John Mayer - Perfectly Lonely Tabs

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

** notes in brackets are just an example of what you can do with the chords, as he 
does many different hammers and slides
*** I’ve added a link to the solo/intro at the bottom of the page


Main Figure [C, F, Dm, G] (chorus/verse/solo):

e|-(3)------------x---(x)---x----------------|
B|--5-------------1---(5)---10----------3----|
G|--5-------------2---(5)---10-(10h12)--4----|
D|--5------(5h7)--3---(7)---12----------5----|
A|--3-(5/7)-------x---(x)----x----------x----|
E|----------------1---(5)---10----------3----|

In the pre-chorus and chorus he does this variation [Em, Am, Dm, G]:

e|-------------------------------|
B|---3---5---10---3--------------|
G|---0---5---10---4--------------|
D|---x---7---12---5--------------|
A|---2---x---x----x--------------|
E|---0---5---10---3--------------|

Bridge [Am, C, F, G, Am, C, F, Fm]:

e|----------------|----------------|
B|--5--5--1--3----|--5--5--1--1----|
G|--5--5--2--4----|--5--5--2--1----|
D|--7--5--3--5----|--7--5--3--3----|
A|--x--7--x--x----|--x--7--x--x----|
E|--5-----1--3----|--5-----1--1----|

If you want to learn the intro and solo I suggest using this video I found, it’s 
the best one by far.

Lyrics:
Had a little love
But I spread it thin
Falling in her arms at night again
I made a bad name for my game round town
Tore out my heart and shut it down

Nothing to do
Nowhere to be
A simple little a kind of free
Nothing to do
No one but me
That's is all I need

I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely
Yeaah...
Cause I don't belong to anyone
And nobody belongs to me

I see my friends around from time to time
When the ladies let us slip away
And when they ask me how I'm doing with mine
This is always what I say

Nothing to do
Nowhere to be
A simple little kind of free
Nothing to do
No one to be
Is it really hard to see?

I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely
Yeah...
Cause I don't belong to anyone
Nobody belongs to me

And his is not to say
There never comes a day
I take my chances and start again
And when I look behind
On all my younger times
I have to thank the wrongs
That led me to a love so strong

I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely
Yeah...
Cause I don't belong to anyone
And nobody belongs to me

That's the way x3
That I want it
That's the way x3
That I want it
That's the way x3
That I want it
That's the way x3
That I want it

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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