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Queen Of California Bass

(ver. 1)
John Mayer
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Queen of California - John Mayer


Intro : instrumental guitar/Drum : 
Bass 00:11 
G|--------||---------------|- 
D|-----9~-||---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|--------||---------------|- X4 
E|---7~---||7--------------|-  

Verse 1 : 00:21 
G|---------------|- 
D|---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|---------------|- X4 
E|-7-------------|- 
Goodbye cold… goodbye rain… goodbye sorrow… goodbye shame  

00:33 
G|-------------------|-    |---------------|- 
D|-------------------|-    |---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|-7--6-7------------|- X4 |---------------|- X2 
E|---------7-/-9~--9-|-    |-7-------------|- 
I'm headed out west with my headphones on  

00:45 
G|-----------------| |---------------| |---------------|- 
D|-----------------| |-9-7-----------| |---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|-9~-99-99--9---7-| |-----9--7-9----| |---------------|- x2 
E|-------------9---| |-------------7-| |-7-------------|- 
I just found out her ghost left town… the Queen of California  is stepping down, down   

Verse 2 : 00:56 
G|---------------|- 
D|---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|---------------|- X4 
E|-7-------------|- 
Hello beauty… hello strange… hello wonder… what's your name?  
 
01:07                                                                  
G|-------------------|-    |---------------|- 
D|-------------------|-    |---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|-7--6-7------------|- X4 |---------------|- X2 
E|---------7-/-9~--9-|-    |-7-------------|- 
Looking for the sun that Neil Young hung 
after the gold rush of 1971  

01:19 
G|-----------------| |---------------| |---------------|- 
D|-----------------| |-9-7-----------| |---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|-9~-99-99--9---7-| |-----9--7-9----| |---------------|- x2 
E|-------------9---| |-------------7-| |-7-------------|- 
I just found out her ghost left town… 
the Queen of California 
is stepping down, down   

Instrumental : 01:30 
G|---------------|- 
D|---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|---------------|- X4 
E|-7-------------|-  

G|-------------------| |---------------|- 
D|-------------------| |---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|-7--6-7------------| |---------------|- X2 
E|---------7-/-9~--9-| |-7-------------|-  

G|-----------------| |---------------| |---------------|- 
D|-----------------| |-9-7-----------| |---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|-9~-99-99--9---7-| |-----9--7-9----| |---------------|- x2 
E|-------------9---| |-------------7-| |-7-------------|- 
  
Verse 3 : 02:05 
G|---------------|- 
D|---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|---------------|- X4 
E|-7-------------|- 
If you see her… say "Hello"… 
Just don't tell me… 
"told you so"  

02:18 
G|-------------------| |---------------|- 
D|-------------------| |---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|-7--6-7------------| |---------------|- X2 
E|---------7-/-9~--9-| |-7-------------|- 
Joni wrote Blue in her house by the sea 
I gotta believe there's another color waiting on me... 
to set me free  

02:29 
G|-----------------| |---------------| |---------------|- 
D|-----------------| |-9-7-----------| |---7-6-7--6-4--|- 
A|-9~-99-99--9---7-| |-----9--7-9----| |---------------|- x2 
E|-------------9---| |-------------7-| |-7-------------|- 
I just found out her ghost left town… 
the Queen of California  
is stepping down, down  

Finale                                 impro 03:00 
G|---------------| |----------------| |---------7--------7-9-7--|- 
D|---7-6-7--6-4--| |---7-6-7--64-64-| |-9-79-79--9-79-79------9-|- 
A|---------------| |----------------| |-------------------------|- 
E|-7-------------| |----------------| |-------------------------|- 
Repeat till the end with impetus… and improvisation (live performance)


End : 04:09  


Tablature Legend ----------------  
| S  slap 
| P  pop 
| x  mute note 
| /  slide up 
| \  slide down 
| h  hammer-on 
| p  pull-off 
| g  grace note 
| ~  vibrato 
| ^  brush up 
            
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