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Artist: John Mayer
Song: Victoria
Album: Inside Wants Out
Tabbed by: Joey Schiliro
Standard tuning (e-b-g-d-a-e)
Key:
h-hammer on
s/-shift slide (same as legato slide execpt second note is picked)
/-legato slide
p-pull-off
Intro
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------1--------------3----------------------------1----------1---
g------------2--------------2-----------0-------------0----------0------
d------2--------------0--------------0-----0h2-----2----------0---------
a---0-----0-------------------------------------3-----------2-----------
e---------------3--2-----2-----2--3-------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------
b------------1--------------3--------------3--------3---
g------------2--------------2-----------0--------0------
d------2--------------0--------------4--------4---------
a---0-----0---------------------------------------------
e---------------3--2-----2-----2--3---------------------
Verse I
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------1--------------3----------------------------1----------1---
g------------2--------------2-----------0-------------0----------0------ (X3)
d------2--------------0--------------0-----0h2-----2----------0---------
a---0-----0-------------------------------------3-----------2-----------
e---------------3--2-----2-----2--3-------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------
b------------1--------------3---------
g------------2--------------2-----0---
d------2--------------0-----------0---
a---0-----0-----------------------0---
e---------------3--2-----2-----2--3---
All other verses:
e---0-----------0---0---
b---1---3---3---1---1---
g---2---2---0---0---0--- (X3)
d---2---0---0---2---0---
a---0---x---x---3---2---
e-------2---3-----------
e-------
b---3---
g---2---
d---0---
a---x---
e---2---
Pre-chorus
e---7--7h10---10-------2--3---
b---7--7h8----8--------3--3---
g---7--7------7--(x4)--2--5---
d---7--7h9----9--------4--5---
a---7--7------7--------2--3---
e---0--0------0--------x--x---
Chorus
e-----------------------------------
b---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2---
g---2---1---0---2---0---2---2---2--- (X2)
d---0---0---0---0---0---0---2---2---
a-----------x---x---x---x---0---0---
e-----------3---2---3---2-----------
Solo (Guitar 1 keeps playing the verse chords)
e---0--0--0--0--0--0--s/-0--------------------
b---5--5--5--5--5--5--s/-3--------3-----------
g------------------------------0-------------- (X2)
d---------------------------4--------4/2--0---
a---------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------
e---0--0--0--0--0--0--/--0--------------------------------------------------
b---5--5--5--5--5--5--/--7---5----------0h1--3--1----------3--5--5h7p5--3---
g-------------------------------4/2--0--------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------2--2/4-------------------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outro
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------1--------------3----------------------------1----------1---
g------------2--------------2-----------0-------------0----------0------ (X3)
d------2--------------0--------------0-----0h2-----2----------0---------
a---0-----0-------------------------------------3-----------2-----------
e---------------3--2-----2-----2--3-------------------------------------
End on:
e-------
b---3---
g---2---
d---0---
a---x---
e---2---
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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jason Wanna Be |
#1 by jason terry at Sep 26, 2007 at 7:17 PM EST |
| It is a really sad song but I caught something abotu suicide in there too--"looked outside at the car in the drive and the suitcase on the backseat inside, sure its so she cant look out behind at the road"--if she cant see the road, then shes more likely to crash...i think its interesting that its something subtle like that. she wasnt planning to drive off a cliff. the blinded vision would look a lot more accidental | |
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Prometeo Wanna Be |
#2 by Prometeo at Sep 28, 2007 at 9:06 AM EST |
| My roommate Vickie is moving away, she just got out of a 4 year relationship, she needs to get away, this song hits home for me, it is almost like it is about her, exactly. Love it because it has helped me cope with my loss of her. 1 | |
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lauren Lead Player |
#3 by lauren desantis at Sep 28, 2007 at 9:43 PM EST |
| i just like the melody and beat of the song, its pretty | |
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Laura Average |
#4 by Laura at Sep 29, 2007 at 5:26 AM EST |
| I think it's so she can't look *back*. She's just getting out of the town, a bad relationship. Don't look down / She seemed alright / You might be asking / Where is Tori tonight Somewhere out on the highway I'm sure she's fine... | |
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Kash Average |
#5 by Kash Jones at Sep 30, 2007 at 12:18 AM EST |
| ummm that comment sounded really stupid, also I have one thing to change, her boyfriend is the one who first gave her the idea and she didn't really think about it until then, now she's going and realizes he's right | |
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Jonathan Average |
#6 by Jonathan at Sep 30, 2007 at 2:39 AM EST |
| A friend of mine told me this song was about suicide in her opinion, and i totally agree. | |
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Kay Wanna Be |
#7 by Kay Grøtbekklien at Sep 30, 2007 at 10:28 PM EST |
| This song always makes me wanna cry.. i don't know.. maybe its the tune.. it touches me so much.. it's just the fact with the tear in her eye.. ahhh bless | |
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Mitchee! Wanna Be |
#8 by Mitchee! at the Disco at Oct 1, 2007 at 1:46 AM EST |
| Maybe I'm not reading in deep enough, but I think this song is pretty much laid out in the lyrics. It's about a girl, Victoria or Tori, who just got out of a bad relationship and feels that she needs some time to regroup ("she says 'i might not be seeing him soon, i gotta few things i've been meaning to do'") and so she says goodbye to a good friend (the person singing, John or someone, whoever) and the friend is passing along the message of how he saw her and why she left. | |
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GRIM Professional |
#9 by GRIM at Oct 1, 2007 at 3:07 AM EST |
| the song is about this girl tori used to come by Johns dorm at berkley with her friend every night. one night john and matt were in their room and she came by herself and offered to iron johns clothes for him. john and matt thought it was really weird, john was laying on the bed with his guitar messing around and sang 'dont know why tori came by'. and thats how 'Victoria' came about -- well as ive heard from a reliable source. its such a beautiful song. | |
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Austin Average |
#10 by Austin Cook at Oct 1, 2007 at 4:34 AM EST |
| I think this song is actually about tori, who's leaving her boyfriend. She doenst say good bye to him, she just tell john (or the narrator) to say good bye for her, because its too hard for her to say it herself, and john is saying this to the boyfriend....i think so! | |
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Daniel Wanna Be |
#11 by Daniel Ramillo at Oct 2, 2007 at 7:51 AM EST |
| what I get out of this song, is that Tori lives in a small town, and she wants to get out, do something big, about the suitcase, its so she can leave, because she's so connected to her home town that if she takes one last galnce at it, she'll never leave. She's telling John (or the narrator person whatever) to tell her boyfriend she's going because she dosn't want to tell him herself, that might also prevent her from leaving. her boyfriend person, i guess maybe they could have hit a rut in their relationship, im thinking their high school sweethearts, and she really loves him but not in the same way anymore she needs her space, very far away, its the same way she loves where she lives, she loves it but it's not for her anymore, she has the potential to do better things, that can't happen there, or with the people around her. I might be completely off the real meaning of the song, but thats what I got out of it. Sry if it sounds like im rambling. | |
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Spitzer Average |
#12 by Spitzer at Oct 2, 2007 at 10:27 AM EST |
| This is my favorite JM song. To me, Victoria is one of John's close friends and she just got out of a long relationship, and she needs to leave her memories behind. It's really sad. | |
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taris Average |
#13 by taris leoncho at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:57 PM EST |
| I think that Tori was dating someone who was living with John and she is leaving town. She came by to tell her boyfriend, but John was the only one there...So now this is his way of telling his friend that Tori is gone... I also think the lyrics is: Mentioned something Bout how you were right Instead of: Mentioned something Bout how you arrived But oh well.... | |
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anthony Rhythm Player |
#14 by anthony kent at Oct 2, 2007 at 9:36 PM EST |
| Dude...do you know how excited I was a few years ago when I heard this song. My name is Victoria "Tori" for short and it just kicks ass, because it is not a widely popular name...anway I love the song and I think that even though it came about because of the girl ironing his clothes it has a much deeper meaning. Somebody mentioned the suitcase and I do feel that is very important, she's never going to look back and her suitcase is placed where she can't... | |
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Adam Average |
#15 by Adam at Oct 3, 2007 at 3:47 AM EST |
| It's not about suicide, people, it's without a doubt about a break-up...don't be morbid... | |
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Wanna Be |
#16 by †.::xXMaidenMistressXx::.† at Oct 3, 2007 at 3:47 PM EST |
| If you think about it, all the suitcase is blocking her rearview so that she can't see the place she's leaving. She doesn't want to have second thoughts, symbollically. You don't get into car accidents if you can't see through the rearview. (At least not just because of that.) | |
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josh Lead Player |
#17 by josh brock at Oct 4, 2007 at 12:08 AM EST |
| I like this song. not sure what is trying to be put across, but i like it anyway. Love listening to it anyway. | |
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Zim Average |
#18 by Zim Zimson at Oct 4, 2007 at 10:21 AM EST |
| Yea thats pretty much what i got out of this song, its such a pretty song, i love it. its kinda sad. | |
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Zach Average |
#19 by Zach at Oct 4, 2007 at 4:09 PM EST |
| actually I thought that your comment really hit it on the head for me. She needs to leave the town for whatever reason, it was this guys idea first and now she is making herself go through with it. and definately not about suicide, in my humble opinion. | |
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ed Professional |
#20 by ed evans at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:37 AM EST |
| "Must have been hard to see through the tears she was hiding" favorite line....and yeah i dont think its bout a suicide either... | |
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ben Lead Player |
#21 by ben Tee at Oct 6, 2007 at 10:54 PM EST |
| john mayer is absolutely a radiohead fan, the song body structure is almost identical to karma police, and he also does the kid a cover, ive also noticed some other very similar chord patterns he uses that are in some radiohead songs, lyrics are cool too tho | |
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