John Mayer (28 October 1930 – 9 March 2004) was an Indian composer known primarily for his fusions of jazz with Indian music in the British-based group Indo-Jazz Fusions with the Jamaican-born saxophonist Joe Harriott..
Mayer was born in Calcutta, Bengal, British India, into an Anglo-Indian family and, after studying with Phillipe Sandre in Calcutta and Melhi Mehta in Bombay, he won a scholarship to London's Royal Academy of Music in 1952, where he studied comparative music and religion in eastern and western cultures.
He worked as a violinist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (1953–58) and then with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1958–65), but was also composing fusions of Hindustani classical and Western classical forms from 1952 onwards. His Violin Sonata was performed by Yehudi Menuhin in 1955.
In the 1960s he worked extensively with the Jamaican-born jazz musician Joe Harriott, with whom he formed the group Indo-Jazz Fusions, a ten-piece featuring a jazz quintet and five Indian musicians. The new incarnation of the band, called John Mayer's Indo Jazz Fusions, was revived in the 1990s by his students Richard Dray, Will Joss, and Simon Gray, then led by himself, and continued to play live gigs—featuring Mayer's son Jonathan Mayer on sitar—until John Mayer's death.
John Mayer - Lifelines(live) - Guitar lesson with TAB
Link to TAB http://tiny.cc/lifelines
0:52 Tab Symbols
2:35 Intro
7:26 Tunnel Vision practicing
10:56 Mystery chord
15:13 Verse
17:47 Pre-chorus
20:13 Chorus
23:31 Bridge
25:27 Outro
This version is taken from the following audio performance of this bootleg from Eddie's Attic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om9HMlswZoo
Another great example of Mayer's acoustic playing and chord selection during this time period in the late 90's. It was never formally released.
This is a bit looser then other lessons, I don't go measure by measure but instead concentrate on "the parts". You'll need to be familiar with the tune and consult the tab for what you'll hear in the reference version.
published: 18 Apr 2017
UNRELEASED!!! John Mayer-Lifelines
Unreleased John Mayer song. Sorry about the bad sound quality.. I found it on the internet.
LYRICS:
I saw you sleeping on the couch tonight
You know it serves you right
Makes you luckier than I
All the colors in the room have changed
The painting yesterday
Brother, I've discovered you
We're pushing on
We're passing through
And it won't be long until I walk with you
Tonight I'm down, I'm inside out
Staring at the pictures in the album you forgot about
Isn't it a shame?
Times have changed
But isn't it strange?
Lifelines stay the same, the same
We're never where we wanna be
That's ok with me
"It's just the way it is" we say
It feels like make believe
But you're my history
Brother, I've rediscovered you
We're pushing on
We're passing through
And it won't be long until I walk with ...
published: 22 Oct 2008
Chris Nippard: Live @ The Central - Lifelines (John Mayer cover)
Live @ The Central - Chris Nippard covers Lifelines by John Mayer.
Link to TAB http://tiny.cc/lifelines
0:52 Tab Symbols
2:35 Intro
7:26 Tunnel Vision practicing
10:56 Mystery chord
15:13 Verse
17:47 Pre-chorus
20:13 Chorus
23:31 Bridge
25:27 Outro
This version is taken from the following audio performance of this bootleg from Eddie's Attic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om9HMlswZoo
Another great example of Mayer's acoustic playing and chord selection during this time period in the late 90's. It was never formally released.
This is a bit looser then other lessons, I don't go measure by measure but instead concentrate on "the parts". You'll need to be familiar with the tune and consult the tab for what you'll hear in the reference version.
Link to TAB http://tiny.cc/lifelines
0:52 Tab Symbols
2:35 Intro
7:26 Tunnel Vision practicing
10:56 Mystery chord
15:13 Verse
17:47 Pre-chorus
20:13 Chorus
23:31 Bridge
25:27 Outro
This version is taken from the following audio performance of this bootleg from Eddie's Attic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om9HMlswZoo
Another great example of Mayer's acoustic playing and chord selection during this time period in the late 90's. It was never formally released.
This is a bit looser then other lessons, I don't go measure by measure but instead concentrate on "the parts". You'll need to be familiar with the tune and consult the tab for what you'll hear in the reference version.
Unreleased John Mayer song. Sorry about the bad sound quality.. I found it on the internet.
LYRICS:
I saw you sleeping on the couch tonight
You know it serves...
Unreleased John Mayer song. Sorry about the bad sound quality.. I found it on the internet.
LYRICS:
I saw you sleeping on the couch tonight
You know it serves you right
Makes you luckier than I
All the colors in the room have changed
The painting yesterday
Brother, I've discovered you
We're pushing on
We're passing through
And it won't be long until I walk with you
Tonight I'm down, I'm inside out
Staring at the pictures in the album you forgot about
Isn't it a shame?
Times have changed
But isn't it strange?
Lifelines stay the same, the same
We're never where we wanna be
That's ok with me
"It's just the way it is" we say
It feels like make believe
But you're my history
Brother, I've rediscovered you
We're pushing on
We're passing through
And it won't be long until I walk with you
Tonight I'm down, I'm inside out
Staring at the pictures in the album you forgot about
Isn't it a shame?
Times have changed
But isn't it strange?
Lifelines stay the same
Round and round
Can't believe my heart is waiting this long
All along we've been children
In a cold world where wonder was lost everyday
If love was a compass
Oh, I've lost my way
Unreleased John Mayer song. Sorry about the bad sound quality.. I found it on the internet.
LYRICS:
I saw you sleeping on the couch tonight
You know it serves you right
Makes you luckier than I
All the colors in the room have changed
The painting yesterday
Brother, I've discovered you
We're pushing on
We're passing through
And it won't be long until I walk with you
Tonight I'm down, I'm inside out
Staring at the pictures in the album you forgot about
Isn't it a shame?
Times have changed
But isn't it strange?
Lifelines stay the same, the same
We're never where we wanna be
That's ok with me
"It's just the way it is" we say
It feels like make believe
But you're my history
Brother, I've rediscovered you
We're pushing on
We're passing through
And it won't be long until I walk with you
Tonight I'm down, I'm inside out
Staring at the pictures in the album you forgot about
Isn't it a shame?
Times have changed
But isn't it strange?
Lifelines stay the same
Round and round
Can't believe my heart is waiting this long
All along we've been children
In a cold world where wonder was lost everyday
If love was a compass
Oh, I've lost my way
Link to TAB http://tiny.cc/lifelines
0:52 Tab Symbols
2:35 Intro
7:26 Tunnel Vision practicing
10:56 Mystery chord
15:13 Verse
17:47 Pre-chorus
20:13 Chorus
23:31 Bridge
25:27 Outro
This version is taken from the following audio performance of this bootleg from Eddie's Attic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om9HMlswZoo
Another great example of Mayer's acoustic playing and chord selection during this time period in the late 90's. It was never formally released.
This is a bit looser then other lessons, I don't go measure by measure but instead concentrate on "the parts". You'll need to be familiar with the tune and consult the tab for what you'll hear in the reference version.
Unreleased John Mayer song. Sorry about the bad sound quality.. I found it on the internet.
LYRICS:
I saw you sleeping on the couch tonight
You know it serves you right
Makes you luckier than I
All the colors in the room have changed
The painting yesterday
Brother, I've discovered you
We're pushing on
We're passing through
And it won't be long until I walk with you
Tonight I'm down, I'm inside out
Staring at the pictures in the album you forgot about
Isn't it a shame?
Times have changed
But isn't it strange?
Lifelines stay the same, the same
We're never where we wanna be
That's ok with me
"It's just the way it is" we say
It feels like make believe
But you're my history
Brother, I've rediscovered you
We're pushing on
We're passing through
And it won't be long until I walk with you
Tonight I'm down, I'm inside out
Staring at the pictures in the album you forgot about
Isn't it a shame?
Times have changed
But isn't it strange?
Lifelines stay the same
Round and round
Can't believe my heart is waiting this long
All along we've been children
In a cold world where wonder was lost everyday
If love was a compass
Oh, I've lost my way
I'm a good man in a dark room in a big town under a full moon it's a friday and I'm almost home I'm in a good place full of head space got a brand new pack in my suitcase but it's dinner and then it's bed alone How do you break a mended heart? I'm bored and want something to do I wanna fall, fall asleep asleep in the arms, the arms of a woman a woman who doesn't, doesn't deserve my love I wanna lie, lie to myself myself and someone else just to feel something, something that hurts me the hurt makes me feel alive Gonna make it, like I need her gonna miss her the moment I meet her and it's only gonna get worse from there I'll be rappin' there in the shower she'll be here by the end of the hour I can do better but I can't do better now How do you break a mended heart? I'm bored and want something to do I wanna fall, fall asleep asleep in the arms, the arms of a woman a woman who doesn't, doesn't deserve my love I wanna lie, lie to myself myself and someone else just to feel something, something that hurts me the hurt makes me feel alive So long is over nice to skip the chance you get to know you why did I think this was true? Because I want to I wanna fall, fall asleep asleep in the arms, the arms of a woman a woman who doesn't, doesn't deserve my love I wanna lie, lie to myself myself and someone else just to feel something, something that hurts me the hurt makes me feel alive I wanna fall I wanna need I wanna laugh, cry, say goodbye beg, lie, cheat and steal