As a general rule, play this and all the bassnotes with your thumb curved over the guitar,
OPENING VERSE (0:00 - 0:21)
| e | 5 x 5 5 x 5 4 x 4 4 x 4 |
| B | 5 x 5 5 x 5 6 x 6 6 x 6 |
| G | 6 x 6 6 x 6 4 x 4 4 x 4 | \ |
| D | x x x x | \ |
| A | x x 4 x — x | \ |
| E | 5 x x x x | \ |
x2
| e | 9 x 9 9 x 9 7 x 7 7 x 7 | / |
| B | 10 x 10 10 x 10 9 x 9 9 x 9 | / |
| G | 9 x 9 9 x 9 9 x 9 9 x 9 | / |
| D | x x x x | / |
| A | 9 x x 7 x — x |
| E | x x x x |
FIRST CHORUS (0:21 - 0:45)
| e | x x x x |
| B | 7 x 7 9 x 9 10 x 10 10 x 10 |
| G | 7 x 7 9 x 9 9 x 9 9 x 9 | x2 |
| D | 7 x 7 9 x 9 11 x 11 11 x 11 |
| A | 5 x 7 x 9 x x |
| E | x x x x |
| e | x x |
| B | 7 x 7 9 x 9 14 14 9 9 |
| G | 7 x 7 9 x 9 14 14 10 9 |
| D | 7 x 7 9 x 9 14 14 11 9 |
| A | 5 x 7 x 12 11 9 7 |
| E | x x |
| e | x x x x |
| B | 7 x 7 7 x 7 6 x 6 6 x 6 |
| G | 7 x 7 7 x 7 6 x 6 6 x 6 |
| D | 7 x 7 7 x 7 6 x 6 6 x 6 |
| A | 5 x x 4 x x |
| E | x x x x |
VERSE 2 [where Travie comes in] (0:45- 1:19)
You can mute this part with your hand if you are playing alone, but for
the purpose of the accuracy of the tab, I will disregard putting the notation for
muting/bassnotes in this section because they are inaudible
in the recording.
| e | 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 |
| B | 10 10 10 10 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 |
| G | 9 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 9 | x3 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
SECOND CHORUS
Do these parts with
\/a tremolo strum\/
| e | 10 12 9 9 9 9 |
| B | 10 12 10 10 10 10 |
| G | 11 13 11 11 11 11 | x2 |
| D | 12 14 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 10 12 9 7 5 4 |
| B | 10 12 10 9 5 6 |
| G | 11 13 9 9 6 6 |
| D | 12 14 11 9 7 6 |
| A | |
| E |
| e | x x x x |
| B | 7 x 7 7 x 7 9 x 9 9 x 9 |
| G | 7 x 7 7 x 7 9 x 9 9 x 9 |
| D | 7 x 7 7 x 7 9 x 9 9 x 9 |
| A | 5 x x 7 x x |
| E | x x x x |
| e | 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 |
| B | 10 10 10 10 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 |
| G | 9 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 9 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
VERSE 3
Do these with a moderately paced strum
| e | 5 9 |
| B | 5 9 |
| G | 6 10 |
| D | 7 11 |
| A | |
| E | |
Then go back to the Verse 2 chords, they're just about the same.
This goes for the part where Bruno mars comes in, just with the palm muting audible.
CHORUS 3
Same as Chorus 2
OUTRO
Same as Verse 2, but only do it once, and end with
| e | 5 4 |
| B | 5 6 |
| G | 6 6 |
| D | 7 6 |
| A | 7 4 |
| E | |