Heart Of Life

John Mayer
Continuum (2006)
Chords

# L - tied note
# . - staccato
# b - bend
# ~ - vibrato

# Intro / Verse / Solo Rythm
A |--11----8--11L11----8-------|--11-8--13-8----|--8-------------------------|
E |--9-----------9-------------|--9-----9-------|--------9-----------9-------|
C |----------------------------|----------------|--------10-------10-10------|
G |--------6--------6--6-------|-----6-----6----|-----------10L10------------|


--------11------|----------------------------|--4--------4L-4-----1-------|
-----9-----9s---|--------1-----------4-------|--------2--------2--2-------|
-----10----10s--|-----------------5--5-------|----------------------------|
--10------------|--5-----1--5L-5-------------|--------3-------------------|


--4--------4L-4-------------|--4--------3L-3-------------||
--------4-------------------|--------4-----------4s------||
--------1--------1--1-------|--------3--------3--3s------||
--------------------1-------|----------------------------||

# Chorus
A |--3-----------4--6----------|--8-----------6--4--4-------|
E |--------4--6--------4-------|----------------------------|
C |----------------------------|--1-----1--1L-1-------------|
G |--------------------5-------|----------------------------|


--4--------------------4----|-----1-----4L-4-------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------1-----------1-------|--------1-----------1-------|
-----------1L-1--1----------|-----------------3----------|


--3--------4L-4--6----------|--8-----------6--4--4-------|
--------4-----------4-------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|--1-----1--1L-1-------------|
--------------------5-------|----------------------------|


--4--------------------4L---|--4--------4L-4-------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------1-----------1-------|--------1-----------1-------|
-----------1L-1--1----------|-----3-----------3----------|


--3--------4L-4--6----------|--8-----------6--4--4-------|
--------4-----------4-------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|--1-----1--1L-1-------------|
--------------------5-------|----------------------------|


-----------1L-1--------4L---|--4-------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------1-----------1-------|--------1-----------1-------|
--3--------------1----------|-----------1L-1--1----------|


--1--------1L-1--------4L---|--4-------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------1-----------1-------|--------1-----------1-------|
-----------------1----------|-----------1L-1--1----------|


-----------------3----------|--11----8--11L11----8-------|--11---||
-----------4L-4--------4----|--9-------------------------|--9----||
--------3-----------3-------|--------------1-------------|-------||
--1-------------------------|--------6--------6--6-------|--10---||

# Solo (chords same as Intro / Verse)
A |--6L---|--6b-6b-6.------|----------------|--------6.------|-------|-------|
E |-------|----------------|--6b----4.-4L---|--4~-------6L---|--6b---|-------|
C |-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|-------|
G |-------|-----------6.---|----------------|----------------|-------|--6~---|


--6b----6L-6L---|--6~------------|--6b---|
----------------|----------------|-------|
----------------|----------------|-------|
----------------|----------------|-------|


--6L-----11.----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
------------------11-----9.-|--------11.-----|-----------6b---|--6L---|
----------------------------|--10b------10b--|--10L---8.------|-------|
---------8-----10-----------|----------------|----------------|-------|


-----------6b---|--6b----------9s-11.-|----------------||
----------------|---------------------|--11~-----------||
----------------|---------------------|----------------||
--6~------------|---------------------|----------------||

# Chorus 3
# The last two bars change and no single strummed chord at the end of the chorus
# The outro starts after the two following bars

-----1-----4L-4L-4L-4L------|--4-------------------------||
----------------------------|----------------------------||
--------1-----------1-------|--------1-----------1-------||
--1--------------3----------|-----------1L-1--1----------||

# Outro
# Requires a Tenor

A |--3--------3----------------|--4--------4----------------|
E |--------2L-2L-2--2--2-------|--------2L-2L-2--2--2-------|
C |--------3-----------3-------|--------5-----------5-------|
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|


--6--------6----------------|--8--------8----------------|
--------4-----------4-------|--------4-----------4-------|
--------6L-6L-6--6--6-------|--------6L-6L-6--6--6-------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|


--9--------9----------------|--11-------11---------------|
--------6-----------6-------|--------8-------------------|
--------6L-6L-6--6--6-------|--------6L-6L-6--6--6-------|
----------------------------|--------------------5-------|


--13-------13---------------|--15-------15-------6-------|
--------9-------------------|--------11------------------|
--------6L-6L-6--6--6-------|--------6L-6L-6--6--6-------|
--------------------6-------|----------------------------|


--16-------16-------8-------|--18-------18-------9-------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
-----------------6--6-------|-----------------6--6-------|
--------10------------------|--------11------------------|


--20-------20-------11------|--18-------18-------9-------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
-----------------6--6-------|-----------------6--6-------|
--------13------------------|--------11------------------|


--16-------16-------8-------|--15-------15-------6-------|
----------------------------|--------11------------------|
-----------------6--6-------|-----------------6--6-------|
--------10------------------|----------------------------|


--13-------13---------------|--11-------11---------------|
--------9-------------------|--------8-------------------|
--------6L-6L-6--6--6-------|--------6L-6L-6--6--6-------|
--------------------6-------|--------------------5-------|


--9--------9----------------|--8--------8----------------|
--------6-----------6-------|--------4-----------4-------|
--------6L-6L-6--6--6-------|--------6L-6L-6--6--6-------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|


--6--------6----------------|--4--------4----------------||
--------4-----------4-------|--------2L-2L-2--2--2-------||
--------6L-6L-6--6--6-------|--------5-----------5-------||
----------------------------|----------------------------||

# Chords

Intro
C# - A#m - Fm - F# - C# - G#
C# - A#m - Fm - F# - C# - G#

Verse 1
C#                A#m
I hate to see you cry
                Fm  F# C# G#
Lying there in that position
C#                         A#m
There's things you need to hear
                  Fm   F#   C# G#
so turn off your tears and listen

Chorus
G#                C#            F#
Pain throws your heart to the ground
G#              C#           F#
Love turns the whole thing around
G#         C#         F#       C#
No it won't all go the way it should
       F#       C#       G#      C#
but I know the heart of life is good

Verse 2
C#                   A#m
You know it's nothin' new
               Fm   F#   C# G#
bad news never had good timing
C#                        A#m
then the circle of your friends
                Fm  F# C#  G#
will defend the silver lining

Chorus
G#                C#            F#
Pain throws your heart to the ground
G#              C#           F#
Love turns the whole thing around
G#         C#         F#       C#
No it won't all go the way it should
       F#       C#       G#      C#
but I know the heart of life is good

Solo
C# - A#m - Fm - F# - C# - G#

Chorus
G#                C#            F#
Pain throws your heart to the ground
G#              C#           F#
Love turns the whole thing around
G#         C#             F#    C#
Fear is a friend who's misunderstood
       F#       C#       G#      C#
but I know the heart of life is good

G#
I know it's good