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Neon

John Mayer

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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)-----------------|
|
| 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)------------------||
|
| 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--------|
|
| 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-----------------|--------------------||
|
| 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)-|
|
|   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---||
|
| 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----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
|
|   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||
|-----------------------------------||
|
| W
|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||



Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
 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
-----------
 |  - 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