Room For Squares
John Mayer
Room for Squares- John Mayer Tabbed by Robin Young ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No Such Thing Chords: A: X02220 A9: X02424 Am: X02210 C#m7/4: X4X452 D7: XX0212 E: 022100 E7/4: 022244 E9: XX2442 E9/4: 024244 Em9: 02X032 F7: XX3210 F7(b5): XX3200 F#7: 242322 G: 3X0003 Intro: E9 - E ’Welcome to the real world’ she said to me Condescendingly ’Take a seat take your life Plot it out in black and white’ Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings And the drama queens I’d like to think the best of me Is still hiding up my sleeve They love to tell you ’Stay inside the lines’ But something’s better on the other side I wanna run through the halls of my high school I wanna scream at the top of my lungs I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world Just a lie you’ve got to rise above So the good boys and girls Take the so-called right track Faded white hats grabbing credits and Maybe transfers They read all the books But they can’t find the answers And all of our parents They’re getting older I wonder if they’ve wished for Anything better While in their memories Tiny tragedies They love to tell you ’Stay inside the lines’ But something’s better on the other side I wanna run through the halls of my high school I wanna scream at the top of my lungs I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world Just a lie you’ve got to rise above F7(b5) - F7 F7(b5) - A I Am invincible (3x) As long as I’m alive - - - I wanna run through the halls of my high school I wanna scream at the top of my lungs I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world Just a lie you’ve got to rise above I just can’t wait till my ten-year reunion I’m gonna bust down the double doors And when I stand on these tables before you You will know what all this time was for ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why Georgia Chords: A: X02220 A7sus4: X02030 Bbsus2: X13311 C: X32010 Csus2: X3X033 C6/9: X3223X C9: X32033 D: XX0232 D/F#: 2X023X D4: X5403X Em: 022000 Em7: 022030 F: XX3211 F7: XX3210 Fsus2: XX3011 G: 3X0003 G5: 3X0033 G7(no3): 3X403X Gsus2: 3X0233 Intro: Gsus2 - D4 (4x) Gsus2 D4 I am driving up Gsus2 D4 85 in the Gsus2 D4 Kind of morning that Gsus2 D4 C6/9 Lasts all afternoon I’m just stuck inside the gloom Gsus2 - D4(2x) Gsus2 D4 Four more exits to Gsus2 D4 My apartment but Gsus2 D4 I am tempted to Gsus2 D4 C6/9 Keep the car in drive And leave it all behind Gsus2 - D4 (2x) Because I wonder sometimes About the outcome Of a still verdict-less life Am I living it right? Am I living it right? Am I living it right? Fsus2 C Why why Georgia why? Gsus2 - D4 (4x) Gsus2 D4 I rent a room and I Gsus2 D4 Fill the spaces with Gsus2 D4 Wood in places to Gsus2 G7(no3) C6/9 Make it feel like home Gsus2 D4 But all I feel’s alone Gsus2 G7(no3) C6/9 It might be a quarter-life crisis Gsus2 Or just the stirring in my soul D4 - Gsus2 Either way I wonder sometimes About the outcome Of a still verdict-less life Am I living it right? Am I living it right? Am I living it right? Why why Georgia why? Fsus2 Bbsus2 Csus2 Bbsus2 So what so I’ve got a smile on Fsus2 Bbsus2 Csus2 Bbsus2 But it’s hiding the quiet superstitions in my head Don’t believe me Don’t believe me When I say I’ve got it down Gsus2 - D4 (4x) Gsus2 D4 Everybody is Gsus2 D4 Just a stranger but Gsus2 D4 That’s the danger in Gsus2 G7(no3) C6/9 Going my own way I guess it’s the price I have to pay Gsus2 - D4 (2x) Still ’everything happens For a reason’ A7sus4 Is no reason Not to ask myself If I am living it right Am I living it right? Am I living it right? Why? Tell me why? Why? Why Georgia why? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Stupid Mouth Chords (there are a lot of variations of the same ones which is why there are so many): A/C#: X4X2X0 A7sus4: X02030 Bm4: X24430 D/G: 3X0232 D5: XX023X D5/B: X2X23X D/F#: 2X023X D7: XX0212 D7sus4: XX0213 D7/C#: X4022X D7/F#: 2X022X Em7: 022030 Fsus2: XX4011 F#7/A#: 6X465X Gsus2: 3X023X Gsus2/B: X2X233 G5: 3X0033 Gm: 355333 Gm7: 353333 Gm6/9: XX5355 Gm11: 3X0311 G7(no3): 3X0032 Intro: - / - / - Gsus2 / - / - Gsus2 My stupid mouth Has got me in trouble Gsus2 D5/B I said too much again D7/F# Gsus2 To a date over dinner yesterday And I could see D7/F# Gsus2 She was offended She said “Well anyway” D7/F# Gsus2 Just dying for a subject change Oh it’s another social casualty D7sus4 D7 G5 Score one more for me How could I forget Mama said “Think before speaking” No filter in my head Fsus2 Oh what’s a boy to do? Gsus2/B D5 I guess he better find one soon / - / - Gsus2 / - / - Gsus2 We bit our lips She looked out the window Gsus2 D5/B Rolling tiny balls of napkin paper I played a quick game of chess Gsus2 D5/B With the salt and pepper shaker D7/F# Gsus2 And I could see clearly An indelible line was drawn Between what was good Gsus2 What just slipped out And what went wrong Oh the way she feels about me has changed D7sus4 D7 G5 Thanks for playing try again How could I forget Mama said “Think before speaking” No filter in my head Fsus2 Oh what’s a boy to do? Gsus2/B I guess he better find one I’m never speaking up again F#m7 Gsus2 It only hurts me I’d rather be a mystery F#m7 Gsus2 Than she desert me Oh I’m never speaking up again Starting now Starting now One more thing Why is it my fault? Gsus2 D5/B So maybe I try too hard D7/F# Gsus2 But it’s all because of this desire I just wanna be liked D7/F# Gsus2 Just wanna be funny Looks like the joke’s on me D7/F# Gsus2 So call me Captain Backfire I’m never speaking up again F#m7 Gsus2 It only hurts me I’d rather be a mystery F#m7 Gsus2 Than she desert me Oh I’m never speaking up again I’m never speaking up again I’m never speaking up again Starting now Starting now ah ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Body is a Wonderland Chords: Am: X02210 Bb: X13331 Bb7: X13231 Bb7/C: X33335 C: X32010 Dm9: X5355X F: XX3211 F/C: X3X211 F5: XX3011 F5/Bb: X1XX11 F5/C: X3XX11 F5/D: XX0X11 Gm: 355333 Intro: - / - / - / (2x) We got the afternoon You got this room for two One thing I’ve left to do Discover me discovering you And if you want love We’ll make it Swimming a deep sea Of blankets Take all your big plans And break them This is bound to be awhile Your body is a wonderland Your body is a wonder I’ll use my hands Your body is a wonderland Something about the way Your hair falls in your face I love the shape you take When crawling towards the pillowcase You tell me where to go And though I might leave to find it I’ll never let your head hit the bed Without my hand behind it You want love? We’ll make it Swimming a deep sea Of blankets Take all your big plans And break them This is bound to be awhile Your body is a wonderland Your body is a wonder I’ll use my hands Your body is a wonderland (I’m never speaking up again I’ll use my hands) Damn baby You frustrate me I know you’re mine all mine all mine But you look so good it hurts sometimes Dm9 (for 10 measures) / Your body is a wonderland Your body is a wonder I’ll use my hands Your body is a wonderland Your body is a wonderland Da da da Da da da da da Da da da Da da da da (2x) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neon Chords: Ab2: 4X131X Ab6/9: 4XX311 Bb: X13331 Bb2: 6X353X Bbsus2: X13311 Bbm7: X13121 Cm7: X35343 C7#9: X3234X C9: X3X333 Eb: X65343 Fm7/4: XX3344 Gm7: 353333 Gm7/4: 3XX311 Gb6/9: 2XX344 G/C: X33433 Intro: - - - - When sky blue gets dark enough To see the colors of the city lights A trail of ruby red and diamond white Hits her like a sunrise She comes and goes And comes and goes Like no one can - - - - (2x) Tonight she’s out to lose herself And find a high on Peachtree Street From mixed drinks to techno beats it’s always Heavy into everything She comes and goes And comes and goes Like no one can She comes and goes And no one knows She’s slipping through my hands She’s always buzzing just like Ne-on ne-on Ne-on ne-on Who knows how long how long how long She can go before she burns away - - - - (2x) I can’t be her angel now You know it’s not my place to hold her down And it’s hard for me to take a stand When I would take her any way I can She comes And she goes Like no one can She comes And she goes She’s slipping through my hands Bbsus2 She’s always buzzing just like Ne-on ne-on Ne-on ne-on Who knows how long how long how long She can go before she burns away Away C9 - C7#9 (4x) She comes And she goes Like no one can She comes And she goes She’s slipping through my hands Bbsus2 She’s always buzzing just like (repeat & fade) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- City Love A: X02220 A/D: XX0220 Asus4: X02230 Bb: X13331 Bb7: X13231 Bb9: X13211 C: X32010 C7: X32000 D: XX0323 Dsus4/2: XX0253 D5: XX023X Eb9: XX1331 F7: 1X2210 F13: 1X3230 Gm: 355333 G/D: XX0433 G7: 3X443X I never liked this apple much It always seemed too big to touch I can’t remember how I found My way before she came around I tell everyone I smile just because I’ve got a city love I found it in Lydia And I can’t remember life before her name She keeps a toothbrush at my place As if I had the extra space She steals my clothes to wear to work I know her hairs are on my shirts I tell everyone I smile just because I’ve got a city love I found it in Lydia And I can’t remember life before the day She called up and came to me Covered in rain and dinnertime shadowing And as her clothes spun we spooned And I knew I was through when I said ’I love you’ D - G7 (2x) - - Asus4 - Friday evening we’ve been drinking Two A.M. I swear I might propose D - Dsus4/2 (2x) - / - Dsus4/2 But we close the tab split a cab And call each other up when we get home Falling asleep to the sound of sirens F13 - Bb9 I’ve got a city love I found it in Lydia From the Battery To the gallery It’s the kind of thing You only see in scented glossy magazines And I can’t remember life before her name ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 83 Chords: Asus2: X02200 A9: X02424 Am7: X02010 Am7/4: X05530 B: X24442 Bm: X24432 C: X32010 C7: X32000 C#m: X46654 D: XX0232 D7: XX0222 D9: X54555 E7sus4: 020200 Em9: 0X403X F#7: 242322 Intro: A9 - Em9 (2x) I’ve these dreams I’m walking home Home when it used to be And ev-ery-thing is as it was Frozen in front of me Here I stand six feet small Ro-man-ticizing years ago But it’s a bit-ter-sweet feeling Hearing “Wrapped Around Your Finger” on the radio And these days I wish I was six again Oh make me a red cape I wanna be Su-perman Oh if only my life Was more like nine-teen eighty-three All these things would be more Like they were at the start of me Had it made in eighty-three Think-ing ’bout my brother Ben I miss him every day He looks just like his brother John But on an eighteen-month delay Here I stand six feet small And smiling ’cause I’m scared as hell A9 (tacet) Kind of like my life is like a sequel to a movie Em9 (tacet) Where the actors’ names have changed Oh well Well these days I wish I was six again Oh make me a red cape I wanna be Su-perman Oh if only my life Was more like nine-teen eighty-three All these things would be more Like they were at the start of me If my life was more like nineteen eighty-three I’d plot a course to the source Of the purest little part of me And most my memories have escaped me Or confused themselves with dreams If hea-ven’s all we want it to be Send your prayers to me Care of nineteen eighty-three D9 - Asus2- Am7 - - You can paint that house a rainbow of colors Rip out the floorboards replace the shutters but That’s my plastic in the dirt Whatever happened to my Whatever happened to my Whatever happened to my lunchbox? When came the day That it got thrown a-way And don’t you think I should have had Some say in that deci-sion? If only my life If only my life If only my life… (repeat & fade) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3x5 This is a really cool song especially since it’s played so high. There are a lot of of the same chord particularly Em so it’s not as hard as it seems. *CAPO 8TH FRET* Chords: A: X02220 Am: X02210 Am7: X02010 B7: X21202 B7(no3): X2X202 B7#5/A: X02304 C: X2301X Cm6/7: X3120X Cm6/7/A: X0230X C9: X32033 D: XX0232 Em: 022000 Em6/9: 022022 Em7: 022030 Em9: 02X032 Emadd9: 024000 Em9/C: X23023 Em9/F#: 2X2032 Em9/G: 3X2032 E9: 02404X E9/B: X2404X E9/F#: 22404X F6/9: XX3233 Fsus2: XX4022 G: 3X0003 G/B: X2X033 G7: 3X0001 G13: 3X3200 Intro: - - - I’m writing you to Catch you up on pla- ces I’ve been And you held this let-ter Prob’ly got exci- ted but there’s no- -thing else inside it Didn’t have a cam-era by my side this time Hoping I would see the world through both my eyes Maybe I will tell you all a- bout it When I’m in the mood to lose my way With words - - / - / To-day skies are pain-ted Col-ors of a cow- boy’s cliché And strange how clouds that look like Moun-tains in the sky are next to moun- tains anyway Didn’t have a cam-era by my side this time Hoping I would see the world through both my eyes Maybe I will tell you all a- bout it Em Fsus2 When I’m in the mood to lose my way But let me say You should have seen that sun- rise With your own eyes It brought me back to life You’ll be with me next time I go out- -side No more three-by-fives Cm6/7 - Em - / - / - (no3) B7(no3) I guess you had to be there B7(no3) I guess you had to be with me Oh to-day I fi-n’lly o- vercame Trying to fit the world in-side a pic- ture frame Maybe I will tell you all a- bout it Em Fsus2 When I’m in the mood to lose my way But let me say You should have seen that sun- rise With your own eyes It brought me back to life You’ll be with me next time I go out- -side No more three-by-fives Just no more three-by-fives /7/ - #5/ - - (3x) - / - - - Emadd9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Love Song for No One Chords: A: X02220 A/C#: X4X2X0 A5: X022X0 A5/G: 3X22XX A7/C#: X42224 Bm: X24432 C#m7: X46454 D: XX0232 Dsus2: XX0230 D6/9add4: XX0453 D9: XX0252 Esus4/B: X22200 : 244222 Gsus2: 3X0233 Intro: - Esus4/ - / - (2x) Staying home alone on a Friday Flat on the floor looking back Gsus2 On old love D6/9add4 Or lack thereof After all the crushes have faded And all my wishful thinking was wrong Gsus2 I’m ja- -ded D6/9add4 I hate it I’m tired of be- ing alone So hurry up and get here I’m so tired of be- ing alone So hurry up and get here Get here Searching all my days just to find you I’m not sure who I’m looking for Gsus2 I’ll know it D6/9add4 When I see you Until then I’ll hide in my bedroom Staying up all night just to write Gsus2 A love song D6/9add4 For no one I’m tired of be- ing alone So hurry up and get here I’m so tired of be- ing alone So hurry up and get here I could have met you in a sandbox I could have passed you on the sidewalk Could I have missed my chance And watched you walk away? Oh no way I could have met you in a sandbox I could have passed you on the sidewalk Could I have missed my chance And watched you walk away? I’m tired of be- -ing alone So hurry up and get here I’m so tired of be- ing alone Dsus2 So hurry up and get here I’m tired of be- -ing alone So hurry up and get here I’m so tired of be- ing alone Dsus2 So hurry up and get here oh yeah You’ll be so good You’ll be so good for me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to You Chords: A: X02220 A/B: X2X220 A5: X022X0 A9: X02424 B7sus4: X24252 Bm: X24432 Bm7: X24232 C: X32010 C#m: X46654 C#m7/4: X4X452 D: XX0232 D6/9: XX0200 D9: XX0222 E: 022100 E/G#: 4X2400 E5: 022X00 E9: XX2132 Esus4: 022200 F6/9: XX3533 : 244222 : 242222 F#m11: 2X2200 G5: 3X0033 Intro: - - B7sus4 - Esus4 - Back to you It always comes around Back to you I tried to forget you I tried to stay away But it’s too late Over you I’m never over Over you There’s something about you It’s just the way you move The way you move me Yeah I’m so good at for- get- ting And I quit ev- er- y game I play But for-give me love I can’t turn and walk a-way This way Back to you It always comes around Back to you I walk with your sha- dow I’m sleeping in my bed With your sil- hou- ette Yeah Should have smiled in that pic-ture If it’s the last thing I’ll see of you It’s the least that you Could not do Ah Leave the light on I’ll ne- ver give up on you Leave the light on For me too For me too For me too Yeah - - - Asus2 Back to me I know that it comes Back to me Doesn’t it scare you? Your will is not as strong As it used to be F#m9 (fade) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Great Indoors Chords: C: X32010 Cmaj7: X32000 Cmaj7/E: 032000 C6: X3X210 Cm6: X3X243 D: XX0232 D7: XX0212 D13: X5450X Em: 022000 Em7: 022030 Em9: 022002 F13: 1X123X G: 3X0003 G/D: XX0003 Intro: - - - - Check your pulse it’s Proof that you’re not lis-ten-ing to The call your life’s been is-su-ing you The rhythm of a line of idle days Scared of a world outside You should go explore Pull all the shades and Wander the great indoors The great indoors Lamplight makes the shadows play And pos-ters take the walls away The T-V is your windowpane The view won’t let you down So put your faith in a late-night show I bet you didn’t even know Depends on how far out you go The chan- nel numbers change Scared of a world outside You should go explore Pull all the shades and Wander the great indoors Though late-ly I can’t blame you I have seen the world And some-times wish your room Had room for two Da da da da da So go un-lock the door And find what you are here for Leave the great indoors Leave the great indoors G - C (2x) Check your pulse it’s Proof that you’re not lis-ten-ing to The call you’re life’s been is-su- -ing you The rhythm of a line of idle days Of idle days ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Not Myself The tricky thing about this song is that the chords aren’t played directly on the beat it was hard to write them in the right place. Listen to the song & figure it out you’ll on quickly. *CAPO 1ST FRET* Chords (in relation to capo): A2/C#: X4X200 Bb13: X1X233 C: X32010 C2: X32030 (aka C9) Csus2: X3X033 C7: X32000 D: XX0232 E2/G#: 4X445X Em7: 022030 F9: XX3213 G: 3X0003 G2/B: X2X233 G7/B: X2X032 Intro: - / - - Verse 1 Suppose I said I am on my best behavior And there are times I lose my worried mind Chorus Would you want me when I’m not myself? Wait it out while I am someone else? Verse 2 Suppose I said Colors change for no good reason And words will go From poetry to prose Chorus Bridge And I In time Will come a-round I al- ways do For you Ah Ah ah - - / - (2x) Verse 3 (my favorite part!) Suppose I said You’re my saving grace? Chorus (fade out) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ St. Patrick’s Day Chords (there are a lot!): A: X02220 A2: X0242X Asus2: X02200 Am: X02210 Am7: X02010 A7: X02120 B4: X24440 B6: X24444 B6/D#: X64444 B7sus4: X24252 Bb7b5: 6X675X C: X32010 C#7: X46464 C#m7/4: X3X341 D: XX0232 D/F#: 2X023X D6: XX0202 D7/F#: 2X022X D9: X54555 E: 022100 E/G#: 4X2400 Esus4: 022200 E2/G#: 4X445X E7/G#: 4X2430 E9: XX2442 E9/G#: 4X2442 Em7: 022030 G: 3X0003 G2: 3X020X G6: 3X0000 G13: 3X445X G#m7b5: 4X443X G#7/B#: X31112 G#sus4/2: 3X022X Intro: E9 (for 4 measures) Here comes the cold Bb7b5 A7 Break out the winter clothes And find a love To call your own You en- -ter you Bb7b5 A7 Your cheeks a shade of pink And the rest of you In pow-der blue Who knows what will be? But I’ll make you this guarantee See No way No-vem-ber will see our goodbye When it comes to December it’s ob- vious why / / Asus2 No one wants to be a-lone at Christmastime In the dark on the phone Bb7b5 A7 You tell me the names of your brothers And your fa-vorite col-ors I’m learn-ing you And when it snows a-gain Bb7b5 A7 We’ll take a walk outside And search the sky Like chil-dren do I’ll say to you No way No-vem-ber will see our goodbye When it comes to December it’s ob- vious why No one wants to be a-lone at Christmastime And come Januar-y we’re fro- zen inside Making new resolutions a hun-dred times Feb-ru-ar- y won’t you be my Valentine? / B7sus4 And we’ll both be safe till St. Pat- -rick’s Day We should take a ride tonight around the town And look around at all the beautiful hou-ses Some-thing in the way the blue lights on a black night Can make you feel more Every-bod-y it seems to me Just wants to be like you and me - - No one wants to be a-lone at Christmastime And come Januar-y we’re fro- zen inside Making new resolutions a hun-dred times Feb-ru-ar- y won’t you be my Valentine? And if our al- - ways is all that we gave And we some- day take that a-way I’ll be all right If it was just till St. Pat-rick’s Day - - (2x) THE END :)
