Chords for John Mayer Heavier Things

_ _ _ [A] _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [N] So I got a story for you, but you gotta turn that camera off.
_ Every song I write from now on is going to be imminently playable on the road,
but it's also going to feel good to play every single night.
Something like [A] this. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ Most of these [G] songs are on the electric guitar, which is my [A] response to the last record.
But I had to write songs on an acoustic guitar because I didn't have a band.
[G] What I like now is I've always [B] wanted to be an electric guitar player.
And in a lot of ways, [E] this is my first love [G] letter to the electric guitar.
Ever since [B] I tried, trying not to fight
[G] Every little meaning [Bm] in my life
It's been fine, [A] been cool
With [G] my new [Bm] golden rule _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] You gotta write a chorus [B] for it.
Finish the chorus, yeah.
_ [D] If I were to put one more song on that was a real [G#] strong tune,
I [E] think it could make the record feel twice as good.
[F#] I don't know if I'm going to write it in New York, but [C#] I think I'll definitely write it [A] in L.A.
L.A. makes me feel [G#] small enough to want to write something to [E] make myself feel bigger.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ Still [Em] is the light [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ of your room [F] when you're not inside
_ _ [A] _ _ And all of [G] your things _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] are the [F] sweetest storylines
[G] I _ [A] _ _ categorize my music as pop first [G] because I want to challenge people to what pop sounds like.
It's pop music with the [Dm] sensibilities of blues and jazz.
So I want to find this medium ground between being [B] accessible
but also giving somebody a bit more to [E] wrap their head around when the song is over. _ _
Yes, I'm [A] grounded, got my [C#m] wings clipped
[E] I'm [A] surrounded by all this [E] pavement
Guess I circle [B] _ while I'm waiting [Am]
for my fuse to dry _ _ _ _
_ Someday [C#m] I'll rise, _ [E] someday I'll show
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ Someday [C#m] I'll be so [E]
damn much [A] more _ _ _ _
_ Cause [C#m] I'm the unit that [E]
God gives [A] me credit for _
We're in week four at this [F#] point and it's going really, really great.
But the anticipation when you come off of [Am] a record that's triple platinum
with a Grammy thrown in on it is so high
[Bm] that everyone's just like, oh my God, oh my God, this is going to be great.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Bm] So check this out, here's the project for this evening.
_ There's a song that's very, it's the most similar to Come Back to Bed than anything else on the record.
And so the idea is, I guess, to space it out idea-wise
so that you can make them different enough.
And I will go over the changes.
This is 6-8. 6-8. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
I know [Em] I could leave _ [A] us for good _ inside of [D] my world
_ _ What is it that's [A] not working?
What is it that's [G] pissing me off?
I thought it would be more dynamic when we cut it.
We haven't cut it yet.
Getting our toes wet.
_ _ [Bm] _
_ _ Slow.
Just like a [Em] maze Too slow.
Where all [A] of the walls are continually [Bm] _ chained
It's a constant smackdown of you're not done.
To [Em] hear, in a very sobering way, keep writing,
it's like a kick to [G] the stomach.
You're like, I don't have anything left.
There's a main [B] idea to that song waiting there.
We haven't found it yet.
_ We haven't found it yet.
That's [A#] why when we play it, something's not clicking.
[A] I can hear that it's going to be all right.
[D] It's not like a million miles [A] off on the dot.
It's not.
This is [E] one of those that we're going to [A] hit a [D] moment.
_ We [B] have to capture that moment.
What I want it to do is exactly this.
One, two, three, [Bm] four.
_ _ So fathers [E] be good to [G] your _ [D] daughters _ _
[Bm] Daughters [E] will love [A] like you do _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ Girls [E] become lovers [G] who turn [D] into mothers
_ [Bm] So fathers [E] be good to [G] your [D] daughters too
[Bm] So fathers be good to your _ [D] daughters too _ _ _
_ _ Now we're talking.
Now we're sizzling.
[F]
This is what I'm really born to do,
that I'm going to stretch my capacity,
and I'm going to work in three different [C] timelines
at the same time.
I'm going to work on rehearsing the [Am] songs
that I've already written,
[Cm] working on the [A] songs that I'm not done with,
and then I'm going to go back to my hotel room
and I'm going to work on songs
that haven't [C] even happened yet. _ _
_ Someone [G] _ will _ ask you to [C] come
See [A#] someone coming [F] home
_ [Gm] Hold a single _ rose
[A#] Look at that [G] love _
_ _ Oh, la, la, la, la _
_ _ [C] That's the way this wheel keeps _ [F] working now
[G] My hardest obstacle to overcome right now
is feeling like it's almost done
and therefore there's no time or space
to write another song,
because I can tell you right now
that I have another song to write.
Yeah, well, I can see right here.
I _ say, it goes,
And you won't [F] be the first
_ No, you [E] won't be the [A#] first
To love [D]