Heart Of Life chords & tabs

The Heart of Life - John Mayer

Tabbed by Robin Roy - err7126@umoncton.ca


Writer's Comments
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Ok, there are a few tabs out for this song already, but none of
them looked very complete to me so I decided to write my own. This
song is more complicated than it seems and involves an interesting
slapping/flicking technique. (BTW, thanks to Noah Needleman on youtube
for his very helpfull tutorial video).

The technique is a simple idea, but may require a lot of practice.
If you listen carefully to the song, John plays a note at the same time
as the slapping sound. This is achieved by flicking the smaller string

*** Cappo on the first fret ***

C                Am
I hate to see you cry
Em   F-C`/F-G
Lying there in that po-si-tion
C                         Am
There's things you need to hear
Em
so turn off your tears
F  C`/F-G
and lis-ten


G               C          F
Pain throws your heart to the ground

Well I just listened to Continuum for the first time, and I was wowed by John Mayer.
an interpretation of the lead guitar part in The Heart of Life to go along with the great
version already posted.


Intro
E:---66/8-9-------/6-4--------------------------------------------------|
B:9~9-------6—-4-6------7-6-4-------------------------------------------|
G:--------------------5------6-5----------------------------------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus
E:---6/8-9~------6/8-11-9~------6/8-9~6/8---6/8-9~6/8------------------|

HEART OF LIFE by John Mayer
tabbed by Saso Sandic
(Hotel Cafe performance)


eb---------------------------------------------------------|
bb---10----10-----10---12---7---7---7---10--2--2~~~3--3----|
gb---11------11---11-----11-7----7--7-----7-2---2~~4---4---|
db---12-12-----12-12-12-----9-9---9-9-9-----4-4--4~5-5--5--|
ab---x------------x---------x-------x-------x------x-------|
Eb---10-----------10--------7-------7-------2~~~~~~3-------|

eb---------------------------|------------------9-10-------|
bb---3--3---3~5--5---5---5~~~|10---10-----10-12------------|
gb---2---2~~~~6---6---6---6~~|11-----11---11---------------|
db---0-2--0---7-7--7---7---7~|12-12----12-12---------------|

John Mayer - The Heart of Life
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Tabbed by: Vanitate
Email: vanitate@gmail.com

If you find it hard to play the song the way that John Mayer plays it, then i'm pretty
this will help you. (i dont think it gets any easier than this)

This is my first tab so please! let me know what you think:)

Standard Tuning EADGBe

chords:
EADGBe
D -    000232

Make sure to first tune a half-step down to play this song. i am pretty sure this is 
and i was listening to the song when i figured it out.

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--10----10------10---12----7---7----7--10----2---2----3---3---|
|--11------11------11---11--7----7----7---7---2----2---4----4--|
|--12-12-----12-------------9-9---9-----------4-4---4--5-5---5-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--10------------10---------7-----------------2--------3-------|

|---------------------|
|-3---3----2---2------|
|-2----2---2----2-----|
|-0-0---0--2-2---2----|
|---------------------|
|-0--------0----------|

This is in standard tuning, so you don't need to tune your guitar half a step down for 
this song. Enjoy


e------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--16/18~---------16/18--16-------------------------16-------------------|
G------------------------------18-17b---13-13~-----------17b-------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------14------16--16/18----------18\16-------------------------------|
G--13h15-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|