John Mayer - Assassin Acoustic @ Berklee Cover

[kjw1993]

weird, thats almost the exact same chord progression as my little girl by jack johnson

[donmeswimee]

is this an electric on acoustic sim?

[kontolraksasa]

@donmeswimee nope, its a hybrid taylor guitar

[bjmm1993]

berklee dude

[VicRoseMusic]

Thanks for the explanation!

[80gwapig08]

Dude! What kid of guitar do you have? it sounds really good

[Knutli]

Nice guitar man:) Gotta love the T5´s:)

[trevbyrne]

Simple song. Its in the Key of D. Throw the capo on the 2nd fret and the chord progression is Bm, G, Bm, A. Same progression for the chorus. Enjoy.

-Trev

[BOGGLEO]

nice nice nice

[joshsalesmusic]

i'm thinkin it's 7-9-11-7-x-x for the first one, but everything else sounds awesome. then at the "ooo you get in..." you switch to the 0-7-5-7-x-x for the 1st

[easty7]

John Mayer- Assassin Music Video up on youtube

[Bearswin8584]

is that a taylor?

[thekennyclarke]

a T5? i'm jealous beyond all measure

[leerobs42]

hey bluewaterpig you're a d-bag..... who the f cares how it's spelled?? nice job man..  if thats not right it's the closest i've seen.

[bluewaterpig]

It's Berklee College of Music, where John went to school, not Berkley University. And your chords are wrong.

[coconuthead]

is that a T5?

me = jealous

[TheJazzman1986]

The chord you want to use isn't a bminor#5 it is a bminor9 stacked in fifths e b g 7 D 11 A 9 E 7 He uses those kind of shapes in that entire video until he gets to the minor ii-V sequence. If I remember it is bminor9 G bminor9 Amaj9....all stacked fifth chords Peace

[BW9191]

the T5 is the shit!!

[supermanny73]

Dude, loving that Taylor T5!!!

Great post!

[prenner2006]

nice cover, but why don't you just play the Bm Chord like that:

7-9-x-7-x-x

much easier and playable with johns thumb-technique^^

[kdense08]

because it's not the right chord then, I swear some of you guitarists only care about playing every song in the easiest possible way.

[prenner2006]

I would say that my and your version include exactly the same notes... tell me if I'm wrong

[kdense08]

ok... you're wrong haha. He's not playing a regular Bm chord, technically, that's a Bm#5. The chord you mentioned (the easier way) would be a Bm6 two different chords. So you would be missing out out the dark spooky harmony in the song. So don't cut corners anymore! lol

[kdense08]

haha damn, actually the real chord is a Bm but the chord you wanted to use was a Bm#5 . My bad

[prenner2006]

7-x-4-7-x-x

and

7-9-x-7-x-x

I can't hear even one different note..?

(I'm not a professional guitarist by the way, I just don't know where the difference is, beside possble ghost notes)

[kdense08]

you can't hear a difference because there isn't one Haha. My bad, I misread your tab the first time, you can play it either way.

[alguira]

"make things as simple as you can. but do not make them more simple" Albert Einstein

[TaG0ne]

I hear you guys on the 7-9-x-7 they are very similar and John is a thumber. For me the previous chord is just easier. I would love to see the video of that show if it's around.

And yes she is a T-5; buttery smooth to play. The tone is a little "plunky/hollow" in the high notes though but I love it.

[TaG0ne]

Found the video!! Sweeet.

[jahmerican876]

@TaG0ne

Here is the vid

John Mayer Clinic @ Berklee "Inspiration Information" - #6

[TaG0ne]

Here you go:

0-7-5-7-x-x Em7

3-x-0-2-x-x Gsus2

7-x-4-7-x-x Bm

5-x-7-6-x-x A

Into the "get gone" part it switches to Bm A G. Still working on the complete song but I'll put it on the net soon.

[TaG0ne]

Sorry that's Bm A Gsus2. I can play the whole song with these 4 chords.

[Dathmirx]

Actually mate, I think the "get in, get gone" part should be Em7 and then a quick change from Bm to A.

But great job on this!

[Szalizard]

Wrong.

[Nuge2008]

Any possibility of gettin this tabbed? Sounds dead on with the Berklee session, nice job.

[leerobs42]

closest i've heard so far....