Chords for Teen With Autism Sings Like John Mayer

_ Will you sing a song with [E] me?
When I asked total strangers to sing, part of the fun [Abm] of it is learning more about who they are.
[D] What you'll see here is me meeting [Dbm] Ryan for the first time.
_ However, it was our conversation after this moment [Bm] that I learned something very [A] interesting about him. _
[E] It turns out that for most of Ryan's life, he hasn't been able to speak.
_ Yeah, so I was diagnosed [A] at three years old.
_ Couldn't communicate, couldn't talk until I was [E] about 10 years old.
Ryan has autism, a [G] brain condition that affects [C] how you learn and interact with the world.
While most kids have [G] conversation as early as [C] three years old, Ryan didn't start to
converse with people [G] until he was 10.
[C] The way he learned to speak was quite interesting.
[G] He actually memorized song [C] lyrics [F] until the words started making sense.
He [G] listened to every single Beatle album [C] and only the Beatles albums for [F] probably what,
almost a year?
Okay, [C] yeah.
And then all the Michael Jackson albums [Fm] for six months.
[C] _ And then he just started memorizing albums and he would just play them all night.
He'd go to sleep listening to them.
The [G] ability to talk, [C] something most of us just take for granted, didn't come easy for [G] Ryan.
_ But what came a [Ab] little easier for him was learning to play musical instruments. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ What changed my life is music and it [Cm] made me feel more verbal and it made me [Bb] feel more
_ [Eb] confident.
[Bb] _ [Eb] My favorite all-time musician has got to be John Mayer. _ _
Without [C] having known any of this, I meet Ryan for the first time at the NAMM [Bb] convention
in sunny [C] California.
_ _ [Bb] Who's next?
You're next?
[C] _
Let's go.
[Bb] What kind of music do you [Am] usually play?
_ [Bb] [C] Tons, tons of different kinds.
What kind of music do you like listening to?
[Bb] I listen to a lot of [E] guitarists.
[C] John Mayer, there we go.
[Bb] Yeah, yeah, cool.
[C]
So, _ [Bb] any particular songs by him?
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ Gravity?
[Dm] Great song, great song.
Let's do it.
What [G] brings you here?
What brings me here?
So, we were [C] _
here [G] for the Mayer concert.
_ _ [Am] We saw him last night.
[G] Nice.
And I was like, when is NAMM [Dm] doing it?
I'm like, oh, it's doing the same week, _ [G] same weekend as Mayer played for [C] KIAform. _
_ [Bb] Perfect.
Wait, perfect timing [C] or no?
Perfect timing.
Okay, [Bb] good, good, good, good.
Yeah, [C] yeah.
There [Eb] you go.
Thank you.
Where do you see yourself in, let's say, five years?
I know it's a random question.
Yeah, I see myself writing [Cm] my own music and just _ being like, I see myself _ _
[Eb] recording, put out albums and just _ be the artist who I have to be.
Yes, yes.
_ [Cm] Yeah.
And what would you write songs about? _
Well, I've written three so far.
[Eb] Oh, cool.
I wrote one about me going through some stuff and a couple of them, _ _ another one is about [Cm] weather metaphors.
_ You said weather metaphors?
Yeah.
_ Because I [Fm] wrote that, [Eb]
because the first verse is about rain, because I wrote that in English class.
_ He's like, write a poem [Cm] about rain.
And I wrote those lyrics.
_ _ Ah, so [Eb] that was the second one.
So what's your third one [Ab] about?
The third one is about losing a friend.
_ Oh, no.
Did your friend die or did you not have a friend?
My friend died.
Oh, no, I'm sorry.
There was some incident at school. _
And you were able to get your feelings out through the song?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, let's get some feelings out now.
_ _ _ _ _ Okay. _ _ [G] Hmm. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ That is how I could stand [Am] out there.
[Gm] _ _ Dream of _ ways _ to [Eb] fly _ away.
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_ _ [D] _ If you know the song, sing along with me.
_ [A] Oh, _ _ [G] _
gravity _ _ is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ working [C] against me now.
_ _ _ Ooh.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] And gravity, _ yeah. _ _ _ _
_ When it wants to bring me [C] down, bring me down, bring me down. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, _ twice as much.
_ _ And twice as good.
_ _ _ [D] And can't sustain it.
_ _ Like a one-off cut.
_ _ _ [Gm] So it's wanting more.
_ _ That's gonna set me [Eb] to my [Em] _ [Am] _
knees.
_ [D] Give me where the _ light is.
_ _ Just keep me [G] where the light is. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Just keep me where the [C]
light is, yeah. _ _ _
_ _ Just keep me where [G] the light is. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Come on, keep me where the [C] light is.
_ _ _ Now listen here.
_ _ _ [G] I got _ _ _ [Em] dreams.
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_ _ _ _ Dreams [C] to _ remember.
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_ _ _ [E] I said I [G] got dreams, yeah. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Dreams to [C]
remember, _ yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Said I got [G] dreams, I got dreams, I got dreams, I got dreams.
I got dreams.
I got the dreams to _ [C]
remember, yeah.
_ I got dreams.
I got dreams.
I got [G] dreams.
I got dreams to remember. _ _ _
_ So you just keep me where [C] the light _ is. _ _
Oh yeah.
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_ _ _ _ _ Thank you. _
My name is Ryan Witter.
Thank you for having me, man.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] Thank you.
Thank you so much, man.
I appreciate that.
Thanks [Cm] so much, man.
[Db] I want to ask you something.
Now that you've sung, how do you feel?
I feel great.
[Eb] Me too.
Me too.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yeah, [Ab] so, [Db] you know, I have your contact information.
You got an email or?
Instagram or something?
[Eb] Yeah, I got a business card.
Okay, perfect.
Business card?
_ [Ab] _ _ [Db] Awesome. _
_ _ _ _ Thank you [Fm] so much, man.
I appreciate it, bro.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, man.
[Cm] All right.
Have a [Db] great rest of your day.
_ _ Thank _
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[Ab] you so much [Db] for watching.
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