Showing posts with label John Mayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Mayer. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

How to play "Daughters" by John Mayer

For my next lesson, I wanted to do a contemporary song, so I selected "Daughters" by John Mayer. This is a great song, somewhat hard to play, but as a father with a daughter, I can definitely relate to the song's lyrics and it just feels right playing it. I didn't have the sheet music, so I played it by ear. I played this chord progression for the verses and chorus: Bm7, Em7, A7, and D. For the bridge, I played F, D#, D, Bm7, Em7, A7, then back to F, A, then repeat the Bm7-Em7-A7-D chord progression - piece of cake! You should also know that I used a non-standard tuning (DGCFAD) on my guitar to help me hit those high notes. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it!