Thanks a lot dude! You´re really amazing!! My gf love this song, so do I!!! I played this song for her and it saved our relationship!! Dude, you´re my hero!
Thanks for putting this out there. Your style is very simple to follow and your instructions are pretty clear. Able to learn pretty quickly and am having a good time with it.
Time flies when ur pimpin out awesome tutorials. 2 years since video release already... if your ever low on cash bro you should try giving lessons.. you got a great nack for it.. thanks so much for the help... 10/10~!
Thanks from the very bottom of my heart. i just started too see this video yesterday and now im already good at it and thinking of putting it up! but thanks dude for doing whatever you do!
Tks for posting....quality lesson. A quick question - is this alternate tuning? if so, what's the tuning? also....where can i find the tabs you posted....another website.
you're absolutely incredible. I'd give anything to be able to be able to play like you. You're one of the few who play this right and so that it sounds full. Thanks for taking the time to post this for less talented hacks like me. :-)
Man you're awesome, I don't have my guitar with me and it sucks but anyway this a hell of a tutorial, really nice, flawless and beautifully explained. Thanks a lot.
Dude, really appreciate you taking the time to do this tutorial. Great job! ...and thanks to you I can play the whole song after just a day of practicing. You Rock!! Keep'em coming!!
Dude, really appreciate you taking the time to do this tutorial. Great job! ...and thanks to you I can play the whole song after just a day of practicing. You Rock!! Keep'em coming!!
can't belive i've first seen this vid. now.. and yes you are right there are no complete tabs out there that sounds right but this is the right one in my ears! GREAT JOB MAN KEEP IT ON PLEASE :D
you're such a great player! i have a request: "Heart of Life" by John Mayer please!!! i love that song as well and would love to learn it and hear you play it. thanks,
The open tuning only has three notes in it... E, F#, B which means the open strum makes the chords Esus2... It is almost the same as an E major chord (E, G#, B) only that the middle note G# is lowered two tones to F#
Thank you Swingfire for that tutorial, it's literally the best tutorial I've seen as a whole and it's one of the hardest songs to play having that weird tuning in mind.
It's fantastic how you spell every chord and summarize each part of the song. That's the way to do a tutorial.
patrick keep on tryin i mean me too i am a worst guitar player that you could imagine b4. but now \m/ i can rock not much but great... just keep tryin smoke some grass help you out
joke
lol
Ohhhh man thanks again i started hating to play a guitar when i try to play this song b4 it took me lot of days o weeks but i still cant get it. now i got it with your great tutorial. helps alot thank you so much
thanks so much! learned the whole song today from your videos, practicing still now while watching opening nfl game, u've got it down perfectly and u made it so easy to learn, the outro tabs are perfect but a bitch on the finger stretches, gotta work on getting clean notes, john must have extra long flexible fingers, gonna play this on my show this weekend (tiki bar music guy here)
Have you figured the outro yet? At the time I was learning it I could really figure out exactly what he was playing...even after watching the convert is 1080p
Cheers man, this is definitely a great tutorial for an awesome song. I also prefer not to use the thumb so much just due to the size of my hand and width of my guitar neck, but i see JM does so i'm gonna work on it. Thanks again, and i look forward to learning more from you :)
Hey, bro, is there any problem if I don't use the thumb? I'm a classical guitar player and LUUUV J.M. songs and style, but this thumb is too much for me. heheh
Keep the same tuning and then go around these 4 chords:
7 x 7 9 0 0
4 x 7 9 0 0
x 4 7 9 0 0
x 5 7 9 0 0
You can experiment a bit with the last two open strings - muting or not. I dont have my guitar by the computer now, but Im pretty damn sure this is how its done :)
Hmm, if I don't use my thumb I think the easiest way is to use my index finger on the low e, then my middle finger and ring finger for the d and g strings respectively (talking as if they weren't tuned up). is that how you were doing it? i don't think you really have to bar anything
Hey pal, excellent job...I was gonna try and dissect this myself but you made life much easier...I have my own interpretations and tweaks, but they might add up to 0.75 seconds of the song...your version is spot on.
In regards to the "wherever you go" ending in live in LA...I think I can make life a little easier for ya. You likely would have figured it out pretty quick. It's 4 chords repeating.
The A string is tuned up a major second to a B, you don't notice it in the last song cause it's
always muted in the previous part. With that, the chords are as follows.
first (high e) string is always muted. then, from the 6th strumming down it's muted, open, 2nd fret, 5th fret, 4th fret and the high e as i said before is muted.
The 2nd chord uses that shape, except adds a middle finger to the 4th fret of the 6th (low e) string.
The next mutes the 6th string, and you move to the 5th string, 4th fret.
Last chord is muting the 5th fret, allowing the 6th to vibrate. high e is always muted
hey man, thanks so much for this. you're absolutely right that all of the tabs out there are wrong for this song. Would you please detail the quick progression done at 1:16-1:18 here?
wow you're amazing at guitar.. but not singing ;)
SuperOctavioR 16 hours ago
Thanks a lot dude! You´re really amazing!! My gf love this song, so do I!!! I played this song for her and it saved our relationship!! Dude, you´re my hero!
mrkung19 4 weeks ago
Wow just thanks! This is perfect!
sylvestaz 1 month ago
what guitar do you use? the harmonics sound so soft on my crappy guitar -__-
ivanchunghk 1 month ago in playlist More videos from swingfire19
thanks bro, this song is really hard to play, helped me out alot
26lumz 2 months ago
my hand is to small to do that lol
kkkastig 4 months ago
Your guitar sounds verry nice but you d'better stop singing
MrPieter18 5 months ago
i wish i had longer fingers T_T
xtianwenraey 5 months ago
Strum pattern?
Hahahahahudbef 7 months ago
The was once a guy who posted A tutorial of this song a couple years back. It was this song perfected but, sadly I cant find it :(
ErikLavine123 7 months ago
Thanks for putting this out there. Your style is very simple to follow and your instructions are pretty clear. Able to learn pretty quickly and am having a good time with it.
jmichaelcar2 7 months ago
haha pimpin
MRjAvellaneda 7 months ago
One of the best YouTube tutorials I've ever seen.
roan1000 7 months ago
Defenently the best turtila out there man fricken awesome
IronManTan77 7 months ago
K I know you had a cold, but just lay off the singing and stick with guitar. Otherwise great tutorial!;)
DearLucyPrudence 8 months ago
ur a saint man u know that. :)
MrShiningbubblegum 8 months ago
Time flies when ur pimpin out awesome tutorials. 2 years since video release already... if your ever low on cash bro you should try giving lessons.. you got a great nack for it.. thanks so much for the help... 10/10~!
luebbers03 9 months ago
Men excelent your tutorial, Exitos....
manuek1994 9 months ago
dude, awesome video learned the whole song in 10 minutes thanks alot help a TONS!!!!!
IronManTan77 11 months ago
Thanks for the great tutorials man! Did you teach yourself to play?
TimMac4807 1 year ago
Thanks from the very bottom of my heart. i just started too see this video yesterday and now im already good at it and thinking of putting it up! but thanks dude for doing whatever you do!
goomansgoo 1 year ago
How long have you played guitar for? You're amazing!
susnafdfg 1 year ago
@susnafdfg Thanks! I've played for about seven years now, five when I made this video
swingfire19 1 year ago
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thanx man ...loov u a lotzzzzzzzzzzzzz
jeetcool4girls 1 year ago
thanx man ...loov u a lot
jeetcool4girls 1 year ago
Do i have to tune my guitarr ?
bullensw6 1 year ago
@bullensw6 Yes, see part 1
swingfire19 1 year ago
thanks a lot man, the best tutorial on this song, absolutely flawless.
stbojan 1 year ago
my hands are too small to play the outro :/ awesome lesson though!
connorv5 1 year ago
great job! helped a ton!
natmeont92 1 year ago
Old Dogs can learn new tricks......Hey Thanks....Teach....!!!!
BitchGibson 1 year ago
whats the tuning
theBrUnOcTaVIO 1 year ago
Thank you. Just THANK YOU :D You're helping me cross off number 20 on my Bucket List.. To Learn this song, I couldn't do it without you.
TheJenniReid 1 year ago
very good job man!
now, I would appreciate a lot if you could find the chords for the part when John Mayer sings:
"Where ever I go
What ever I do
I wonder where I am in my relationship to you..."
aerrhh 1 year ago 8
@aerrhh Read the video description.
swingfire19 1 year ago 3
looool you right! xD
I was watching the video and running out of time! LOL
thanks! ;)
and good work!
aerrhh 1 year ago
Tks for posting....quality lesson. A quick question - is this alternate tuning? if so, what's the tuning? also....where can i find the tabs you posted....another website.
robreke 1 year ago
thanks so much my man!
zfinnan 1 year ago
you're absolutely incredible. I'd give anything to be able to be able to play like you. You're one of the few who play this right and so that it sounds full. Thanks for taking the time to post this for less talented hacks like me. :-)
diablo93399 1 year ago
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96india 1 year ago
Man you're awesome, I don't have my guitar with me and it sucks but anyway this a hell of a tutorial, really nice, flawless and beautifully explained. Thanks a lot.
stbojan 1 year ago
My strings keep breaking lol
K3BANG 1 year ago
Dude you're a f***ing beast for tabbing this and making the tutorial. For real
stunna69504 1 year ago
Great lesson!
It's crazy to play.
Sjorsieboy93 1 year ago
Thanks man, good tutorial ;)
mikmc 1 year ago
would this work in open d tuning with a capo on the second thret?? thanks
steelalx 1 year ago
Awesome!!!! Thanks for sharing!
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Dude, really appreciate you taking the time to do this tutorial. Great job! ...and thanks to you I can play the whole song after just a day of practicing. You Rock!! Keep'em coming!!
daviddimuzio 1 year ago
Dude, really appreciate you taking the time to do this tutorial. Great job! ...and thanks to you I can play the whole song after just a day of practicing. You Rock!! Keep'em coming!!
daviddimuzio 1 year ago
can't belive i've first seen this vid. now.. and yes you are right there are no complete tabs out there that sounds right but this is the right one in my ears! GREAT JOB MAN KEEP IT ON PLEASE :D
GkepperW 1 year ago
Great tutorial, john mayer can write some crazy songs with crazy chords and its awesome you could figure them out. thanks
kroman4 1 year ago
@billoved7777777 Thanks!
swingfire19 1 year ago
wow this is unreal. so accurate. thank you so much!!
thibie812 1 year ago
thank youuuu ;)
nahadin 1 year ago
Perfect!! This song is amazing!! great guitar sound!!
emilio105 1 year ago
DAMN! that's amazing
I'm jumping on my chair, you finally unlock this song
:D
Great job dude!
MOoPpSss 1 year ago
great tutorial. u made it easy to learn. 1 hour is all it took... thumbs up!
Ditho86 1 year ago
dude , you should definitly post more ( john Mayer??) tutorials on youtube,
you're talk is clear and so is your playing,
i realy enjoyed it, thx!
26570kolder 1 year ago
Amazing. What strings do you have on your guitar?
Ninjabenkei 1 year ago 2
@Ninjabenkei thanks a lot, I use elixers. the nanoweb ones have the best sound in my opinion
swingfire19 1 year ago 3
thank you so much!! \o/
Heyn20 1 year ago
you're such a great player! i have a request: "Heart of Life" by John Mayer please!!! i love that song as well and would love to learn it and hear you play it. thanks,
Renae :)
iheartharryandedward 1 year ago
Thanks very, very much. Have been looking for a good tab/tutorial for this song for about a year and can truely say i've found one!
ShadyMcF 2 years ago
great tutorial
klum03 2 years ago
this is spot on, cheers man! :D
coxy8oi 2 years ago
great tutorial, thanks. tell me, do you know what key the open tuning is in? seems quite unusual.
estoboy50 2 years ago
The open tuning only has three notes in it... E, F#, B which means the open strum makes the chords Esus2... It is almost the same as an E major chord (E, G#, B) only that the middle note G# is lowered two tones to F#
:)
espen0509 2 years ago
Thank you Swingfire for that tutorial, it's literally the best tutorial I've seen as a whole and it's one of the hardest songs to play having that weird tuning in mind.
It's fantastic how you spell every chord and summarize each part of the song. That's the way to do a tutorial.
Cheerz!
capoeirahh 2 years ago
patrick keep on tryin i mean me too i am a worst guitar player that you could imagine b4. but now \m/ i can rock not much but great... just keep tryin smoke some grass help you out
joke
lol
Ohhhh man thanks again i started hating to play a guitar when i try to play this song b4 it took me lot of days o weeks but i still cant get it. now i got it with your great tutorial. helps alot thank you so much
MrLilisatube 2 years ago
good tutorial 5/5
i downloaded a guitar pro tab but this video made it all perfectly clear
IALON 2 years ago
What is the tune?
KconxD 2 years ago
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E B E F# B e
elusiveback15 2 years ago
great tab man, thanks a lot. i think what's most impressive is how the HELL did mayer come up with this? godd.
ben8365 2 years ago 23
agreed.
swingfire19 2 years ago
@swingfire19 i know right who knows chords in open b tuning nevermind writing a whole song in it
A7X514 1 year ago
Thanks for this!
FrantasticalC 2 years ago
This is making painfully clear, how bad a guitar player I am. :(
PatrickRob82 2 years ago
helpfull ;) thx
90stormyweather 2 years ago
ty very much buddy. i was just looking for this
MrEmatson 2 years ago
your thumb in ur butt? aw come on.
hahah overall nice tut! 5/5
k03ntje 2 years ago
Great work. Do you know of a tab source for "wherever you go?"
MrDoanster 2 years ago
thannk you!!
Sph134s 2 years ago
Great Job man, other TABS where kinda off, ur great man.!
04MMM 2 years ago 6
Thanks dude...
guiseibert 2 years ago
the best tutorial i've seen for this song!!! thanks a lot!!!! it really helped me so much!!!!
80gwapig08 2 years ago
ahhhh yes it all makes sense, you rock buddy
i really appreciate the work
Coltrane45 2 years ago
very good tutorial man it totally helped me :D
iwbitb 2 years ago
thanks so much! learned the whole song today from your videos, practicing still now while watching opening nfl game, u've got it down perfectly and u made it so easy to learn, the outro tabs are perfect but a bitch on the finger stretches, gotta work on getting clean notes, john must have extra long flexible fingers, gonna play this on my show this weekend (tiki bar music guy here)
gmusic8 2 years ago
Thanks for the info and demo man. Very helpful!!
guiterry 2 years ago
what guitar are you playing?
dlblanch 2 years ago
larrivee om-03re
swingfire19 2 years ago
I ♥ U!!!
Thanks a bunch man!!!!!!!!
heartsaussies 2 years ago
Thank u sooooooo much
Doud92 2 years ago
Dude, thank you!
johnnyzaman 2 years ago
i love you! lol
christmas0cake 2 years ago
Great job and thank you. You made that easy.
alpo670 2 years ago
Have you figured the outro yet? At the time I was learning it I could really figure out exactly what he was playing...even after watching the convert is 1080p
iamignign0kt 2 years ago
see the video info.
swingfire19 2 years ago
Cheers man, this is definitely a great tutorial for an awesome song. I also prefer not to use the thumb so much just due to the size of my hand and width of my guitar neck, but i see JM does so i'm gonna work on it. Thanks again, and i look forward to learning more from you :)
feelthepump 2 years ago
Awesome man. Best tutorial I could find for this song. Thanks
AndrewL37 2 years ago
great tutorial, helps alot
Coltrane45 2 years ago
Hey, bro, is there any problem if I don't use the thumb? I'm a classical guitar player and LUUUV J.M. songs and style, but this thumb is too much for me. heheh
Is it ok? Any opinions here? Tks to everyone
caiopcd 2 years ago
I'm sure that's fine, as long as you're playing the same chords it doesn't really matter
swingfire19 2 years ago
As for the whereever you go part.
Keep the same tuning and then go around these 4 chords:
7 x 7 9 0 0
4 x 7 9 0 0
x 4 7 9 0 0
x 5 7 9 0 0
You can experiment a bit with the last two open strings - muting or not. I dont have my guitar by the computer now, but Im pretty damn sure this is how its done :)
Llhuna 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure it's
X 0 2 5 0 0
4 X 2 5 0 0
X 4 2 5 0 0
x 5 2 5 0 0
the B and high E naturally get muted.
that's how John plays it on the live DVD.
CAPT4INSL0W 2 years ago
close. I think it's
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4x254x
x4254x
05254x
swingfire19 2 years ago
Yeah, I watched the video, and then fiddled around on my guitar, and I came up with the same chord shapes as swingfire.
thegovernator 2 years ago
Is this guitar an Eagle?
sulivex 2 years ago
No, it's a Larrivée
swingfire19 2 years ago
Great job. My hands are just too small. Trying to use bar chords in the 9th 7th and 2nd fret any suggestions?
Tainpa 2 years ago
Hmm, if I don't use my thumb I think the easiest way is to use my index finger on the low e, then my middle finger and ring finger for the d and g strings respectively (talking as if they weren't tuned up). is that how you were doing it? i don't think you really have to bar anything
swingfire19 2 years ago
ur awesome man, ive been meaning to start learnin this song, just the tunings really hectic haha
btw, is that guitar in the same family as john mayer's?
tru3n1gma 2 years ago
thanks a lot, man. the guitar isn't made by Martin like JM's, but it is the same body style, an OM
swingfire19 2 years ago
Actually, he's playing a dreadnaught for this song.
chillyd1 2 years ago
Actually, JM is playing a Martin Dreadnaught for this song on the live DVD.
chillyd1 2 years ago
This guy , my friends
is king
Lennart1337 2 years ago
Indeedles... give this guitarist a crown...
TidalWaveRider 2 years ago
ya man really good job with this...can you get the wherever you go outro up??
tymac2k69 2 years ago 2
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aaellis21 2 years ago
Really fine work. A great explanation of a beautiful song.
FOBM1 2 years ago
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JunOakaDJ 2 years ago
Thank you, good tab and explanation.
jmk1387 2 years ago
You are my idol, i have been looking for a decent tab/lesson of this for ages!! Thanks alot!
FreckletonBoy 2 years ago
Sweeeeeeeet fancy Moses! Loved it!
How about the Live in LA ending??
I'm sure you're working on it for us.
Keep on keepin' on!
bryenlink 2 years ago
I haven't tried to figure that out yet, but I'll work on it when I've got some more time (probably not for a few weeks unfortunately)
swingfire19 2 years ago
Hey pal, excellent job...I was gonna try and dissect this myself but you made life much easier...I have my own interpretations and tweaks, but they might add up to 0.75 seconds of the song...your version is spot on.
In regards to the "wherever you go" ending in live in LA...I think I can make life a little easier for ya. You likely would have figured it out pretty quick. It's 4 chords repeating.
The A string is tuned up a major second to a B, you don't notice it in the last song cause it's
Lyncherrr 2 years ago
always muted in the previous part. With that, the chords are as follows.
first (high e) string is always muted. then, from the 6th strumming down it's muted, open, 2nd fret, 5th fret, 4th fret and the high e as i said before is muted.
The 2nd chord uses that shape, except adds a middle finger to the 4th fret of the 6th (low e) string.
The next mutes the 6th string, and you move to the 5th string, 4th fret.
Last chord is muting the 5th fret, allowing the 6th to vibrate. high e is always muted
Lyncherrr 2 years ago 2
Nice, I'll def try that out next time I tune up for this song. Thanks
swingfire19 2 years ago
dude, whats that guitar?
amaaaaaaaaazing sound
caiomoc2 2 years ago
it's a Larrivee OM-03RE, I just got it a few months ago. i highly recommend it, it sounds so awesome in person
swingfire19 2 years ago
Fucking awesome.
cyclonenimrod 3 years ago
Excellent tutorial! The song is actually really easy to play (depends on your level, though), once you practice a bit.
dragonjepp 3 years ago
fantastic. thank you.
kubiyaki 3 years ago
hey man, thanks so much for this. you're absolutely right that all of the tabs out there are wrong for this song. Would you please detail the quick progression done at 1:16-1:18 here?
davidpottermusic 3 years ago
hey, i don't know if you've seen them but I put up some tabs so that might help you
swingfire19 3 years ago
thatk you soooo much, great tutorial
huttonhenrysfinest 3 years ago