Room for Squares- John Mayer
Tabbed by Robin Young
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No Such Thing
Chords:
Intro:
E9 A9
‘Welcome to the real world,’ she said to me
Condescendingly
‘Take a seat, take your life
Em9
Plot it out in black and white’
E9 A9
Well, I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I’d like to think the best of me
F#7
Is still hiding up my sleeve
A9 E9
They love to tell you, ‘Stay inside the lines’
F#7 A9 E9
But something’s better on the other side
Am D7 E9
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
Am D7 E9
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
Am D7 E9
I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world
Am D7 E9
Just a lie you’ve got to rise above
E9
So the good boys and girls
A9
Take the so-called right track
Faded white hats, grabbing credits and
Maybe transfers
Em9
They read all the books
But they can’t find the answers
E9
And all of our parents
I wonder if they’ve wished for
Anything better
While in their memories
A9 E9
They love to tell you, ‘Stay inside the lines’
F#7 A9 E9
But something’s better on the other side
Am D7 E9
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
Am D7 E9
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
Am D7 E9
I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world
Am D7 E9
Just a lie you’ve got to rise above
Am D7 E9
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
Am D7 E9
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
Am D7 E9
I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world
Am D7 E9
Just a lie you’ve got to rise above
Am D7 E9
I just can’t wait till my ten-year reunion
Am D7 E9
I’m gonna bust down the double doors
Am D7 E9
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what all this time was for
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Why Georgia
Chords:
Intro:
Gsus2 D4
Kind of morning that
Gsus2 D4 C6/9
Lasts all afternoon
I’m just stuck inside the gloom
Gsus2 D4
Four more exits to
Gsus2 D4
My apartment but
Gsus2 D4 C6/9
Keep the car in drive
And leave it all behind
Em D/F# G
Because I wonder sometimes
Em D/F# G A7sus4
Of a still, verdict-less life
D A G
Am I living it right?
D A Em7
Am I living it right?
D A G
Am I living it right?
Fsus2 C
Why, why, Georgia, why?
Gsus2 D4
I rent a room and I
Gsus2 D4
Fill the spaces with
Gsus2 D4
Wood in places to
Make it feel like home
Gsus2 D4
But all I feel’s alone
It might be a quarter-life crisis
Gsus2
Or just the stirring in my soul
Em D/F# G
Either way, I wonder sometimes
Em D/F# G A7sus4
Of a still, verdict-less life
D A G
Am I living it right?
D A Em7
Am I living it right?
D A G
Am I living it right?
Fsus2 C G5 G7 G5
- (no3) -
Why, why, Georgia, why?
Fsus2 Bbsus2 Csus2 Bbsus2
So what, so I’ve got a smile on
Fsus2 Bbsus2 Csus2 Bbsus2
G
But it’s hiding the quiet superstitions in my head
G C9 D4 C9
Don’t believe me
When I say I’ve got it down
Gsus2 D4
Just a stranger, but
Gsus2 D4
That’s the danger in
Going my own way
I guess it’s the price I have to pay
Em D/F#
Still, ‘everything happens
Not to ask myself
D A G
If I am living it right
D A Em7
Am I living it right?
D A G
Am I living it right?
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My Stupid Mouth
Chords (there are a lot of variations of the
same ones, which is why there are so many):
Bm4: X24430
Gm11: 3X0311
Intro:
D5 D7C# D/F#Gsus2
– / - -
Has got me in trouble
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
D/F# Em7
How could I forget
G5
Mama said, “Think before speaking”
Fsus2
Oh, what’s a boy to do?
I guess he better find one soon
She looked out the window
Rolling tiny balls of napkin paper
D7/F#
I played a quick game of chess
With the salt and pepper shaker
D7/F# Gsus2
And I could see clearly
An indelible line was drawn
D7/F#
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
D/F# Em7
How could I forget
G5
Mama said, “Think before speaking”
Fsus2
Oh, what’s a boy to do?
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
Gm
Oh, I’m never speaking up again
Starting now
Starting now
Why is it my fault?
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
Gm7 Gm
Oh, I’m never speaking up again
I’m never speaking up again
Gm11
I’m never speaking up again
Starting now
Starting now, ah
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Your Body is a Wonderland
Chords:
Intro:
F5 F5C F5Bb F5C
– / – / – / (2x)
We got the afternoon
You got this room for two
One thing I’ve left to do
Discover me, discovering you
We’ll make it
Of blankets
Bb7
Take all your big plans
And break them
Gm Am Bb
This is bound to be awhile
C F F/C F/Bb
Your body is a wonderland
F/C F
Your body is a wonder
F/C F/Bb
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
We’ll make it
Of blankets
Bb7
Take all your big plans
And break them
Gm Am Bb
This is bound to be awhile
C F F/C F/Bb
Your body is a wonderland
F/C F
Your body is a wonder
F/C F/Bb
I’ll use my hands
F/C F
Your body is a wonderland
F/C F/Bb F/C
(I’m never speaking up again
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)
F F/C F/Bb
Your body is a wonderland
F/C F
Your body is a wonder
F/C F/Bb
I’ll use my hands
Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonderland
(2x)
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Neon
Chords:
C7#9: X3234X
Intro:
Cm7 Eb Fm7 Ab Bb
When sky blue gets dark enough
Cm7 Eb Fm7 Ab Bb
To see the colors of the city lights
Cm7 Eb Fm7 Ab Bb
A trail of ruby red and diamond white
Cm7 Eb Fm7 Ab
Hits her like a sunrise
And comes and goes
Cm Eb Fm7Ab Bb
– – – – (2x)
Tonight she’s out to lose herself
And find a high on Peachtree Street
Cm7 Eb Fm7 Ab Bb
From mixed drinks to techno beats it’s always
Cm7 Eb Fm7 Ab
Heavy into everything
Bb Ab6/9
She comes and goes
And 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
Cm7Eb Fm7Ab Bb
– – – – (2x)
Cm7 Eb Fm7 Ab
I can’t be her angel now
Bb Cm7 Eb Fm7 Ab
You know it’s not my place to hold her down
Bb Cm7 Eb Fm7 Ab
And it’s hard for me to take a stand
Bb Cm7 Eb Fm7 Ab
When I would take her any way I can
And she goes
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
Fm7 Gm7
She can go before she burns away
Fm7Gm7Abm7Bbm7 G/C
– – – (2x) –
And she goes
And she goes
She’s slipping through my hands
Bbsus2
She’s always buzzing just like
(repeat & fade)
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City Love
G7
I never liked this apple much
D
It always seemed too big to touch
G7
I can’t remember how I found
D
My way before she came around
F13 Bb9
I tell everyone I smile just because
F13 Bb9
I’ve got a city love, I found it in Lydia
C7 G7 C7 G7 D5
And I can’t remember life before her name
G7
She keeps a toothbrush at my place
D
As if I had the extra space
G7
She steals my clothes to wear to work
D
I know, her hairs are on my shirts
F13 Bb9
I tell everyone I smile just because
F13 Bb9
I’ve got a city love, I found it in Lydia
C7 G7 C7 G7 Eb9
And I can’t remember life before the day
Bb9
She called up and came to me
Eb9 Bb7
Covered in rain, and dinnertime shadowing
Gm C
And as her clothes spun, we spooned
Eb9 D G/D D
And I knew I was through when I said ‘I love you’
G7
Friday evening, we’ve been drinking
Two A.M., I swear I might propose
G7
But we close the tab, split a cab
D
And call each other up when we get home
G7
Falling asleep to the sound of sirens
F13 Bb9
I’ve got a city love
F13 Bb9
I found it in Lydia
F13
It’s the kind of thing
Bb9 F13
You only see in scented, glossy magazines
C7 G7 C7 G7 D5
And I can’t remember life before her name
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83
Chords:
A9
I’ve these dreams I’m walking home
Em9
Home when it used to be
A9
And ev-ery-thing is as it was
A9
Here I stand, six feet small
Em9
Ro-man-ticizing years ago
A9
But it’s a bit-ter-sweet feeling
Em9
Hearing “Wrapped Around Your Finger” on the radio
D7 A9
I wish I was six again
D7 A9
Oh, make me a red cape
D7 A9
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
C D A9
Had it made in eighty-three
A9
Think-ing ‘bout my brother Ben
A9
He looks just like his brother John
Em9
But on an eighteen-month delay
A9
Here I stand, six feet small
Em9
And smiling ‘cause I’m scared as hell
Kind of like my life is like a sequel to a movie
Where the actors’ names have changed
Oh, well
D7 A9
I wish I was six again
D7 A9
Oh, make me a red cape
D7 A9
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
Am7
I’d plot a course to the source
D9 Am7 D9
Of the purest little part of me
C#m F#7 C#m
And most my memories have escaped me
F#7
Or confused themselves with dreams
B Bm E7sus4 E7
If hea-ven’s all we want it to be
Send your prayers to me
C7
Care of nineteen eighty-three
Am7 D9
You can paint that house a rainbow of colors
Am7 D9 Am7
Rip out the floorboards, replace the shutters, but
D9 Am7 D9
That’s my plastic in the dirt
Am7 D9
Whatever happened to my
Whatever happened to my
Am7 D9
Whatever happened to my lunchbox?
Am7 D9
That it got thrown a-way
Am7
And don’t you think I should have had
D9 Am7 D9
Some say in that deci-sion?
If only my life…
(repeat & fade)
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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:
Emadd9: 024000
Em7Em6 Em E9
Intro: – /9 – –
C9 B7 Em7
Catch you up on pla- ces I’ve been
G7
And you held this let-ter
C9 B7 Em7 G
Prob’ly got exci- ted, but there’s no- -thing else inside it
C G D C F6/9
Didn’t have a cam-era by my side this time
C G D C F6/9
Hoping I would see the world through both my eyes
C G D C F6/9
Maybe I will tell you all a- bout it
Em D
When I’m in the mood to lose my way
Em6 Em E9F# E9B
/9 – – / - /
Em7 G7
To-day, skies are pain-ted
C9 B7 Em7
Col-ors of a cow- boy’s cliché
G7
And strange how clouds that look like
C9 B7 Em7 G
Moun-tains in the sky are next to moun- tains anyway
C G D C F6/9
Didn’t have a cam-era by my side this time
C G D C F6/9
Hoping I would see the world through both my eyes
C G D C F6/9
Maybe I will tell you all a- bout it
Em Fsus2
When I’m in the mood to lose my way
G G13 Am7
You should have seen that sun- rise
With your own eyes
It brought me back to life
G G13 Am7
You’ll be with me next time
I go out- -side
G G13 Am7
No more three-by-fives
Em9Em9G Em9C B7
– / – / – (no3)
I guess you had to be there
I guess you had to be with me
C G D C F6/9
Oh, to-day I fi-n‘lly o- vercame
C G D C F6/9
Trying to fit the world in-side a pic- ture frame
C G D C F6/9
Maybe I will tell you all a- bout it
Em Fsus2
When I’m in the mood to lose my way
G G13 Am7
You should have seen that sun- rise
With your own eyes
It brought me back to life
G G13 Am7
You’ll be with me next time
I go out- -side
No more three-by-fives
G G13 Am7
Just no more three-by-fives
Am7 A G A
– B7#5/ – – (3x)
Am G/BC B7
– – – – Emadd9
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Love Song for No One
Chords:
Intro:
A5 Esus4B A/C#D
– / – - (2x)
A5
Staying home alone on a Friday
Flat on the floor looking back
Or lack thereof
A5
After all the crushes have faded
And all my wishful thinking was wrong
I hate it
A A/C#
I’m tired of be- ing alone
F#m7 D
So hurry up and get here
A A/C#
I’m so tired of be- ing alone
F#m7 D
So hurry up and get here
Get here
A5
Searching all my days just to find you
I’m not sure who I’m looking for
When I see you
A5
Until then, I’ll hide in my bedroom
Staying up all night just to write
For no one
A A/C#
I’m tired of be- ing alone
F#m7 D
So hurry up and get here
A A/C#
I’m so tired of be- ing alone
F#m7 D
So hurry up and get here
Bm A/C# D
I could have met you in a sandbox
Bm A/C# F#m7 Bm
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
A/C# D
Could I have missed my chance
And watched you walk away?
Oh, no way
Bm A/C# D
I could have met you in a sandbox
Bm A/C# F#m7 Bm
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
A/C# D
Could I have missed my chance
And watched you walk away?
A5 A7/C#
I’m tired of be- -ing alone
F#m D9
So hurry up and get here
A5 C#m7 F#m
I’m so tired of be- ing alone
Dsus2
So hurry up and get here
A5 A7/C#
I’m tired of be- -ing alone
F#m D9
So hurry up and get here
A5 C#m7 F#m
I’m so tired of be- ing alone
Dsus2
So hurry up and get here, oh yeah
A5 A/C# F#m7 Dsus2
You’ll be so good
A5 A/C# F#m7 Dsus2 A5
You’ll be so good for me
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Back to You
Chords:
F#m11: 2X2200
Intro:
A9 F#m9B7sus4Esus4F#m9
– – – –
F#m7
It always comes around
Back to you
Over you
Bm7
There’s something about you
E9
It’s just the way you move
F#m7 D6/9 E5
I’m so good at for- get- ting
F#m7 D6/9 E5
And I quit ev- er- y game I play
F#m7 C#m D
But for-give me, love
Bm7 E
I can’t turn and walk a-way
A9 F#m7 B7sus4 Esus4 F#m9
This way
F#m7
It always comes around
Back to you
Bm7
I walk with your sha- dow
F#m9
With your sil- hou- ette
F#m7 D6/9 E5
Should have smiled in that pic-ture
F#m7 D6/9 E5
If it’s the last thing I’ll see of you
F#m7 C#m D
It’s the least that you
E/G# A D6/9
Leave the light on
E/G# A D6/9
I’ll ne- ver give up on you
E/G# A D6/9
Leave the light on
For me, too
F#m11
I know that it comes
Back to me
E
Your will is not as strong
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Great Indoors
Chords:
Intro:
D7
Proof that you’re not lis-ten-ing to
Em
The call your life’s been is-su-ing you
F13
The rhythm of a line of idle days
G
Scared of a world outside
C6
Wander the great indoors
Lamplight makes the shadows play
D7
And pos-ters take the walls away
Em7
The T-V is your windowpane
F13
The view won’t let you down
G
So put your faith in a late-night show
D7
I bet you didn’t even know
Em7
Depends on how far out you go
F13
The chan- nel numbers change
G
Scared of a world outside
C6
Wander the great indoors
Cm6 Em9
Though late-ly, I can’t blame you
C D
And some-times wish your room
C Em7 G/D C
Da da da da da
Em7 G/D C
So go un-lock the door
Em7 G/D C
And find what you are here for
D13
Proof that you’re not lis-ten-ing to
The call you’re life’s been is-su- -ing you
F13
The rhythm of a line of idle days
Of idle days
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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):
Verse 1
F9 C
I am on my best behavior
G G7/B
And there are times
F9 Bb13
I lose my worried mind
Chorus
G Csus2 D C
Would you want me when I’m not myself?
G Csus2 D C
Wait it out while I am someone else?
Verse 2
F9 C
Colors change for no good reason
F9 Bb13
From poetry to prose
Chorus
Bridge
Em7 D C2
Will come a-round
I al- ways do
Verse 3 (my favorite part!)
F9 Bb13
You’re my saving grace?
Chorus (fade out)
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St. Patrick’s Day
Chords (there are a lot!):
Bb7b5: 6X675X
G#m7b5: 4X443X
Intro: E9 (for 4 measures)
Here comes the cold
Break out the winter clothes
And find a love
You, en- -ter you
Your cheeks a shade of pink
And the rest of you
A7 D7/F# G2
G#m7b5 Gsus#4/2
Who knows what will be?
But I’ll make you this guarantee
No way No-vem-ber will see our goodbye
D6 C#7
When it comes to December, it’s ob- vious why
A E9
No one wants to be a-lone at Christmastime
In the dark, on the phone
You tell me the names of your brothers
And your fa-vorite col-ors
And when it snows a-gain
We’ll take a walk outside
And search the sky
I’ll say to you
No way No-vem-ber will see our goodbye
D6 C#7
When it comes to December, it’s ob- vious why
F#m7 E/G# Em7 D/F# A
No one wants to be a-lone at Christmastime
And come Januar-y, we’re fro- zen inside
D6 C#7
Making new resolutions a hun-dred times
F#m7 E/G# Em7 D/F# A
Feb-ru-ar- y, won’t you be my Valentine?
E
And we’ll both be safe till St. Pat- -rick’s Day
Am7
We should take a ride tonight around the town
D9 G
And look around at all the beautiful hou-ses
Am7 D9
Some-thing in the way the blue lights on a black night
G G6 G
Can make you feel more
Em7 A7
Every-bod-y, it seems to me
Just wants to be like you and me
F#m7 E/G# Em7 D/F# A
No one wants to be a-lone at Christmastime
And come Januar-y, we’re fro- zen inside
D6 C#7
Making new resolutions a hun-dred times
F#m7 E/G# Em7 D/F# A2
Feb-ru-ar- y, won’t you be my Valentine?
F#m7 E/G# A2 B4
And if our al- - ways is all that we gave
F#m7 E/G# A2 B4
And we some- day take that a-way
F#m7 E/G#
I’ll be all right
A2 B4 E9
If it was just till St. Pat-rick’s Day
THE END :)