Free Fallin' - Cover by John Mayer

Arranged by Chaz

Standard Tuning

Capo 3 - this depends on your vocal range.

The original key is for capo 3, but I did it on capo 1 because

I could not sing that high at the end of the song. Moving the

capo below the third fret, will lower the overall pitch.

h - hammer on

x - (on all strings) means tap the strings with your pick hand.

*ALL BASS NOTES ON THE LOW E-STRING ARE FRETTED BY THE THUMB*

Intro (ALL FINGER-PICKED NO PICKS)

e---------------------------0--x---------x----------x--------x---------------0--x---

B--3--3--3--3--2--2h3--3-------x--3---3--x--3----3--x--3--3--x--2--2h3--3-------x---

G--2--2--2--2--2--2------------x--0---2--x--2----2--x--2--2--x--2--2------------x---

D--0--0--0--0--2----------2----x--0---0--x--0----0--x--0--0--x--2----------2----x---

A--------------0--0------------x---------x----------x--------x--0--0------------x---

E--2--3--3--2------------------x----2----x--3--3----x--3--2--x------------------x---

e-----------------------x---------------------0--x-------------------------0-----

B--3---3---------3--3---x--3--3--2--2h3--3-------x--3---3---------3----3-----0---

G--0---0h2--2----2--0h2-x--2--2--2--2------------x--0---0h2--2----0h2----0-------

D--0---0------0--0--0---x--0--0--2----------2----x--0---0------0--0--------------

A-----------------------x--------0--0------------x-------------------------------

E----2-----------3--3---x--3--2------------------x----2-----------3--------------

Cont'd from above section...

e--------------0-------

B----0h3--3-------2----

G----2------------2----

D----0-------0----2----

A-----------------0----

E--2------------------

Verse and Chorus (basically the entire rest of the song)

PERFORMANCE NOTES:

• YOU CAN FINGER-PICK UNTIL YOU WANT TO BE LOUDER
• SWELL THE SONG BY SWITCHING TO STRUMMING
• WHEN STRUMMING, USE BASIC CHORD SHAPES AND PLUCK BASE NOTES
• JUST MOVE THE BASS NOTES ON THE THUMB.
• PICK-HAND NOTES:

S - strum with a down stroke of the finger(s) on the finger-picking hand

T - slap/pluck string with thumb (John's song "Neon" should ring a bell here)

I - pluck the string with the index finger (Again much like "Neon" here)

e-----x-----x-------x----x----------x--------------------------0--x--------

B-----x--3--x--3----x--3-x-----3----x--3------3--2--2h3--3--------x--3-----

G-----x--2--x--2----x--2-x-----0h2--x--2------2--2--2-------------x--------(REPEAT)

D-----x--0--x--0----x--0-x-----0----x--0------0--2--2-------0-----x--------

A-----x-----x-------x----x----------x------------0--0-------------x--------

E--2--x-----x----3--x----x--3-------x----3--2---------------------x--------

---T-------------T-------T-----S---------T--T-S--S--S----I--T--I-----I-----

Bridge Section (consisting of the phrase "free fallin', now I'm free fallin" etc...)

THIS PART IS JUST STRUMMING THE BASS NOTES, OF THE BASIC CHORD SHAPES.

LIKE - DA DA DA, DA DA DA DA DA, DA DA DA, DA DA DA DA DA (REPEAT)

*Each comma represents a thumb bass note change.

LYRICS:

VERSE 1:

She's a good girl, loves her mama

Loves Jesus and America too

She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis

Loves horses and her boyfriend too

VERSE 2:

Its a long day living in Reseda

There's a freeway runnin' through the yard

And Im a bad boy 'cause I dont even miss her

I'm a bad boy for breakin her heart

CHORUS:

And Im free, free fallin, fallin'

Yeah Im free, free fallin, fallin'

VERSE 3:

All the vampires walkin through the valley

Move west down Ventura Boulevard

And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows

And all the good girls are home with broken hearts

CHORUS:

And Im free, free fallin, fallin'

Yeah Im free, free fallin, fallin'

BRIDGE:

Free fallin, now Im free fallin, now im

Free fallin, now Im free fallin, now im

VERSE 4:

I wanna glide down over Mulholland

I wanna write her name in the sky

Gonna free fall out into nothin'

Gonna leave this world for a while

CHORUS: REPEAT 3X

And Im free, free fallin, fallin'

Yeah Im free, free fallin, fallin'