Need help on Mayer "Why Georgia"

mattinbeloit · Post by **mattinbeloit** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:43 pm

Ok, I just wrote a parody song about one of my friends and his drunken makeout session with some psycho fat chich and used John Mayers "Why Georgia" song and called it "Why Schultzy?" (his last names schultz and we call him schultzy but no matter...). Anyway, I am having trouble playing a certain part of it and I've seen tabs for it but still can't get it so If someone could post a video of them playing it it would really help because I want to record this in the studio tomorrow and I'm pressed for time. The part I need help on is in the beginning of the song where he is picking. I'm good on the first part but when he goes to the C chord and starts pulling on and off (The chord right before he say just stuck inside the gloom), so If someone could just make a quick video of you doing that part kind of slow I would really appreciate it, I don;t really listen to mayer all that much and have not listened to the song alot so I'm having alot of trouble with it for some reason. Anyway, thank you thank you.

p1trick_82 · Post by **p1trick_82** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:55 pm

http://www.jmtabs.com/tabs.php?p=2002

even watching the slow version i can't get it right

edit:i don't think those links work any more...but i saved them a while back

slow
http://rapidshare.de/files/16573504/Why ... w.wmv.html
normal
http://rapidshare.de/files/16573641/Why ... l.wmv.html

Beauford33 · Post by **Beauford33** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:00 pm

he plays it differently on that video then on the tab.

czech · Post by **czech** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:02 pm

when i read the title i instantly knew what you were having problems with. I have yet to come close to getting this part.

I believe Jayme made a video of this but i could be wrong. i think i started sa thread on it. do a few searches cecause someone has posted a clip and a good tab for that part.

Coldchillin · Post by **Coldchillin** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:05 pm

If I am thinking of the right part, I just kind of do pull ons and offs on a Bm chord and it's close enough.

p1trick_82 · Post by **p1trick_82** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:06 pm

it's the same as the tab

if you watch on sessions @ aol mayer plays it like that too...

and on the second part, he holds the first chord [x3243x], hammers onto the D string, goes back to that chord and hammers again, just strumming the whole time.

http://www.jmtabs.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... ht=georgia

mattinbeloit · Post by **mattinbeloit** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:29 pm

thanks guys, i saw the videos at jmtabs but could not get them to work, I might just improv it tomorrow for it to be close enough, I dout many people will see it, he's a football player here so it's a big joke with them, they will get a kick out of it...

czech · Post by **czech** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:41 pm

you wrote a song for the football team?

p1trick_82 · Post by **p1trick_82** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:28 pm

mattinbeloit wrote:thanks guys, i saw the videos at jmtabs but could not get them to work, I might just improv it tomorrow for it to be close enough, I dout many people will see it, he's a football player here so it's a big joke with them, they will get a kick out of it...

slow
http://rapidshare.de/files/16573504/Why ... w.wmv.html
normal
http://rapidshare.de/files/16573641/Why ... l.wmv.html

mattinbeloit · Post by **mattinbeloit** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:49 pm

p1trick_82 wrote:
mattinbeloit wrote:thanks guys, i saw the videos at jmtabs but could not get them to work, I might just improv it tomorrow for it to be close enough, I dout many people will see it, he's a football player here so it's a big joke with them, they will get a kick out of it...

slow
http://rapidshare.de/files/16573504/Why ... w.wmv.html
normal
http://rapidshare.de/files/16573641/Why ... l.wmv.html

Oh i see what you did now, thank you, you rock man.

-edit- Thanks again, I think I've got it now.

mattinbeloit · Post by **mattinbeloit** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:52 pm

czech wrote:you wrote a song for the football team?

now czech, don't turn this into a dissertation into my sexual preference or anything pertaining to that general direction of thought

.... No i didn't write it for the football team, I wrote it for my friend who is on the football team and it just so happens the team gives him a hard time about it so I suppose that they will get a kick out of it if they hear it.

jaroben · Post by **jaroben** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:08 pm

This is how I was taught... Probably not how Mayer does it, but it sounds good.

Code: Select all

e--------------------------------------------- 
b---------------------------------------------  
g-------4--4h2----2--0--2-------2h4-----
d-------2--2------2--2--2-----2---------  
a---3-----------3-----------3--------------  
e---------------------------------------------