Come Back To Bed Tab

Come Back To Bed
Words and music by John Mayer
Album: Heavier Things
Transcribed by: Gabe
Email: Supraslick15_14@Juno.com
AIM: IbanezProne
 
I watched him play this song on a live performance...he did
and improv solo on the performance, so I had to tab it the way
it sounds on the album...
Tuning: Standard
 
[Intro] (Bridge and Middle pickups)
e|----------------------------|
B|-----9---10--7-----9--------|
G|----9----9---7----9---------|
D|---9-----11--7---9----------|
A|-9h11----9---5--9h11--------|
E|---------x---x--------------|
Play this intro riff twice
 
Lead into verse
e|--(0)~----------------|
B|---5~-----------------|
G|---6~-----------------|
D|---7~-----------------|
A|---x~-----------------|
E|---5~-----------------|
     T
 
Verse 1&2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|b--5-5-5----3-3-3---10--(0)---------------------|
G|g--6-6-6----4-4-4---11---2----------------------|
D|d--7-7-7----5-5-5---12---3----------------------|
A|a--x-x-x----x-x-x---x----x----------------------|
E|--5-5-5----3-3-3---10---3----------------------|
   T T T    T T T   T    T
("Still is the life"....)
 
[Pre-Chorus] is just the intro...play intro
 
("You can be mad in the morning"....)
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--9-----10--5---7-------------------------------------|
G|--9-----9---4---7---13~-------------------------------|
D|--9-----11--6---7---14~-------------------------------|
A|--9h11--9---4---5---11~-------------------------------|
E|--0-----x---x---x-------------------------------------|
("Just dont leave me alone here".....)
 
[Chorus]
e|----------(0)----------------|
B|--5-----5--3-----------------|
G|--6(h7)-5--2-----------------|
D|--7-----7--0-----------------|
A|--0-----0--0-----------------|
E|--5-----5--2-----------------|
    T     T  T
 
[Solo] (Neck and Middle Pickups)
e|---------------------------------------------------7~~-------|
B|--12b14--------12b14---------12b14----7---12b14--------------|
G|------------------------9~~----------------------------------|
D|--------7h9~~--------7--------------7-----------7------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
  Gradual bend 12 to 14
 
e|--7----5-----0---------------------|
B|b--9h10-7h8-3-----------------------|
G|g--9----7---2-----------------------|
D|d-----------0-----------------------|
A|a-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
 
Play each of these about 6 times
 
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-------------------14~------------14b15--|
G|--------------14-----------14------------|
D|---------/16-----16----/16----16---------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------14-------------------------------------14---------|
G|------14-------16-14h16p14-------14-16--16b18-14------16~-14--|
D|--/16----16----------------16p14-----------------16-----------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------|
B|-------14-17---------------------|
G|-16b18-------16b18r16----14h16~--|
D|----------------------16---------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Play Intro after this
 
[Outro]
e|---0-----0------|
B|---5-----3------|
G|---6h7---2------|
D|---7-----0------|
A|---0-----x------|
E|---5-----2------|
     T     T
("Dont hold your love"...)
 
e|--------------------|
B|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
G|--6--6--4--6--4--6--|
D|--7--4--4--4--4--4--|
A|--x--5--5--x--x--5--|
E|--5--------5--5-----|
    T        T  T
("Dont hold your love over"....)
 
This is the whole thing....it took a long time to tab it the way he
plays it but its all here....enjoy!
 
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p -Pull off
h -Hammer On
b -Bend
/ -Slide up
\ -Slide Down
~ -Let ring
T -Thumb (He uses his thumb in almost all of his songs)
x -Mute string
 
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