War Of My Life

“war of my life” by john mayer
battle studies , november 14th 2009 ( for the lucky ones to get the album early ) .
tabbed ( by ear ) by : j . david buerk on november 15th , 2009
distribute as you wish , but give me credit for it and derivative works . my first
tab – judge for yourself . contact me on ultimate – guitar , username “phat104u” .

standard tuning . a fun , easy song from battle studies .

intro :
E , A , C#m , A

intro riff :
clean , with lots of ambience and mild detune / reversing effect .

E A A E E A A A E A E D6 A

E | – – – 4 – – – 5 – 5 – – 4 – 4 – – – 5 – 5 – – 7 – 4 – – – 5 – – 4 – 2h4 – – 0 – – – |
B | – – – 5 – – – 5 – 5 – – 5 – 5 – – – 5 – 5 – – 5 – 5 – – – 5 – – 5 – 0 – – – – 2 – – – |
G | – – – 4 – – – 6 – 6 – – 4 – 4 – – – 6 – 6 – – 6 – 4 – – – 6 – – 4 – 2 – – – – 2 – – – |
D | – – – 6 – – – 7 – 7 – – 6 – 6 – – – 7 – 7 – – 7 – 6 – – – 7 – – 6 – – – – – – 2 – – – |
A | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

verse :
E A
come out angels , come out ghosts ,
C#m A
come out darkness , bring everyone you know .

E A
i’m not running , i’m not scared ,
C#m A
i Am waiting , and well prepared .

chorus :
E A
i’m in the war of my life ,
C#m
at the door of my life ,
A E
out of time and there’s nowhere to run . . .

verse :
E A
i’ve got a hammer , and a heart of glass ,
C#m A
i got to know right now , which walls to smash .

E A
i got a pocket , got no pill
C#m A
if fear hasn’t killed me yet , then nothing will .

bridge :
A B C#m A
all the suffering , and all the pain ,
A B
never left a name or . . .

chorus :
E A
i’m in the war of my life ,
C#m
at the door of my life ,
A
out of time and there’s nowhere to run .

E A
i’m in the war of my life ,
C#m
at the core of my life ,
A
i’ve got no choice but to fight ’til it’s done .

bridge :
A B
no more suffering .
C#m A
no more pain .
A B
never again .

solo :
E , A , C#m , A

solo riff :
clean , with lots of ambience and mild detune / reversing effect .

E chord with some frills . . .

E | – – 7 – – 4~ – – – 4 – 7 – 4 – – 7~ – – 4~ – – – 4 – 7 – 4 – 7b9 – 4~ – – – 5b4 – – – – – 4 – – – – – ( 4~ ) – |
B | – – 5 – – 5~ – – – 5 – 5 – 5 – – 5~ – – 5~ – – – 5 – 5 – 5 – – – – – 5~ – – – – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – – ( 5~ ) – |
G | – – 4 – – 4~ – – – 4 – 4 – 4 – – 4~ – – 4~ – – – 4 – 4 – 4 – – – – – 4~ – – – – – – – 4 – – – – – 4 – – – ( 4~ ) – |
D | – – 6 – – 6~ – – – 6 – 6 – 6 – – 6~ – – 6~ – – – 6 – 6 – 6 – – – – – 6~ – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ( 6~ ) – |
A | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

interlude :
E A
i’m in the war of my life ,
C#m
at the door of my life ,
A E
out of time and there’s nowhere to run . oh . . .

outro :
A
i’m in the war of my life .
C#m
i’m at the core of my life .
A
got no choice but to fight ’til it’s done .
E A C#m
so fight on , fight on everyone; fight on .
A
got no choice but to fight ’til it’s done .

E A
fight on , fight on everyone .
C#m A
fight on , got no choice , but it’s a fight ’til it’s done .
E
so fight on . . .

key ( as if you don’t already know ) :
h hammer – on
p pull – off
~ vibrato
( ) ghosted or alternative notes