Chords for John Mayer talking about Stevie Ray Vaughan
Tempo:
145.9 bpm
Chords used:
Abm
Ab
Db
Eb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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There's not a lot of people that you hear [Eb] demos, you hear bootlegs, and you go,
wow, this guy figured it out before he even walked out his house.
And what that thing [Ab] was, was half brutal force [F] and half finesse.
It's bend as [D] hard and as [Dm] fast as you can [F] bend,
[Eb] but hit the note [E] like a paper airplane [F] landing perfectly [Bb] on the [N] street, you know?
I think if you'd never heard of him before, to watch a guy come out on stage
and not even consider that it might possibly not go over,
I think is what [Abm] makes people [N] kind of defend themselves for a minute.
Over, what is this, really?
Can I really believe this?
What's going on?
I was [Gm] listening to Poison and [Eb] Motley [Abm] Crue, [Gm] and then I heard Stevie [Fm] Ray Vaughan,
and [Eb] there was a big regime change in terms of posters in my bedroom wall.
[Db] If these weren't good tunes, [Abm] they would just be excuses for guitar [G] playing,
and people would have eventually looked [Abm] the other way,
or he would have been a guitar playing phenomenon only within guitar players.
Very few guitar players make it to the housewife contingency,
and Stevie Ray Vaughan did, and it's a testament to the triple threat of his voice,
his [Db] guitar playing, and his tunes.
[Ab] To play like Stevie Ray Vaughan, [Db] there are some people, [N] and myself included,
who, given a certain time of day, certain part of the set,
certain culminating energy that [Gb] happens in the room,
[Ab] you can play with that same intensity, but [Abm] you can only do it for about 20 seconds,
and then your entire arm cramps up, [Db]
and you got [Ab] nothing.
[Ebm]
[Ab] Time magazine is a periodical.
[G] National Geographic is a [Abm] reference,
and I think [Eb] some music, most music, is [D] a periodical.
It [A] is something that marks a certain [Abm] time, a month, sometimes a week,
and Stevie Ray Vaughan's music, like all the other great music,
[Db] which is why it gets compared to Miles Davis,
I compare it to [Ab] Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, [Db] they're references.
It's almost [B] not a cultural thing, it's just a natural thing,
and I think that's [Db] what Stevie Ray Vaughan's [Abm] music is.
I'll be 50 [E] and still be discovering
wow, this guy figured it out before he even walked out his house.
And what that thing [Ab] was, was half brutal force [F] and half finesse.
It's bend as [D] hard and as [Dm] fast as you can [F] bend,
[Eb] but hit the note [E] like a paper airplane [F] landing perfectly [Bb] on the [N] street, you know?
I think if you'd never heard of him before, to watch a guy come out on stage
and not even consider that it might possibly not go over,
I think is what [Abm] makes people [N] kind of defend themselves for a minute.
Over, what is this, really?
Can I really believe this?
What's going on?
I was [Gm] listening to Poison and [Eb] Motley [Abm] Crue, [Gm] and then I heard Stevie [Fm] Ray Vaughan,
and [Eb] there was a big regime change in terms of posters in my bedroom wall.
[Db] If these weren't good tunes, [Abm] they would just be excuses for guitar [G] playing,
and people would have eventually looked [Abm] the other way,
or he would have been a guitar playing phenomenon only within guitar players.
Very few guitar players make it to the housewife contingency,
and Stevie Ray Vaughan did, and it's a testament to the triple threat of his voice,
his [Db] guitar playing, and his tunes.
[Ab] To play like Stevie Ray Vaughan, [Db] there are some people, [N] and myself included,
who, given a certain time of day, certain part of the set,
certain culminating energy that [Gb] happens in the room,
[Ab] you can play with that same intensity, but [Abm] you can only do it for about 20 seconds,
and then your entire arm cramps up, [Db]
and you got [Ab] nothing.
[Ebm]
[Ab] Time magazine is a periodical.
[G] National Geographic is a [Abm] reference,
and I think [Eb] some music, most music, is [D] a periodical.
It [A] is something that marks a certain [Abm] time, a month, sometimes a week,
and Stevie Ray Vaughan's music, like all the other great music,
[Db] which is why it gets compared to Miles Davis,
I compare it to [Ab] Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, [Db] they're references.
It's almost [B] not a cultural thing, it's just a natural thing,
and I think that's [Db] what Stevie Ray Vaughan's [Abm] music is.
I'll be 50 [E] and still be discovering
Key:
Abm
Ab
Db
Eb
F
Abm
Ab
Db
There's not a lot of people that you hear [Eb] demos, you hear bootlegs, and you go,
wow, this guy figured it out _ before he even walked out his house.
_ And what that thing [Ab] was, _ _ was half brutal force _ [F] and half finesse.
_ _ It's bend as [D] hard and as [Dm] fast as you can [F] bend,
[Eb] but hit the note [E] like a paper airplane [F] _ landing perfectly [Bb] on the [N] street, you know?
I think if you'd never heard of him before, _ to watch a guy come out on stage
and not even _ consider _ that it might possibly not go over,
I think is what [Abm] makes people [N] kind of _ _ defend themselves for a minute.
Over, what is this, really?
Can I really believe this?
What's going on?
I was [Gm] listening to Poison and [Eb] Motley _ [Abm] Crue, [Gm] and then I heard Stevie [Fm] Ray Vaughan,
and [Eb] there was a big regime change in terms of posters in my bedroom wall.
[Db] If these weren't good tunes, [Abm] they would just be excuses for guitar [G] playing,
and people would have eventually looked [Abm] the other way,
or he would have been a guitar playing phenomenon only within guitar players.
Very few guitar players make it to the housewife contingency,
and Stevie Ray Vaughan did, and it's a testament to the triple threat of his voice,
his [Db] guitar playing, and his tunes.
[Ab] To play like Stevie Ray Vaughan, [Db] there are some people, [N] and myself included,
who, given a certain time of day, certain part of the set,
certain _ culminating energy that [Gb] happens in the room,
[Ab] you can play with that same intensity, but [Abm] you can only do it for about 20 seconds,
and then your entire arm cramps up, _ _ [Db]
and you got [Ab] nothing.
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
[Ab] Time magazine is a periodical.
[G] National Geographic is a [Abm] reference,
and I think [Eb] some music, most music, is [D] a periodical.
It [A] is something that marks a certain [Abm] time, a month, sometimes a week,
_ and Stevie Ray Vaughan's music, like all the other great music,
[Db] which is why it gets compared to Miles Davis,
I compare it to [Ab] Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, [Db] they're references.
It's almost [B] not a cultural thing, it's just a natural thing,
and I think that's [Db] what _ Stevie Ray Vaughan's [Abm] music is.
I'll be 50 [E] and still be discovering
wow, this guy figured it out _ before he even walked out his house.
_ And what that thing [Ab] was, _ _ was half brutal force _ [F] and half finesse.
_ _ It's bend as [D] hard and as [Dm] fast as you can [F] bend,
[Eb] but hit the note [E] like a paper airplane [F] _ landing perfectly [Bb] on the [N] street, you know?
I think if you'd never heard of him before, _ to watch a guy come out on stage
and not even _ consider _ that it might possibly not go over,
I think is what [Abm] makes people [N] kind of _ _ defend themselves for a minute.
Over, what is this, really?
Can I really believe this?
What's going on?
I was [Gm] listening to Poison and [Eb] Motley _ [Abm] Crue, [Gm] and then I heard Stevie [Fm] Ray Vaughan,
and [Eb] there was a big regime change in terms of posters in my bedroom wall.
[Db] If these weren't good tunes, [Abm] they would just be excuses for guitar [G] playing,
and people would have eventually looked [Abm] the other way,
or he would have been a guitar playing phenomenon only within guitar players.
Very few guitar players make it to the housewife contingency,
and Stevie Ray Vaughan did, and it's a testament to the triple threat of his voice,
his [Db] guitar playing, and his tunes.
[Ab] To play like Stevie Ray Vaughan, [Db] there are some people, [N] and myself included,
who, given a certain time of day, certain part of the set,
certain _ culminating energy that [Gb] happens in the room,
[Ab] you can play with that same intensity, but [Abm] you can only do it for about 20 seconds,
and then your entire arm cramps up, _ _ [Db]
and you got [Ab] nothing.
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
[Ab] Time magazine is a periodical.
[G] National Geographic is a [Abm] reference,
and I think [Eb] some music, most music, is [D] a periodical.
It [A] is something that marks a certain [Abm] time, a month, sometimes a week,
_ and Stevie Ray Vaughan's music, like all the other great music,
[Db] which is why it gets compared to Miles Davis,
I compare it to [Ab] Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, [Db] they're references.
It's almost [B] not a cultural thing, it's just a natural thing,
and I think that's [Db] what _ Stevie Ray Vaughan's [Abm] music is.
I'll be 50 [E] and still be discovering