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NEON
As recorded by John Mayer
(From the 2002 Album ROOM FOR SQUARES)
Transcribed by dalsegno
Words by John Mayer Music by John Mayer and Clay Cook
Gtr I (C A D G B E) - 'Lead Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm Guitar'
Intro
Q=102
Csus4 Ebsus2
4/4
Gtr I
S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S
||---------------------------------------|||o---------8-x--------------4-----------|||--------x---x-10---------3---x---------|||----(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-|||o----------------------------x---------|||--0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb S S S s s S S S S T t s S S S S s|---------------------------------------------------|||---------4-x---------------------9-------------8--o|||-------3---x-3----------------8----0---------7-----|||----6------x-------(x)----8--------------10--------|||--------------------------------------------------o|||-5-(5)---------(5)-(5)-8-(8)-(8)-----10-(10)-------||
Verse 1 Csus4 Ebsus2 S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S||---------------------------------------|||o---------8-x--------------4-----------|||--------x---x-10---------3---x---------|||----(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-|||o----------------------------x---------|||--0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb S S S s s S S S S T t s S S S S s 3x|---------------------------------------------|||---------4-x-----------------9-----------8--o|||-------3---x-3-------------8---0-------7-----|||----6------x-------(x)---8----------10-------|||--------------------------------------------o|||-5-(5)---------(5)-----8---------10----------||
Csus4 Ebsus2 S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S|--------------------------------------||---------8-x--------------4-----------||-------x---x-10---------3---x---------||---(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-||----------------------------x---------||-0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb S S S s s S S S S T t s S S S S S|---------------------------------------------|||---------4-x-----------------9---------------|||-------3---x-3-------------8---0-------------|||----6------x-------(x)---8----------10-10\---|||---------------------------------------------|||-5-(5)---------(5)-----8---------10----------||
Pre-Chorus 1 Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G Ebsus4/F# ~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. E. E. Q +Q. +H H|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|||-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-------4--(4)---|-(4)---------|||----5------------|-----5-----------|----3-----------|-------------|||-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6--------------|-------------|||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|||-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-6--------------|-------------||
Pre-Verse 1 Csus4 Ebsus2 S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S||---------------------------------------|||o---------8-x--------------4-----------|||--------x---x-10---------3---x---------|||----(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-|||o----------------------------x---------|||--0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb S S S s s S S S S T t s S S S S s|---------------------------------------------|||---------4-x-----------------9-----------8--o|||-------3---x-3-------------8---0-------7-----|||----6------x-------(x)---8----------10-------|||--------------------------------------------o|||-5-(5)---------(5)-----8---------10----------||
Verse 2 Csus4 Ebsus2 S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S||---------------------------------------|||o---------8-x--------------4-----------|||--------x---x-10---------3---x---------|||----(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-|||o----------------------------x---------|||--0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb S S S s s S S S S T t s S S S S s 3x|---------------------------------------------|||---------4-x-----------------9-----------8--o|||-------3---x-3-------------8---0-------7-----|||----6------x-------(x)---8----------10-------|||--------------------------------------------o|||-5-(5)---------(5)-----8---------10----------||
Csus4 Ebsus2 S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S|--------------------------------------||---------8-x--------------4-----------||-------x---x-10---------3---x---------||---(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-||----------------------------x---------||-0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb S S S s s S S S S T t s S S T T S S|------------------------------------------------|||---------4-x-----------------9-----------8------|||-------3---x-3-------------8---0-------7--------|||----6------x-------(x)---8----------10-----10\--|||------------------------------------------------|||-5-(5)---------(5)-----8---------10-------------||
Pre-Chorus 2 Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G Ebsus4/F# ~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. E. E. Q +Q. +H H|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------||-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-------4--(4)---|-(4)---------||----5------------|-----5-----------|----3-----------|-------------||-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6--------------|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------||-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-6--------------|-------------|
Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G EbsusFsus4/G Ab ~~~~~~~ ~~~ E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. Q. Q +Q. W W|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------|------|||-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-4----6--(6)---|-4--------|------|||----5------------|-----5-----------|-3----5--(5)---|-5--------|------|||-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6----8--(8)---|-6--------|------|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------|------|||-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-5----7--(7)---|----------|------||
Chorus
$
$$
Ebsus4/FFsus4/G Eb/C
Gtr I
Q. H E +W
|--------------------|---------------------||-4-------6--------4-|-(4)-----------------||-3-------5--------3-|-(3)-----------------||-6-------8--------5-|-(5)-----------------||--------------------|---------------------||-5-------7--------0-|-(0)-----------------|
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| Gtr II| E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E|------6--------6----|-------6--------6----||----4----4---4----4-|-----4----4---4----4-||-3---------3--------|--3---------3--------||--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------|
Ebsus4/FFsus4/G Eb/C Q. H E +W|--------------------|----------------------|||-4-------6--------4-|-(4)------------------|||-3-------5--------3-|-(3)------------------|||-6-------8--------5-|-(5)------------------|||--------------------|----------------------|||-5-------7--------0-|-(0)------------------||
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| E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E|------6--------6----|-------6--------6-----|||----4----4---4----4-|-----4----4---4----4--|||-3---------3--------|--3---------3---------|||--------------------|----------------------|||--------------------|----------------------|||--------------------|----------------------||
Ebsus4/FFsus4/G Eb/C Fsus4/Bb Q. H E +H H|--------------------|----------------------||-4-------6--------4-|-(4)--------11--------||-3-------5--------3-|-(3)--------10--------||-6-------8--------5-|-(5)--------10--------||--------------------|----------------------||-5-------7--------0-|-(0)--------10--------|
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| E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E|------6--------6----|-------6---------6----||----4----4---4----4-|-----4----4----4----4-||-3---------3--------|--3----------3--------||--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------|
To Coda Ebsus4/Ab W W|-------------------|--------------------|||-9-----------------|--------------------|||-8-----------------|--------------------|||-8-----------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|||-8-----------------|--------------------||
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| E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E E S E. E|-----6--------6----|-----6--------6-----|||---4----4---4----4-|---4----4---4----4--|||-3--------3--------|-3--------3---------|||-------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------||
Pre-Verse 2 Csus4 Ebsus2 S S S s s s S S S S s s S S S S||---------------------------------------|||o---------8-x--------------4-----------|||--------x---x-10---------3---x---------|||----(x)-----x------0---3-----x-5-----6-|||o----------------------------x---------|||--0--------------x---3-----------(3)---|
To Dbl. Coda Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Ebsus4/Ab S S S s s S S S S T t s S S S S s|---------------------------------------------|||---------4-x-----------------9-----------8--o|||-------3---x-3-------------8---0-------7-----|||----6------x-------(x)---8----------10-------|||--------------------------------------------o|||-5-(5)---------(5)-----8---------10----------||
Verse 3 Csus4 Ebsus2 Ebsus4/F Ebsus4/Ab Csus2/Bb S S S s s e S S S s s S S S S +S S S s s S E S s s S S S S s 4x||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||||o---------8-------------4-x-------|---------4-x-4-------9---------8----o||||--------x-8-x-8-----3-3-3-x-----3-|---------3-x-3-----8-8---------7--7--||||----(x)-----x-8-0---3-3---x-5---6-|-----6-----x-6-x---8---x----10---10--||||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------o||||--0---------------3-------------5-|-(5)-----------8---------10----------||
Pre-Chorus 3 Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G Ebsus4/F# ~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. E. E. Q +Q. +H H|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------||-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-------4--(4)---|-(4)---------||----5------------|-----5-----------|----3-----------|-------------||-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6--------------|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------||-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-6--------------|-------------|
D.S. al Coda Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G EbsusFsus4/G Ab Fsus4/Bb ~~~~~~~ ~~~ E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. Q. Q +Q. H E E Q|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|||-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-4----6--(6)---|-4----11---11\--|||----5------------|-----5-----------|-3----5--(5)---|-5----10---10\--|||-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6----8--(8)---|-6----10---10\--|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|||-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-5----7--(7)---|------10---10\--||
Bridge
1. 2.
&
Ab/F Bb/G B/Ab Db/Bb Db/Bb
Gtr I
> > > > >
Q. H E Q. H E Q. H +E
||--------------|---------------||-------------------------|||o-4----6----7-|-------9------o||--------9------------(9)-|||--5----7----8-|------10-------||-------10-----------(10)-|||--6----8----9-|------11-------||-------11-----------(11)-|||o-------------|--------------o||-------------------------|||--5----7----8-|------10-------||-------10-----------(10)-|
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| Gtr II| W W E H S E E.||--------------|---------------||-------------------------|||o-------------|--------------o||-------------------------|||--------------|---------------||-----------13---13\------|||--------------|---------------||-----------15---15\------|||o-------------|--------------o||-------------------------|||--------------|---------------||-------------------------|
Ab/F Bb/G B/Ab Db/Bb G/B G/B Q. Q. Q +E Q. E E S E S|--------------------------|-----------------------------|||-4--------6--------7------|-(7)--9------------12---12---|||-5--------7--------8------|-(8)-10------------12---12---|||-6--------8--------9------|-(9)-11------------12---12---|||--------------------------|-----------------------------|||-5--------7--------8------|-(8)-10------------11---11---||
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| E. T T E E. T T E E. T T E E. T T E E E S E S|--------------------------|-----------------------------|||--------4--------6--------|--7------------9---12---12---|||------5--------7--------8-|------------10-----12---12---|||----6--------8--------9---|---------11--------12---12---|||--------------------------|-----------------------------|||--------------------------|-----------------------------||
Breakdown 1. C Eb/Bb D5/AEb Eb/Bb Bb C5/D S Q S S S S S S S S S s S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E E||-------------------------------|---------------------------------------8--||||o----------8-8-------------8-8-|---------8------8-8-----11------8-8b10-8-o||||-----------8-8---x---x-7-x-8-8-|---(8)---8-x-x----8-------------7------7--||||-----------8-8---x-----7-x---8-|---(8)---8-x-x-10-------------------------||||o------------------------------|-----------------------------------------o||||--(0)h7------------------------|--------------------(0)h10-(10)-----------||
2. Eb/Bb Bb C5/D S S S S S S S S S S +S S E E|----------------------------------8-||---8-x-8---8-x-----11------8-8b10-8-||---8-x-8---8-x---x---------7------7-||---8-x-8---------x------------------||------------------------------------||-------------------10-(10)----------|
Pre-Chorus 4 Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G Ebsus4/F# ~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. E. E. Q +Q. +H H|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------||-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-------4--(4)---|-(4)---------||----5------------|-----5-----------|----3-----------|-------------||-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6--------------|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------||-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-6--------------|-------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda Fsus4/Ab Fsus4/G EbsusFsus4/G Ab Fsus4/Bb ~~~~~~~ ~~~ E. E. Q +Q E +E Q Q +Q. Q. Q +Q. H E E Q|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|||-------6--(6)----|--------6--(6)---|-4----6--(6)---|-4----11---11\--|||----5------------|-----5-----------|-3----5--(5)---|-5----10---10\--|||-8-------------8-|-(8)-------------|-6----8--(8)---|-6----10---10\--|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|||-8-------------7-|-(7)-------------|-5----7--(7)---|------10---10\--||
Outro && Bb Eb5/Bb Bb Eb5/Bb BbsBb2 Gtr II S E S E S E S S S S E. W||-----------------------------------------|-------||||o----------------------------------------|------o||||-----------------------------------------|-------||||--12h=13--13---12h=13--13---10--12h==13--|-------||||o-13-(13)-13---13-(13)-13---13-(13)-(13)-|------o||||-----------------------------------------|-------||
Bb Eb5/Bb Bb Eb5/Bb BbsBb2 Gtr I W||-----------------------------------------|||o----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------|||o----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| S E S E S E S S S S E.||-----------------------------------------|||o----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------|||--12h=13--13---12h=13--13---10--12h==13--|||o-13-(13)-13---13-(13)-13---13-(13)-(13)-|||-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|-8-10-11--------8-10-11------------|||---------8h10-----------8h10------o|||-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------------|||----------------------------------o|||-----------------------------------||
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| W|-----------------------------------|||----------------------------------o|||-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------------|||----------------------------------o|||-----------------------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
