War of My Life Chords & Lyrics by John Mayer

War of My Life

guitar chords lyrics

John Mayer

"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