Intro: It’s not really useful putting chords to this part. The first part would switching between / and and the second part is changing between generalise it to just F#m7 and Dmaj7.                   (I’ve also made this in GP5 so just mail me and ask if want you want it.) ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----0-----0---0-|---0-0-----0-0---|-----0-----0---0-|---0-0-----0-0---| ||------9-----7---9-|---9-9-----7-7---|-----9-----7---9-|---9-9-----7-7---| ||------7-----5---7-|---7-7-----5-5---|-----7-----5---7-|---7-7-----5-5---| ||o-----9-----7---9-|---9-9-----7-7---|-----9-----7---9-|---9-9-----7-7---| ||--0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-0-0-|                                                        (break here 2.time) |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-------0-0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0-0-0-o|| |-------0-0-0---x-|---x-x---0-0-0-0-|-x---x-0-0-0---x-|---x-x---x-x-x-x--|| |-----9-9-9-9---9-|---9-9---9-9-9-9-|-9---9-9-9-9---9-|---9-9---9-9-9-9--|| |-----9-x-x-x---9-|---9-9---7-7-7-7-|-9---9-x-x-x---9-|---9-9---9-9-9-9-o|| |-8---8-8-8-8---8-|---8-8---8-8-8-8-|-8---8-8-8-8---8-|---8-8---8-8-8-8--||  Verse 1: ||: | | | | | | | | :||  Chorus 1: ||: | | | :|| 3x | | | | break |  Interlude (½ intro)  Verse 2: ||: | | | :|| 3x | | | | |  Chorus 2: ||: | | | :|| 3x | | | | break |  Bridge: ||: | | | :||         [break] | | | |   | | | | | | | | | | break |  Verse 1  2x Chorus 1 (quit the break on D the first time)  Outro (intro) ******************************************************************************** 10._________________________________   / Jason Mraz                     /  / No Stopping Us                 / /________________________________/  Chords: The main groove is the one switching between Abmaj7 and Dbmaj9 but since there really aren’t any good-sounding ways of playing a Dbmaj9 on just guitar I’ve thrown in some different voicings to spice up an acoustic version. Notice that Jason plays with a capo on the 1st fret live. It’s actually not for any use chord-wise - it’s simply just sounds less horrible if you accidentally strike open strings with the capo on :) e:---3-------8---4--11--11-- --8----7----6-------4---- ---6-----8-----7--------: B:---4-------9---4---9---9-- --8----7----6-------7---- ---7-----9-----8----8---: G:---5------10---5---8--10-- --8----7----6-------4---- ---8----10-----9----8---: D:---5------10---6---8--10-- --8----7----6-------6---- ---8----10-----9----8---: A:---x-------x---4---x---x-- --x----x----x-------4---- ---x-----x-----x----6---: E:---4-------9-------9---9-- --8----7----6------------ ---7-----9-----8--------:  Intro (verse): | | | | |                             [break] | | | | |  Verse  Chorus: |    | |    | | |    | | Db11sus | Db11sus |  Interlude (verse)  Verse  Chorus  Interlude (verse)  Bridge:                          [break timing:]                                    3      3&+&  4+ | | | |    | | | | | |  Keyboard Solo (verse)  Chorus  Outro (verse) end on Dbmaj9 ******************************************************************************** 11._________________________________   / Jason Mraz                     /  / The Boy’s Gone                 / /________________________________/  Chords:           7sus4         #/             :------------------------------- -------------------------------: G:---4----4----4-------6-----5--- ---6----5----4----3----6---7---: A:---4----2----6-------6-----6--- ---4----3----2----4----7---7---: E:-------------0-------4-----4--- ------------------2----5-------:  Main picking pattern: |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----4-----4-----|-----4-------4---|-----4-----------|-----6-----5-----| |-----2-----2-----|-----4-------4---|-----------6-----|-----4-----6-----| |-4-----4-----4---|-2-----2-2-----2-|-----6-----6-----|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|/4-------4-------|  Intro: ||: | | | 7sus4 :|| 3x | | | | |  Verse: | | | | 7sus4 | | | | | 7sus4 | |  Chorus: | | #/ | | | | A | G#7sus4 G# | | | | | 7sus4 | |  Verse  Chorus: | | #/ | | | | A | G#7sus4 G# | | | | | 7sus4 | | | #/ | | | | | | 7sus4 | |  Bridge: ||: | | | 7sus4 :|| 3x  | | | | 7sus4 | |  Chorus: ||: | #/ | | | | A | G#7sus4 G# | | | | | 7sus4 :||  Outro: ||: | | | 7sus4 :|| 3x (start fading after third round) ******************************************************************************** 12._________________________________   / Jason Mraz                     /  / Tonight Not Again             / /________________________________/ In this song there are just 5 five chords. Most of the time it’s just the picking pattern being repeated. Therefore I think it’s easier to just refer to the picking pattern as one round.  *Capo on 3rd fret  The picking pattern:                      Chords: |------------------|------------------|  :------------------ ---3----1----3----: |------------------|------------------|  :----0--------0---- ---0----1----1----: |-------0---0------|-------0---0------|  :----0--------0---- ---0----2----0----: |-------4---4------|-------5---5------|  :----4--------5---- ---0----3----2----: |-----2------------|-----3------------|  :----2--------3---- ---2----3----3----: |-0----------------|-1----------------|  :----0--------1---- ---3----1---------:  Intro:       4 rounds  Verse:       4 rounds  Interlude:   2 rounds  Verse:       6 rounds  Chorus: | | | | | | | | |  Interlude:   2 rounds  Verse:       4 rounds  Chorus: | | | | | | | | |      [break on 3] | | |  Bridge: ||: | | :||                [break on 2] | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Interlude-Verse: 8 rounds  Chorus: ||: | | | :|| | | | |  Outro: 8 rounds (the full picking chords are strummed here)         end on Absus2 ******************************************************************************** Jon Sebastian Frederiksen - 9th /September /09 Just mail me at with question comments corrections!