Version: Studio
From the album: Battle Studies
Writer: John Mayer
Tuning: E - standard
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Date released: 17 November 2009
Date posted: 18 September 2024, 10:02 (7 months ago)
Last updated: 18 September 2024, 10:02 (7 months ago)
Chords:
C C2 F Dm G Am Em Fm G#
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|---8---5---1---10---3----5----8---1---4--|
G|---9---5---2---10---4----5----9---1---5--|
D|--10---5---3---12---5----7----9---3---6--|
A|-------3----------------------7----------|
E|---8-------1---10---3----5--------1---4--|
[Intro Lead]
e|-----------------13--12--10.--8--------------------------|
B|--13s15--13s15---13--13--10.--8--10~---------------------|
G|--12s14--12s14-------------------10~---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------13--12--10.--8--------------------------|
B|--13s15--13s15---13--13--10.--8--12~---10h12p10----------|
G|--12s14--12s14-------------------12~------------12~------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------13--------------|
B|-15b17r16b17~~----------13--13~-15--15b17~~--15b17r15~~--|
G|--------------------s14---14-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------20-------------------|
B|--10b12r10p8---8~~h10----------20b22---20b22r20~~--------|
G|-------------9-------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
[Part 1: Verses]
C F C2
Had a little love, but I spread it thin
Dm G
Falling in her arms and out again
C F C2
Made a bad name for my game around town
Dm G
Tore up my heart, and shut it down
C
Nothing to do
F C2
Nowhere to be
Dm G
A simple little kind of free
C
Nothing to do
F C2
No one but me
Dm G
And that's all I need
[Part 2: Choruses]
C F C2
I'm perfectly lonely
Dm G
I'm perfectly lonely
Em Am
I'm perfectly lonely (Yeah)
Dm
'Cause I don't belong to anyone
G
Nobody belongs to me
[Riff 1]
e|-----------------13--12--10.--8-----------------------|
B|--13s15--13s15---13--13--10.--8--10~------------------|
G|--12s14--12s14-------------------10~------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------13-12-10.-8--------12------------------|
B|--13s15--13s15---13-13-10.-8--12~---15b17r16b17r16b17~~-|
G|--12s14--12s14----------------12~-----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
[Part 3: Bridge]
Am
And this is not to say
G
There never comes a day
F G G#
I'll take my chances and start again
Am
And when I look behind
G
On all my younger times
F Fm
I have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong
[Solo]
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------8h10----------8h10-----------------------|
G|------5h7-7s9~~-------/9-/9~~-------/10~-9.-7~-5---5------|
D|--5h7--------------------------------------------7---7s5~-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------8.-8~-----------13-----------------------|
B|------------8h10-8.-8~10----16b18--16p13-13---------------|
G|------5h7s9---------------------------------14\-----------|
D|--5h7-----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|------13-------------------15b17-15~-15b17-15~-15s17-20~\--|
B|-16b18--16p13-13.-13~--------------------------------------|
G|---------------------14\-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
[Solo 2]
(starts after the first "That's the way" line)
e|----------------------------------------------8.8-10~b12-|
B|-------13-15b17-15~--15b17r15p13--13~-15b--10------------|
G|-12s14--------------------------14-----------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
(starts after third "that's the way" line)
e|-------------------------------------------13h15-----|
B|--16b18-16-13~---16b18-16~-16b18-16~-16b18-------13~-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-15b17r15p13--------------------------------------------|
B|-------------16-13~~----16b18r16p13----13~-15b17r16b17--|
G|--------------------14\-------------14------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------13h15~~~~h20-----|
B|-15b17r15b17~-15b17-15b17-13~--15b17-------(hammer---|
G|------------------------------------------with-right-|
D|---------------------------------------------hand)---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|------13h15~~h20-|
B|-15b17-----------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
[Lyrics]
(1) + (Intro lead)
(1) Had a little love, but I spread it thin
Falling in her arms and out again
Made a bad name for my game around town
Tore up my heart, and shut it down
Nothing to do
Nowhere to be
A simple little kind of free
Nothing to do
No one but me
And that's all I need
(2) I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely (Yeah)
'Cause I don't belong to anyone
Nobody belongs to me
[Riff 1]
(1) I see my friends around from time to time
When their ladies let them slip away
And when they ask me how I'm doing with mine
This is always what I say
Nothing to do
Nowhere to be
A simple little kind of free
Nothing to do
No one to be
Is it really hard to see
(2) Why I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely (Yeah)
'Cause I don't belong to anyone
Nobody belongs to me
(3) And this is not to say
There never comes a day
I'll take my chances and start again
And when I look behind
On all my younger times
I have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong
(1) + (Solo)
(2) I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely (Yeah)
'Cause I don't belong to anyone
Nobody belongs to me
(Solo 2) That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it ...
Tabbed by: J.Casquejo
Edited by: Jasper Geijsberts
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