Heartbreak Warfare Tab

John Mayer - Heartbreak Warfare
 
Tabbed by Jake Fong
Email: jakejohn1991@yahoo.co.uk
 
This is my first tab, so please mind any mistakes. If there is something wrong
then please send an email to the address above.
 
**UPDATE**
Check "Guitar Four" section for updates
 
Standard Tuning
 
GUITAR ONE
GUITAR TWO
GUITAR THREE (Bass)
GUITAR FOUR (Electric)
GUITAR FIVE (Piano)
 
Chord List for guitar one, two and four:
A	x0222x - (I mute the e string only because it sounds better to me. You
don't have to do this.
D/F#	2x023x
F#m	244222
F	133211
C	032010
G	320003
 
NOTE: Guitar two and three is PALM MUTED throughout the entire song.
NOTE: Guitar four starts at second chorus (clouds of sulfur) - best played on
	electric guitar (I don't know the settings. If anyone figures it out
	email me and I'll update the tab)
NOTE: Listen to the song for the timing on guitars 3-5
NOTE: For the solo I recommend using the Heartbreak Warfare Solo Tab (first version).
 
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GUITAR ONE and TWO:
 
1.
A	D/F#
A	D/F#
 
A
Lightning strikes
			   D/F#
Inside my chest to keep me up at night
A
Dream of ways
			 D/F#
To make you understand my pain
 
2.
A--------------------------
Clouds of sulfur in the air,
---------------------------
Bombs are falling everywhere
     D/F#
It's heartbreak warfare
A-----------------------
Once you want it to begin,
------------------------
No one really ever wins
   D/F#
In heartbreak warfare
 
 
3.
       F#m	  A
If you want more love,
		D/F#
why don't you say so?
       F#m	  A
If you want more love,
		D/F#
why don't you say so?
 
1.
A
Drop his name
			 D/F#
Push it in and twist the knife again
A
Watch my face
		       D/F#
As I pretend to feel no pain
 
2.
A--------------------------
Clouds of sulfur in the air,
---------------------------
Bombs are falling everywhere
     D/F#
It's heartbreak warfare
A-----------------------
Once you want it to begin,
------------------------
No one really ever wins
   D/F#
In heartbreak warfare
 
3.
       F#m	  A
If you want more love,
		D/F#
why don't you say so?
       F#m	  A
If you want more love,
		D/F#
why don't you say so?
 
 
4.
     F	     C G
Just say so....
 
F	C  G
F	C  G
F	C  G
 
 
5.
F
How come the only way to know how high you get me
      G
is to see how far I fall?
F
God only knows how much I'd love you if you let me
      G
but I can't break through at all.
	 A
It's a heart-----heartbreak
 
 
1.
A
I don't care if we don't sleep at all tonight
	    D/F#
Let's just  fix this whole thing now
A
I swear to God we're gonna get it right
       D/F#
If you lay your weapons down
 
2.
A
Red wind and ambient
				D/F#
You're talking shit again, it's heartbreak warfare
A
Good to know it's all a game
				D/F#			A
Disappointment has a name, it's heartbreak warfare
 
     D/F#
It's heartbreak warfare...
 
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GUITAR THREE (Bass)
 
NOTE: I played this with my acoustic guitar, so I don't know if the notes are
correct on bass guitar.
 
1.
 
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|--5(x16)-5/10--10(x16)--10\|
 
2.
 
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|--5(x8)-5/10\5-5(x8)--5/10--10(x16)--10\|
 
3.
 
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|--2(x8)/5(x8)/10(x16)\-----|
 
 
4.
 
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|--3(x8)/5(x4)/8(x4)\-------|
 
 
5.
 
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|--1(x16)-5/10--3(x16)----3\|
 
heaart...heartbreak
 
let ring____________
E|--5------------------------|
 
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GUITAR FOUR (Electric)
 
NOTE: Best to listen to the song for timing.
NOTE: John Mayer uses a scattered whammy technique (I don't know if that's the actual
when playing the notes. Here's a live version of the song, so you can see for yourself:
(skip to 0:35)
 
1 and 2
 
e|-------------------17------|
B|-----17--------------------|
G|--14------------14---------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
 
3.
e|----------------------------------|
B|---2-----2------2-------2---2---3-|
G|---2-----2------2-------2---2---2-|
D|--------------0----0-0----0---0---|
A|-------0--------------------------|
E|-2--------------------------------|
 
5. (John Mayer doesn't use the whammy bar for this part)
 
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---10----10-----10----10-----|
D|-7-----7------7-----7--------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----9----9----9----9--------|
D|---7----7----7----7----------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-----8---8---8---------8---8----------|
G|-----------------10------------10---9-|
D|---7---7---7---7-----7---7---7----7---|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
 
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GUITAR FIVE
(piano)
 
3.
 
v: vibrato
 
e|------------------------------|
B|-------10---12---10-10---12v--|
G|---12-----12-----------12-----|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
 
Outro
 
e|--------------------------------|
B|----10--10-12----10-10---10-12v-|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
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