California Dreamin

John Mayer

----- Intro ----- e|-------3--------------|----|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----3---6----4---3---|----|--3--------------------------------------------| G|---5--------5---5-----|-x3-|--4--------------------------------------------| D|-5--------------------|----|--5--------------------------------------------| A|----------------------|----|-----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------|----|--3--------------------------------------------| ----- Chorus ----- Only some bars with cool licks in it, not the ones with just chords e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-8--8--8-------------------6------6---------------3-----3-------------------| G|-8--8--10p8----------------7p5----7p5-------------4-----5-------------------| D|-10-10------10---8----6--------8------8-5---------3-----3-------------------| A|-----------------5----3-------------------8-6-3-----------------------------| E|-8---------------6----4---------------------------3-----3-------------------| The sliding part is like in Hendrix' Castles Made of Sand and Little Wing. e|---------------------------6/8\6--6/8\6-------------------------------------| B|-8--8--8-------------------4/6\4--4/6\4---3-----3---------------------------| G|-8--8--10p8-------------------------------4-----5---------------------------| D|-10-10------10---8----6----6/8\6--6/8\6---3-----3---------------------------| A|-----------------5----3-----------------------------------------------------| E|-8---------------6----4-------------------3-----3---------------------------| End the Chorus with e|-----------| B|--3--3--3--| G|--5--4--5--| D|--3--3--3--| A|-----------| E|--3--3--3--| ----- Verse ----- The verse is basically the same as the Chorus, but the chords are palmmuted. e|---------------------------6/8\6--6/8--------------------------------------| B|-8--8--8-------------------4/6\4--4/6--------------------------------------| G|-8--8--10p8-----------------------------3h5p3-5----------------------------| D|-10-10------10---8----6----6/8\6--6/8---------------------5----------------| A|-----------------5----3-------------------------5-3-1-----3----------------| E|-8---------------6----4-------------------------------3sb------------------| The rest of the first verse is like this, he only plays around with the 4th and 5th fret on the G-string. e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-8--8--8--------------------3---3------------------------------------------| G|-8--8--10p8-----------------4---5------------------------------------------| D|-10-10------10---8----6-----3---3------------------------------------------| A|-----------------5----3----------------------------------------------------| E|-8---------------6----4-----3---3------------------------------------------| ----- Solo ----- e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------11b13-8----------| G|-8~---7h8b10~--7h8~----7h8b10--8p7------------12b14--12-----------10-------| D|-----------------------------------8--9--10--------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------8--8--| B|-11b13--8--11b13--8---11b12-------| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| e|-------8-8-------8---------------------------------------------------------| B|-11b12-----11b12---11----8-11p8------------11p8----------------------------| G|----------------------10--------11\10p8---------11\10p8----8b10--8---------| D|----------------------------------------10--------------10----------10-8---| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-11-------13-13----/13-13\-/13-13---15b16--15--13-| G|----10/12-12-12-\--/12-12\-/12-12-----------------| D|-------------------/13-13\-/13-13-----------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| e|-------13-------13-------13-------13--15--------------------| B|-16b18----16b18----16b18----16b18---------15b16-15-13----13-| G|------------------------------------------------------15----| D|------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|-15-15-15-b16-15--16b18-16---16b18--16--18b20-18b20-18b20---| G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| e|-13b15--13b15--11-------------------------------------------| B|------------------13--13----11b13---------------------------| G|-----------------------------------12\10---8-10-8-----8~----| D|--------------------------------------------------10--------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| ( ^ Could also be played as 12r10 ) e|------------8-----------------------------| B|----------8---11p8-------------11sb--8~---| G|-8-10b12-----------11\10p8----------------| D|---------------------------10-------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| Put some heavy vibrato on the last 5 notes on the 20th fret. e|------------------------------20----20-20-20-20-20-------------------------| B|-11--13---15---16---18---20---x--------------------------------------------| G|-x---x----x----x----x----x----17-------------------------------------------| D|-8---10---12---13---15---17------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| And back to the Chorus. This is just mostly using the slide-lick a couple of times. ----- Outro ----- e|-------3------------|----| B|-----3---6----4---3-|----| G|---5--------5---5---|-x3-| D|-5------------------|----| A|--------------------|----| E|--------------------|----| e|----------------------------------8-------11-------------------------------| B|----------Go crazy on this scale:-8-------11-------------------------------| G|----------------------------------8----10----------------------------------| D|-8h10~----------------------------8----10----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------8----10----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------8-------11-------------------------------| The tap-slide part is something like this: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------13/--------------| G|--------------------------------------------------13/---------13/----------| D|-8h10p8-<--- Keep doing this while 'tap-sliding':-----13/---------13/------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Ending chord, not sure about it: e|-10------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-8-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-8-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-10------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-8-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Well, that's about it. I hope it's close. Have fun with it ;)

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