this are the strings he plays in each chord.. (My guitarr may be out of tune by now..
the chords may be others.. -C instead C# and so..- but the progression it fine..)
C#=x4x664
Am#=6X866X
Fm=1X311X
F#=2X432X
Db/F=1x312x
C#'=x4666x
G#=4x654x
intro
C# - Am# - Fm - F# - Db - G# X2.. (this is mostly the song.. and he plays sometimes
instead Bbm/F..)
C# Am#
I hate to see you cry
Fm F#-Db/F-G#
Lying there in that po-si-tion
C# Am#
There's things you need to hear
Fm
so turn off your tears
F# Db/F-G#
and lis-ten
G# C#' F#
Pain throws your heart to the ground
G# C#' F#
love turns the whole thing around
G# C#' F#
no it wont all go the way
Db/F
it should
F# Db/F G# C#
but I know the heart of life is good
C# Am#
You know it's nothin new
Fm F# Db/F-G#
bad news never had good timing
C# Am#
then the circle of your friends
Fm F# Dbf-G#
will defend the silver lining
G# C#' F#
Pain throws your heart to the ground
G# C#' F#
love turns the whole thing around
G# C#' F#
no it wont all go the way
Db/F
it should
F# Db/F G# C#
but I know the heart of life is good
Solo.. (with chords of the verse)
G# C#' F#
Pain throws your heart to the ground
G# C#' F#
love turns the whole thing around
G# C#'
fear is a friend who is
F# Db/F
misunderstood
F# Db/F F# Db/F
but I know the heart of life is good
G#
I know its good..
(fades with the G#)
that's it.. I'll tab the 1st guitar later.. if someone has a tuned guitar.. please
me if these chords are wrong..
http://www.guitarmasta.net/m/mayer,_john/.html
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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By-Tor Wanna Be |
#1 by By-Tor at Sep 26, 2007 at 9:56 PM EST |
| beautiful song with beautiful lyrics, its hard to get the true feeling across and not seem insincere or sappy, but i understand it. | |
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KING KEVIN Average |
#2 by KING KEVIN BLAIR at Sep 27, 2007 at 11:20 AM EST |
| this is definitely a drug song. The heart of life is clearly a marijuana brownie. So the line: "but i know the heart of life is good" really means "but i know marijuana brownies taste good". John Mayer needs to stop with the drugs and start writing songs about cars and surfing. | |
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rikiscorner Average |
#3 by rikiscorner at Sep 27, 2007 at 8:27 PM EST |
| I think this song is about... Well. Just life in general. Like... Yeah, bad things happen, they always do and sometimes it really sucks. But life is life and life is... good. :] | |
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Ben Rhythm Player |
#4 by Ben Gibson at Sep 28, 2007 at 5:16 AM EST |
| I think this song is a lullaby...it just fits, you know? it's kind of a sweet way to inform your children of how life goes...when I have kids, I will definately sing it to them... | |
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Christian Wanna Be |
#5 by Christian Chavez at Sep 30, 2007 at 3:18 AM EST |
| i love da lyrics !!!!the man is a genius!his simplicity is his weapon of luv!! 1 | |
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Average |
#6 by Rob F at Sep 30, 2007 at 4:42 AM EST |
| i love this song, its simple and sweet..ahh i love john mayer | |
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KISS is the gre Average |
#7 by KISS is the greatest at Sep 30, 2007 at 5:49 AM EST |
| The song can be about breaking up with someone, but it's more generic than that. To quote John, "It's like a great big Hallmark card for whatever occasion you need it to be." The gist of the song is that even though bad and painful things can and do happen, the basic core of life is good and love will get you through anything. | |
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sebastian Wanna Be |
#8 by sebastian Shamburg at Sep 30, 2007 at 12:37 PM EST |
| I think this song is so comforting, sweet, and inspirational. I mean if I was ever really upset, and just ready to give up on life and what not, this song would be the cure, I just know it. Thank God for John Mayer writing this because I can just feel it helping me out, eventually. | |
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Nyle Average |
#9 by Nyle Leddy at Sep 30, 2007 at 4:58 PM EST |
| beautiful song | |
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Jacque Average |
#10 by Jacque Armijo at Oct 3, 2007 at 2:04 PM EST |
| Probably his next single...maybe this album's "Daughters", although there are better songs on Continuum. | |
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Kevin Average |
#11 by Kevin Barker at Oct 3, 2007 at 8:51 PM EST |
| b e a utiful can't describe it any other way. Yeah Its about the ups and donw in life. I kind of link of like to think about it as a comprimise. he's saying that good things will happen, and bad things will happen. but most of all we remember the good things "the heart of life is good" Oh and I love toward sthe end when he says "fear is a friend whose understood" I still can't rap my head around that concept properly but I think he's on the right track. | |
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steven Lead Player |
#12 by steven ratliff at Oct 3, 2007 at 10:50 PM EST |
| One of the best on the album. The melody is great and the picking style is pretty unique. No idea what this song is about. Something about the heart of life being good and stuff. | |
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(DDD Bass Gu Rhythm Player |
#13 by (DDD Bass Guitar/Backup Vocals) Jeff Fritts at Oct 4, 2007 at 6:18 AM EST |
| This song's going to explode when they make him release it as a single... anyways, it's still great | |
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Moctezum@ Average |
#14 by Moctezum@ The Great at Oct 4, 2007 at 3:06 PM EST |
| this is my favorite song off the new album, hands down. i don't really see it as about anything specific, just that things can be shitty but everything is inherently good. i like that, you can apply it to whatever situation you wish. so beautiful | |
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Alex Rhythm Player |
#15 by Alex Vargas at Oct 5, 2007 at 8:40 AM EST |
| Honestly i really believe that this song is completely under rated. Its message is something that everyone should follow-life may throw you bad times and bad feelings, but underneath that is good intentions. You learn from all the bad times and the mistakes that you make so out of the bad comes the good. I just think more people should be optimistic like john is in this song. | |
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Never Speak A W Wanna Be |
#16 by Never Speak A Word Again I Will Crawl Away For Good at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:39 PM EST |
| When I heard this song, I didn't think it was about breaking up at all. My interpretation has to do with the fact that I have an extremely pessimistic boyfriend, who's often finding things wrong with life and situations and possibilities for getting hurt and whatnot- but I'm always the optimistic one saying that you have to focus on the love in life, it's what makes that pain worth it and when you have friends around to remind you of the "silver lining" then the awful things don't seem so terrible | |
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*AnToNiA* Wanna Be |
#17 by *AnToNiA* at Oct 6, 2007 at 12:06 AM EST |
| I think this song means to not trip out over things in life and to realize that everything will come through eventually. 1 | |
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