This is my acoustic version of "Something's Missing" by John Mayer. This acoustic
is faithful to the original album version. However, I did make some changes. Such as omitting
slight palm-muted riff played during the first 2 verses and replaced it with
chords to be strummed. I also replaced the sick riff John plays during the chorus over
over with chords that are very fitting. I know music theory, so all chord names are
Enjoy! This song rings perfectly on acoustic!
NOTE: For all verse, chorus, and bridge, I tabbed the chord shapes w/out timing or
pattern. It is crucial you listen to the original album version for timing, etc.
Acoustic guitar
Tuning: (low to high) E-B-E-F#-B-E
INTRO
*up stroke on first C#m7add4: (x20000). Down strokes on rest*
*let ring throughout*
|--0------|--------------------------------------|--------0--|
|--0------|--------------------------------------|--------0--|
|--0------|------0------0-----0------0-----------|--------0--|
|--0------|----0------0------------0----2p0------|--------0--|
|--2------|--2------4-------0---------------4p0--|--2--2--2--|
|---------|---------------2------4---------------|-----------|
Repeat above 2 times followed by...
|--0------|--------------------------------------|
|--0------|--------------------------------------|
|--0------|------0------0-----0------0-----------|
|--0------|----0------0------------0-------------|
|--2------|--2------4-------0-----------2p0------|
|---------|---------------2------4----------4p0--|
VERSES
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/john-mayer/228122.html ]
C#m7 Emaj7/G# Asus2 G#m7(addb6)
|--0-----|--0-----|--0-----|--0----------|
|--0-----|--0-----|--0-----|--0----------|
|--2-----|--9-----|--5-----|--0----------|
|--0-----|--0-----|--5-----|--0----------|
|--2-----|--9-----|--x-----|--4----------|
|--------|--------|--5-----|-------------|
*On Asus2, there is a slide/hammer that occurs before going to G#m7(addb6) as below*
|--0--0--0---0--0--0---0---------|
|--0--0--0---0--0--0---0---------|
|--5--5--5---5--5--5---5--5/7\5--|
|--5--5--5---5--5--5---5---------|
|--x--x--x---x--x--x---x---------|
|--5--5--5---5--5--5---5---------|
*Of course, repeat these chords as needed for duration of verse*
CHORUS
Esus2 C#m9 Asus2 Bsus2/4 Bsus4
|--0-----|--0-----|--0-----|--0-----|--0-----|
|--0-----|--0-----|--0-----|--0-----|--0-----|
|--0-----|--9-----|--5-----|--7-----|--0-----|
|--0-----|--9-----|--5-----|--7-----|--7-----|
|--0-----|--x-----|--x-----|--x-----|--x-----|
|--0-----|--9-----|--5-----|--7-----|--7-----|
*Repeat for duration of chorus*
BRIDGE ("I can't be sure that this state-of-mind...")
Asus2type2 A Bsus2 B
|--x-------|--x-----|--x-----|--x-----|
|--5-------|--5-----|--7-----|--7-----|
|--5-------|--7-----|--7-----|--9-----|
|--5-------|--5-----|--7-----|--7-----|
|--x-------|--x-----|--x-----|--x-----|
|--5-------|--5-----|--7-----|--7-----|
INTERLUDE
C#m9 Emaj7 Asus2 G#m7(addb6)
|--0-----|--0-----|--0-----|--0----------|
|--0-----|--0-----|--0-----|--0----------|
|--9-----|--9-----|--5-----|--0----------|
|--0-----|--0-----|--5-----|--0----------|
|--9-----|--9-----|--x-----|--4----------|
|--9-----|--0-----|--5-----|-------------|
OUTRO ("Friends...check...money...check...")
Play around with: E5 - C#m7 - Asus2 - B5
