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TAKING ON WATER - John Mayer
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Tabbed by: Tom Padula
Email: tpadula@gmail.com
Tabbed from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZDtk69gShA
Tuning: Standard
Intro / Verse / Outro
(On a sailboat I am...)
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B|----------------------------------------------9-----9p8-------|
G|-12-----12------15-----15p13------8-----8-----8-----8---------|
D|-13-----13------13-----13---------8-----8-----10----10--------|
A|-13-----13------15-----15---------10----10----8--8--8---------|
E|-11-11--11-11---13-13--13---------8--8--8--8------------------|
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G|-12-----12------15-----15p13------8-----8--8---7----7---------|
D|-13-----13------13-----13---------8-----8--8---8----8---------|
A|-13-----13------15-----15---------10----10-10--8----8---------|
E|-11-11--11-11---13-13--13---------8--8---------6-6--6-6-------|
Chorus
(Oh once upon a day...)
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D|-8-----8------8-----8------8---8-----6---6-------| x 2
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E|-------------------------------------------------|
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G|-8-----8------8-----8------10----10----10----10----10----10---|
D|-8-----8------8-----8------10----10----10----10----10----10---|
A|-11-11---11---10-10---10---13-13---13--12-12---12--11-11---11-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-8-----8-----8---8----6---6----12----------------|
D|-8-----8-----8---8----6---6----13----------------|
A|-10-10---10--9-9---9--8-8---8--13----------------|
E|-------------------------------11----------------|
Bridge
(Inside this storm...)
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B|-------------8--4---4h6-4---6p4----|
G|-15---12--5--8--5---5---5---5------|
D|-13---13--6--8--6---6---6---6------| x 2
A|-15---13--6--6---------------------|
E|-13---11--4-----4-4-4---4-4-4------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/john-mayer/112657.html ]
(In other words...)
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G|-3----3---3---3-----3----3-----1----2-----|
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E|-3--3---3---3---3---2--2---2---1--1---1---|
(Oooohhhhhh...)
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G|-8-----8------8-----8------8---8-----6---6-------|
D|-8-----8------8-----8------8---8-----6---6-------| x 2
A|-11-11---11---10-10---10---9-9---9---8-8---8-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
(hard to
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D|-8-----8------8-----8------10----10----10----10----10----10---|
A|-11-11---11---10-10---10---13-13---13--12-12---12--11-11---11-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
say, won't always be alone)
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D|-8-----8-----8---8----6---6----13----------------|
A|-10-10---10--9-9---9--8-8---8--13----------------|
E|-------------------------------11----------------|
Last Chord
e|------|
B|------|
G|--12--|
D|--13--|
A|--13--|
E|--11--|
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
LYRICS (Transcribed by Brian from TryJM & myself):
On a sailboat I am
Slowly floating nowhere
Lost the memories of where I am and why
Black ocean churnin'
A million stars are burnin'
Planetariums were right about the sky
Oh once upon a pushed out from the journey
Wishin' on the wind take me far from home
Now I'm on the waves
And I'm taking on water, hard to see, I won't always be alone
There was a time when August sun was high and centered on me
But it did behind my back and settled down
Used to square it through the land, used to size it in my hand
But it fell behind the line that leads to sky
Oh, once upon a day I pushed out from the journey
Wishin' on the wind to take me far from home
Now I'm on the waves
And I'm taking on water, hard to see, I won't always be alone
Inside this storm whipping in the wind
My sail is torn
In other words, the hands I mend are not my own
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Not my own
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Hard to see, won't always be alone
On a sailboat I am
Slowly floating nowhere
Hoping someday I'll wash upon someone else's shore
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