John Mayer In The Blood & More
On The Acoustic

Thanks for stopping by my John Mayer In The Blood page where you'll find acoustic demos, free chord sheets, tips and more. If you need or want to purchase the full lesson, it's available for a few bucks or less with a bulk purchase.

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John Mayer In The Blood & More
Lyrics, Chords, Demos & Tutorials

1. Dear Marie

Dear Marie s a single from the album Paradise Valley. Mayer admits the song is about a real person he knew before he became famous,

but Marie is not her real name. Who really knows right? The song charted at #30 on the US Rock charts in 2013.

Drop D Tuning = No
Capo = No
Rhythm = root down root up down up and repeat
Picking = Yes
Chords = A, D, E, Gbm

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2. Gravity

Gravity was a single in 2007 from Mayer's "Continuum" album.

It peaked at #10 and #18 on two different US charts. John Mayer wrote this number.

Download the John Mayer Gravity lyrics sheet below.

Drop D Tuning = No
Capo = No
Rhythm = down down down down down up down up and repeat
Picking = Yes
Chords = G, C, Am, D7, Gm, Eb7

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3. In The Blood

In The Blood was a 2013 single from John's album "The Search For Everything". In the US the song charted at #13 but failed to chart anywhere else.

It did also chart on the Billboard Country charts, peaking at #39. Download the In The Blood John Mayer chords sheet below.

Drop D Tuning = No
Capo = 1st fret
Rhythm = root down up down and repeat - you can do some chop strumming a later in the song
Picking = a little
Chords = G, Em, C, D

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4. Queen Of California

Queen Of California was a single release back in 2021 from the album "Born And Raised". The song reached #40 on the Billboard Top 40 chart but also peaked at #2 on the Adult Alternative chart in the US.

A music video was also produced for the song.

Drop D Tuning = No
Capo = 4th fret = original key
Rhythm = root down up down up down up and repeat
Picking = Yes
Chords = G, G/F, C, Am, D

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5. Something Like Olivia

Something Like Olivia can be found on the 20212 album "Born And Raised".

The song was never released as a single.

Drop D Tuning = Yes
Capo = No
Rhythm = down down up down up down up down up down up and repeat
Picking = Yes
Chords = G, C, D

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6. Who Says

Drop D Tuning = Yes
Capo = No
Rhythm = root down root up down up and repeat
Picking = No
Chords = D, G, E7, A7, A7/A#, Bm, Gbm, Bm/A, Em

Who Says was released from the "Battle Studies" album which came out in 2009 and was the first single from the album.

The song was a #1 in the US and a top 10 in several other countries.

Download the Who Says John Mayer lyrics below.

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Thanks for stopping by my John Mayer In The Blood page for the acoustic guitar and I hope you found the info here useful in helping you learning these songs on acoustic.

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