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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

NEON
As recorded by John Mayer



Transcribed by Noel T. Manalo

 Words and Music by John Mayer
Arranged by John Mayer
 

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'


   Pre-Verse
    Q=115
    $
    Csus4           Eb              G#m6            G#sus2    C5/Bb
   4/4
    Gtr I
    S  S   S  e e S S  S  S e e S    S   S  S e e S S  S  S S S  S  S S
||------------3-------------------|-----------------------4-----------3--||
||o-------------6-----------4-----|-----------4-------------x-------1---o||
||---------5--------------3-------|---------3---3------3---------0-------||
||-----x---------------5------5-6-|-(6)--6--------5----------------------||
||o-3-(3)-(3)-----5-6-(6)---------|---------------------------1-(1)-----o||
||--------------------------------|--4--(4)---------4-(4)----------------||


   Verse
    Csus4           Eb              G#m6            G#sus2    C5/Bb
    S  S   S  e e S S  S  S e e S    S   S  S e e S S  S  S S S  S  S S  4x
||------------3-------------------|-----------------------4-----------3--||
||o-------------6-----------4-----|-----------4-------------x-------1---o||
||---------5--------------3-------|---------3---3------3---------0-------||
||-----x---------------5------5-6-|-(6)--6--------5----------------------||
||o-3-(3)-(3)-----5-6-(6)---------|---------------------------1-(1)-----o||
||--------------------------------|--4--(4)---------4-(4)----------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  Fm/Ab                 Fm/Ab
  >                     >                     >
  S  S   S   S   S   S  S  S   S   S   S   S  S S  S   S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------6--(6)----------------6--(6)-------6-(6)-----|
|--------5------(5)------------5------(5)---------(5)-----|
|----6--------------(6)----6--------------(6)---------(6)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-(4)-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)-(4)---------4-----------|


  Fm/G                  Fm/G
  >                     >     >             >
  S  S   S   S   S   S  S  S  S  S   S   S  S S  S   S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------6--(6)--------------6--(6)-------6-(6)------|
|--------5------(5)-----------5-----(5)---------(5)------|
|----6--------------(6)----6------------(6)---------(6)--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-(3)-(3)-(3)---------3-(3)-3-(3)---------3------------|


  Fm7/F#                Fm7/F#
  >                     >                   >
  S  S   S   S   S   S  S  S  S  S   S   S  S  S   S   S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------4--(4)--------------4--(4)--------4--(4)-----|
|--------1------(1)-----------1-----(1)-----------(1)-----|
|----3--------------(3)----3------------(3)-----------(3)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-(2)-(2)-(2)---------2-(2)-2-(2)---------2-(2)---------|


                                                  D.C.
  Fm7/F#                Fm7/F#
  >                     >     >             >
  S  S   S   S   S   S  S  S  S  S   S   S  S  S   S   S
|----------------------------------------------------------||
|------------4--(4)--------------4--(4)--------4--(4)------||
|--------1------(1)-----------1-----(1)-----------(1)------||
|----3--------------(3)----3------------(3)-----------(3)--||
|----------------------------------------------------------||
|-2-(2)-(2)-(2)---------2-(2)-2-(2)---------2-(2)-(2)-(2)--||


 Pre-Chorus 2
  Fm/Ab                 Fm/Ab
  >                     >                     >
  S  S   S   S   S   S  S  S   S   S   S   S  S S  S   S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------6--(6)----------------6--(6)-------6-(6)-----|
|--------5------(5)------------5------(5)---------(5)-----|
|----6--------------(6)----6--------------(6)---------(6)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-(4)-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)-(4)---------4-----------|


                                             To Coda
  Fm/G                  Fm/G
  >                     >     >             >
  S  S   S   S   S   S  S  S  S  S   S   S  S S  S   S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------6--(6)--------------6--(6)-------6-(6)------|
|--------5------(5)-----------5-----(5)---------(5)------|
|----6--------------(6)----6------------(6)---------(6)--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-(3)-(3)-(3)---------3-(3)-3-(3)---------3------------|


  Fm7                 Gm7
  >                   >                   >
  S  S   S  S  S   S  S  S   S  S  S   S  S S  S   S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4-(4)---------------6-(6)-------6-(6)-----|
|--------1-----1-------------3----(3)---------(3)-----|
|----3------------(3)----5------------(5)---------(5)-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-1-(1)-(1)-----------3-(3)-(3)-----------3-----------|


  G#          G#                    G#
   >           >          <
   S  S S e S  S  S S e S S S S S   q  H    Q
|---------------------------------|------------||
|---------4-4---------4-4---4---4-|-4----------||
|-------5-----------5-------------|-5----------||
|-----6-----------6-------6---6---|-6----------||
|---------------------------------|------------||
|-(4)---------(4)-----------------|-4----------||


   Chorus
    $$
    G#5/F                 Bb              Eb/C
    S  S   S   e   S   E  S  S   S  e  S  S +S
||----------------------------------1-(1)-------|
||o--------1---4--(4)-(4)--------3--------------|
||-----1--------------(1)----3------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------1-(1)-(1)-------3-(3)-|
||--1-(1)-(1)-(1)-------------------------------|


  1.                                            2.
   S  S S S S  S  S  e   S  S  S  S  e   S      S S S S S  S  S  s  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
|--4----4------------4--(4)----------4--(4)-o||-4---4------------4-----4-----4-----4-----|
|--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
|-----5---5-3h(4)h5-(5)-----3h(4)h5-(5)------||---5---5-3h(4)h5-(5)-3-(3)-5-(5)-3-(3)-5--|
|-(3)---------------------------------------o||------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|


  G#5/F                 Bb              Eb/C
  S  S   S   e   S   E  S  S   S  e  S  S  S
|---------------------------------1-(1)-------|
|--------1---4--(4)-(4)--------3--------------|
|----1--------------(1)----3------------------|
|------------------------------------------5--|
|-----------------------1-(1)-(1)-------3-(3)-|
|-1-(1)-(1)-(1)-------------------------------|


                          To Dbl. Coda
                    Bb
   S  S S S e  S  S S  S   S  e S  S   S
|-----------------------------6-6---------|
|--4----4---4-(4)-------------------------|
|-----------------3--------7------(7)-----|
|-----5---5------------8--------------(8)-|
|-(3)-------------------------------------|
|-------------------6-(6)-(6)-------------|


                                                       D.S. al Coda
  G#                G#                G#            G#      G#  Bb
  >                 >                 >
  S  S   S  s +S  S S  S   S  s +S  S S  S   S  S   e  E  E E E Q  +E
|-----------4-(4)-------------4-(4)---------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------5--------5--------5--------5----5------5-|----5----5---7--(7)-||
|----6-----------------6---------------------6----|---------6----------||
|-------------------------------------------------|----6--------8--(8)-||
|-4-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)---|-4-(4)---4---6--(6)-||


  &
  Fm7                 Gm7                 Gm7
  >                   >                   >
  S  S   S  S  S   S  S  S   S  S  S   S  S S  S   S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4-(4)---------------6-(6)-------6-(6)-----|
|--------1-----1-------------3----(3)---------(3)-----|
|----3------------(3)----5------------(5)---------(5)-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-1-(1)-(1)-----------3-(3)-(3)-----------3-----------|


             D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
  G#          Bb
  >           >
  S S S S  e  S S S s S S S S S S
|-------------------6---6---6---6-||
|-------4-------------------------||
|-----5---(5)-----7---------------||
|---6-----------8-----8---8---8---||
|---------------------------------||
|-4-----------6-------------------||


  &&
  G#                G#                G#            G#          G#
  >                 >                 >
  S  S   S  s +S  S S  S   S  s +S  S S  S   S  S   e  e  E  E  E E Q
|-----------4-(4)-------------4-(4)---------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------5--------5--------5--------5----5------5-|----5--5-----5-5-5--||
|----6-----------------6---------------------6----|--------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|----6--6-----6-6-6--||
|-4-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)---|-4-(4)---(4)-4------||


   Guitar Rhythmic Solo
    Fm7             Gm7
    S  S   S   e  S S  S   S   S  S  S  S  S   S  S
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o------------4---------------6--------6---------6-|
||---------1------x--------3------3-------(3)-------|
||-----3---------------5------------(5)-------(5)---|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--1-(1)-(1)-(1)---3-(3)-(3)-(3)-------------------|


  1.                                            2.
  G#m7            Bbm7                          G#m7            Bbm7
  S  S   S   e  S S  S   S   S  S  S  S S e     S  S   S   e  S S  S   S   e  e S S s
|--------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
|------------7---------------9--------6---9-o||------------7---------------9--9-9---6--|
|--------4------x--------6------6------------||--------4------x--------6----------6----|
|----6---------------8------------(8)---8----||----6---------------8-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------o||----------------------------------------|
|-4-(4)-(4)-(4)---6-(6)-(6)-(6)--------------||-4-(4)-(4)-(4)---6-(6)-(6)-(6)----------|


  Fm7             Gm7             G#m7
  S  S   S   e  S S  S   S   e  S S  S   S  S
|---------------------------------------------|
|------------4---------------6--------------7-|
|--------1---------------3---------------4----|
|----3---------------5---------------6--------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-1-(1)-(1)-(1)---3-(3)-(3)-(3)---4-(4)-(4)---|


        Bbm7            F#/F#F#/Bb
  +s  S S  S   S   e  S q  e +E
|---------------------------------|
|-(7)--------------9----7--7-(7)\-|
|--------------6--------6--6-(6)\-|
|----------8------------8--8-(8)\-|
|---------------------------------|
|-(4)---6-(6)-(6)-(6)---6--6-(6)\-|


    Cm7/G
    E  S   e  +S  S S  S   E  +S  S  S   S   S
||----------------------------------------------|
||o--------4---------------4-----------------3--|
||---------3---------------3-------------5------|
||-----5---------------5-------------5----------|
||o-3-(3)-(3)-(3)-----------------3-(3)-(3)-(3)-|
||----------------3h6-(6)-(6)-(6)---------------|


  Cm7/G
  E  S   e  +S  S S  S   E  +S  S  S   S   S
|----------------------------------------------||
|--------4---------------4-----------------3--o||
|--------3---------------3-------------5-------||
|----5---------------5-------------5-----------||
|-3-(3)-(3)-(3)-----------------3-(3)-(3)-(3)-o||
|---------------3h6-(6)-(6)-(6)----------------||


   Pre-Chorus 3
    Fm/Ab                 Fm/Ab                 Fm/Ab
    >                     >                     >
    S  S   S   S   S   S  S  S   S   S   S   S  S S  S   S
||----------------------------------------------------------|
||o------------6--(6)----------------6--(6)-------6-(6)-----|
||---------5------(5)------------5------(5)---------(5)-----|
||-----6--------------(6)----6--------------(6)---------(6)-|
||o---------------------------------------------------------|
||--4-(4)-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)-(4)---------4-----------|


  Fm/G                  Fm/G                Fm/G
  >                     >     >             >
  S  S   S   S   S   S  S  S  S  S   S   S  S S  S   S
|-------------------------------------------------------||
|------------6--(6)--------------6--(6)-------6-(6)-----||
|--------5------(5)-----------5-----(5)---------(5)-----||
|----6--------------(6)----6------------(6)---------(6)-||
|-------------------------------------------------------||
|-3-(3)-(3)-(3)---------3-(3)-3-(3)---------3-----------||


  1.
  Fm7/F#                Fm7/F#              Fm7/F#
  >                     >                   >
  S  S   S   S   S   S  S  S  S  S   S   S  S  S   S   S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------4--(4)--------------4--(4)--------4--(4)-----|
|--------1------(1)-----------1-----(1)-----------(1)-----|
|----3--------------(3)----3------------(3)-----------(3)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-(2)-(2)-(2)---------2-(2)-2-(2)---------2-(2)---------|


  Fm7/F#                Fm7/F#              Fm7/F#
  >                     >     >             >
  S  S   S   S   S   S  S  S  S  S   S   S  S  S   S   S
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|------------4--(4)--------------4--(4)--------4--(4)------o||
|--------1------(1)-----------1-----(1)-----------(1)-------||
|----3--------------(3)----3------------(3)-----------(3)---||
|----------------------------------------------------------o||
|-2-(2)-(2)-(2)---------2-(2)-2-(2)---------2-(2)-(2)-(2)---||


  2.
  Fm7                 Gm7                 Gm7
  >                   >                   >
  S  S   S  S  S   S  S  S   S  S  S   S  S S  S   S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4-(4)---------------6-(6)-------6-(6)-----|
|--------1-----1-------------3----(3)---------(3)-----|
|----3------------(3)----5------------(5)---------(5)-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-1-(1)-(1)-----------3-(3)-(3)-----------3-----------|


  G#              Bb
  >               >         <
  S S S S  S   S  S S S E S S S S S
|-------4---------------6-----6---6-||
|---------(4)-----------------------||
|-----5-------(5)-----7---7---------||
|---6---------------8-------8---8---||
|-----------------------------------||
|-4---------------6-----------------||


   Out-Chorus
    G#5/F                 Bb              Eb/C
    S  S   S   e   S   E  S  S   S  e  S  S +S
||----------------------------------1-(1)-------|
||o--------1---4--(4)-(4)--------3--------------|
||-----1--------------(1)----3------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------1-(1)-(1)-------3-(3)-|
||--1-(1)-(1)-(1)-------------------------------|


   S  S S S S  S  S  e   S  S  S  S  e   S
|--------------------------------------------||
|--4----4------------4--(4)----------4--(4)-o||
|--------------------------------------------||
|-----5---5-3h(4)h5-(5)-----3h(4)h5-(5)------||
|-(3)---------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||


  G#5/F                 Bb              Eb/C
  S  S   S   e   S   E  S  S   S  e  S  S  S
|---------------------------------1-(1)-------|
|--------1---4--(4)-(4)--------3--------------|
|----1--------------(1)----3------------------|
|------------------------------------------5--|
|-----------------------1-(1)-(1)-------3-(3)-|
|-1-(1)-(1)-(1)-------------------------------|


                    Bb
   S  S S S e  S  S S  S   S  e S  S   S
|-----------------------------6-6---------|
|--4----4---4-(4)-------------------------|
|-----------------3--------7------(7)-----|
|-----5---5------------8--------------(8)-|
|-(3)-------------------------------------|
|-------------------6-(6)-(6)-------------|


  G#                G#                              G#          G#
  >                 >                 >
  S  S   S  s +S  S S  S   S  s +S  S S  S   S  S   e  e  E  E  E E Q
|-----------4-(4)-------------4-(4)---------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------5--------5--------5--------5----5------5-|----5--5-----5-5-5--||
|----6-----------------6---------------------6----|--------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|----6--6-----6-6-6--||
|-4-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)---------4-(4)-(4)---|-4-(4)---(4)-4------||


   Outro
                                    1.
    Csus4           Eb              G#m6            G#sus2    C5/Bb
    Gtr I
    S  S   S  e e S S  S  S e e S    S   S  S e e S S  S  S S S  S  S S
||------------3-------------------|-----------------------4-----------3--||
||o-------------6-----------4-----|-----------4-------------x-------1---o||
||---------5--------------3-------|---------3---3------3---------0-------||
||-----x---------------5------5-6-|-(6)--6--------5----------------------||
||o-3-(3)-(3)-----5-6-(6)---------|---------------------------1-(1)-----o||
||--------------------------------|--4--(4)---------4-(4)----------------||


  2.
  G#m6          G#sus2    C5/Bb       C5
  S  S  S e e S S  S  S S S  S  S S   +E   H    Q  E
|---------------------4-----------3-|-(3)\-----------*|
|---------4-------------x-----------|----------------*|
|-------3---3------3------------5-5-|-(5)\-----------*|
|----6--------5--------------5----5-|-(5)\-----------*|
|-----------------------------------|----------------*|
|-4-(4)---------4-(4)-----6-(6)-----|----------------*|




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16),
where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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dudebud wrote on May 1 2009, 02:54 am

really good attempt man, but wrong im afraid
the song is actually in standard tuning with the low E dropped to a C
the correct tab is at http://jmtabs.com
i have the book and before i bought the book this site had the closest to perfect i came across
but really good attempt

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thm_05 wrote on May 4 2009, 10:55 pm

thanks for the tab site

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Jrod333 wrote on May 6 2009, 07:00 am

yah its not to hard when u actually start playing it a couple of times, but go to jmtabs or http://www3.sympatico.ca/g403z/, both tabs are the same

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