John Mayer - Neon guitar tab

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Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 22:17:54 -0400
From: Ericolicious@aol.com
Subject: m/mayer_john/neon.tab

drop the low e to a c, and you're good.

Artist: John Mayer
Song:   Neon
Album:  Room for Squares

e----------------------------
b-8----4-----4-----9-----8---
g-10---3-----3-----8-----7---
d------3-----6-----8-----10--
a----------------------------
c-0---(3)---(5)---(8)---(10)-
'()' around number means fretted with thumb.  (Having GIANT thumbs help.)

e--------------------------------------------------
b---8-----------4------------4----------9-------10-
g-----10------3------------3---3------8----------9-  repeats as verse
d-----------3-----5-6----6-------------------10----
a--------------------------------------------------
c-0------(3)---------(5)---------(8)-----(10)------

*right hand technique: slap down with thumb on bass string, pull up with
index finger in constant 16th note pattern


e---------------------------
b-------6~~-----6~~-----4~~- change section: no rythmic right hand
g-----5~~-----5~~-----3~~---
d---8~~-----8~~-----6~~-----
a---------------------------
c--(8)~~---(7)~~---(6)~~----
      ring   ring     ring

"she comes"


second change

e---------------------------------------------------------------
b-------6------6----4----6------------------------------4-------
g-----5------5------3----5------------------------------5-------
d---8------8--------6----8------------------------------6-------
a---------------------------------------------------------------
c--(8)----(7)------(5)--(7)-------------------------------------
 she comes and goes and no one knows, she's slipping... "haaands"

Chorus
e---------------------------|-----------------------------------
b------4--------6----4------|-----4-----6-----4----11---9-------
d-----3--------5-----3------|----3-----5-----3-----10---8-------
d----6--------8------5------|---6-----8-----5------10---8-------
a---------------------------|-----------------------------------
c--(5)------(7)------0------|--5-----7-----0-----10-----8-------
      "neon"        "neon"    "Who knows"...

Bridge
e------------------------------|--------------------------------
b----4----6----7-(x3)-------12-|----8-------8---------8---------
g----5----7----8------then--12-|----8-------8---------7----(x4)-
d----6----8----9------------12-|----8-------8--------10---------
a------------------------------|--------------------------------
c---(5)--(7)--(8)-----------11-|--0-----0h7-----0h10------------
                Solo (w. right rythmic thang)

Get this song at:

Copyrights:

Author: Clay Cook

Composer: Clay Cook, John Mayer

Publisher: Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands B.V., Sony Music Entertainment Inc., Aware Records LLC

Details:

Released in: 2004

Language: English

Submitted by Walter at Wednesday 12th of December 2001 21:17

9 Comments found

Anonymous

Friday 20th of June 2003 21:07

He tunes his Low E down to C and uses slap triplets to mimick the slap bass aspect of the song...my friend showed me how to play it but the slap triplets alone are hell to play....I know it seems impossible but the man is a genius...really...keep tryin'

Anonymous

Wednesday 11th of June 2003 04:50

well, this tab is so so so bad
he plays this

|----------3----
|------------5--
|------x--------0--
|------x---------
|---0----------------
|---5-------------

you can go on with this

this can be played perfectly with one acoustic guitar, just u need a good guitarist!

ciao!
jottin l.

Anonymous

Saturday 17th of May 2003 09:23

That guy was a total ass, i think maybe he might have his bass strings tuned like mad low b/c he plays it all when he's live i don't think theres another one unless that guy is hiding somewheres backstage.

Anonymous

Saturday 17th of May 2003 09:22

all of you are wrong, what's done is this...John drinks three to four red bulls and then after that tunes his guitar, but the trick is wait i can't tell you that...John kicks ass!

Anonymous

Saturday 26th of April 2003 14:44

download any performance of neon and you will see for yourself there is no other guitar, the bass notes are played using thumb taps, its really interesting to watch him play the song !

im getting there but its a very very hard song to play !

Anonymous

Thursday 24th of April 2003 12:16

John has a special guitar with the low E tuned really, really low, to get the sound that we know and love. to see a pic here's a link, will most likely have to copy and paste it..
http://www.worldpath.net/~nickjg/jm/neonguit.jpg
it's a screencap from the live dvd...

nick g
nick@endzero.com

Anonymous

Thursday 17th of April 2003 00:22

whatever....john mayer is the man though

Anonymous

Wednesday 16th of April 2003 01:17

Whoever made the comment about maybe more than one guitar playing the part, you should check john out live, or download a live performance of him playing neon. You'll see that he plays the entire thing very clean, and with ease.

Anonymous

Monday 3rd of February 2003 18:58

I've listened to the song a lot, and i think that the low notes are either the bass or another guitar, because it is not possible for the low notes to have the clear, warm tone they do, and the high notes all punchy and mid-ranged. Something has to be different.