John Mayer | Top 10 FINGERSTYLE songs | Through the years

[@MartinEB72]

It blows me away how young John Mayer was when he made these songs.

[@danielheemangcho]

0:25 Why Georgia 1:05 Neon 2:00 Stop This Train 3:09 The Heart of Life 4:34 Free Fallin’ 5:26 I Don’t Need No Doctor 6:16 Who Says 7:07 Queen of California 8:04 The Age of Worry 8:41 Dear Marie

[@Bigchungus-vz4vg]

What puts John on a whole different level is he can perfectly sing along with these extremely complex fingerstyle songs. I cannot begin to comprehend this mans talent. My favourite guitarist and singer.

[@michaelgreen4935]

Clapton says he's a genius and doesn't really know how damn good he is. Listen to the interview he gave from Central Park about his first-ever concert there. He was a kid.

[@oliversissonphone6143]

What happened to Something About Olivia??

[@SkyFelixMusic]

It's official... You're the best JM "authentic notes" guitar player on KZbin. I honestly haven't seen anyone as good and accurate as you. This is so awesome

[@PaulDavids]

Wow, thank you so much! Does that come with a certificate and some prize money? ;-) Haha!

[@kimneufseventyone]

Skyler Felix Gabe Bondoc is quite good too in my opinion. ^^

[@seanvanhelden9429]

Skyler Felix check out thiethie too for some of his electric/live stuff. Guy is spot on and he does lessons!

[@pi-rma.4751]

Skyler Felix you obviously never encountered this channel named "pilky27". don't judge it by its name...

[@johnnyhuang99]

Skyler Felix check out Gabe Bondoc. He not only plays JM, he sings it as well.

[@braden1edwards]

SONG LIST: 0:24 -- Why Georgia 1:04 -- Neon 1:59 -- Stop This Train 3:08 -- Heart of Life 4:32 -- Free Fallin' 5:26 -- I Don't Need no Doctor 6:15 -- Who Says 7:06 -- Queen of California 8:03 -- Age of Worry 8:40 -- Dear Marie

[@Octavio12341000]

Thanks

[@jhoelyagchirema3815]

Braden Edwards i

[@code3802]

Braden Edwards I

[@ajwall28]

Im looking for this comment

[@levi9508]

Haha 1:59 "ASIANS"

[@dharmaofdog7676]

Just heard about this Fingerpicking & went to simply hear John Mayer sing this Song STOP This Train (never heard it). Well, it simply HAS to be the saddest, or perhaps, most sentimental Song ever written. & most complicated Fingerpicking ever played. (& that Collings Guitar is simply Dreamy! ). Actually I never thought I liked John Mayer until I started really listening to his Guitar playing - wow. was I ever wrong! lol

[@oompaville]

I love this channel

[@willr591]

Oompaville 3 years ago hype

[@jobama9909]

omg it’s you

[@xealzy944]

Papa oompsie baby

[@honestlynuts__]

the fuck, umpaville what're you doing ere?

[@-thomaz-5508]

Oompa john mayer fan confirmed!?

[@redrock1963]

Two years later, Paul releases a vid to say how wrong he was in his understanding/playing NEON. I love the re-addressing of his own work and continued improvement. It's a great example for all us inspirering guitarists. Eternal thanks Paul. here's the link to his new NEON vid. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2HCYqKNhq9gl5I

[@jeffbezos7368]

redrock1963 holy crap how did he see this

[@danielriggins5020]

*aspiring

[@yz249]

@Theo Emanuelsson how?

[@redrock1963]

@@danielriggins5020 - LOL correct

[@yz249]

@Theo Emanuelsson How does he play it wrong?

[@PaulDavids]

Everyone who wants to learn his 'signature' slapping technique; I used that same technique in the 'Last Christmas' guitar tutorial, maybe you can check that video out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3-WgZyHiMd-pKs Good luck! :)

[@ferramirez4570]

Paul Davids Merry Christmas! Paul!

[@dennyelbob456]

Paul Davids Merry Christmas mister Davids! 🎸✌🎵🎼👂

[@chocolat4hogs]

Paul Davids thank you. Merry Christmas.

[@timewastetv7019]

Paul Davids can you please play wait until tomorrow from john Mayer? One of the best songs he played

[@lauriesmith4803]

hi paul, do think you'd ever do a lesson for free fallin'?? thanks

[@kentamplin]

Nice stuff!

[@makaitorres]

Love your videos man. You’ve got a great voice 🤙🏽

[@jessekendrick18]

i dont mean to be offtopic but does anybody know of a trick to log back into an instagram account..? I was stupid forgot the login password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me!

[@desmondwade5839]

@Jesse Kendrick instablaster :)

[@jessekendrick18]

@Desmond Wade thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and im trying it out now. Seems to take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@staractions5662]

What is the name of the first song he played?

[@PaulDavids]

*What song would you like to see a tutorial on?*

[@tommy8087]

Paul Davids tough to pick since you play them better & more accurately than most on KZbin!

[@myleskaito3169]

Paul Davids number 7! Who says I think :)

[@tommy8087]

Paul Davids the age of worry is my vote

[@niklaspalm8038]

Paul Davids Dark bird is home by The Tallest Man On Earth or Nobody Knows by The Lumineers

[@loganadair3075]

If you did a tutorial on all of these I would die happy!

[@colourfulpixels6897]

"the very first john mayer album, room for squares" inside wants out: starts crying

[@suriyaap5011]

Technically Inside wants out was an EP

[@miguelalho8140]

John mayer is the best guitarrist of our generation !! What a guy!

[@goehz99]

Miguel Alho There are lots of great acoustic guitar players in this generation, but John mayer is undoubtly one of the most productive yet innovative artist of today's generation.

[@nihilanthropus]

John Mayer not the most humble tho

[@WeyounVI]

Yunus Qurbanlı used to be worse

[@xenigron6237]

John Mayer is the only new guitar player that deserve to be included into the list of the "immortals" like beck-page-schon-santana-rogers-summers-van halen-lukather-hendrix-metheny-ritenour etc... He is able to play different kind of music and he has lots of soul ,this is why he is in the list.

[@itguy8671]

+inn0v8tiv Too bad none of the people you grew up with made it anywhere

[@prez90]

I usually hate watching people try to imitate Mayer but damn Daniel, this man's sick

[@emilionano936]

Wow the sound of that guitar is awesome!

[@bluesmama5]

Which guitar??

[@Raphyes]

“Something like Olivia” acoustic version is very good.

[@SJ-my7sx]

Raphyes it isn’t finger picked though, so can’t be mentioned in this list

[@oscarhansen781]

Yes definitely my favorite!!

[@lautonarthur]

I agree mate

[@ImGriffinP]

Nothing beats John Mayer's first couple albums. Awesome playing Paul!

[@hadeskay6091]

Griffin Paquette The search for everything is pretty good. Sure, not as guitar centric, but that still doesn't make it any less a worthwhile listen.

[@In2ThinAir]

@4:40 I use to get part of this riff confused with Ben Harpers 'Forever' He does that hammer on pluck simultaneously as well. Great sound. I've been doing A LOT of finger style in baritone low tunings and im just loving life at the moment. Glad I found this!

[@paladin1244]

Paul, honestly you are completely amazing on this instrument. Im so envious of your skills, but you're a great inspiration for me to get better at playing guitar. Thank you, you bring me so much joy. Happy Holidays!

[@nittany31]

Shadow Days and Something Like Olivia both performed acoustic on his Vevo channel are both incredible acoustic fingerpicking techniques as well.

[@beatalls]

Fascinating to watch someone play these complex songs. You always get my fingers itching to pick up the guitar! Any chance you'll be teaching some of these in more depth? :D

[@henflo99]

Beatalls me too when i heard and see him playing the guitar i just want to grab a guitar and remember my times playing, so sad i had to left my guitar in my old country ... well guess i will be searching for a new one :D

[@gilcastillo7329]

Beatalls i have the same feeling man, cant help it

[@GenZ_Guitarist]

@@henflo99 and some idiots say that "only those who can't play guitar, says that John Mayer's a good guitar player" lol.

[@jakub8302]

@@GenZ_Guitarist who has said that? John Mayer is easily the most innovative guitarist of our generation

[@Stiktriks]

Dude ! Your Versatility is humbling ! What a player.

[@yummy041496]

Currently learning Stop This Train as a relatively new player. Played in high school for a couple years but just picked up the guitar again 6 years later. Took me two days to learn just the picking pattern. Now gotta somehow get the chords going. Really difficult for me but I enjoy playing it over and over and seeing the progression even as slow as it is.

[@rafamericano]

Did you end up learning it?

[@yummy041496]

@@rafamericano I did! It’s really helped me with learning guitar picking which I can apply to other songs.

[@rafamericano]

@@yummy041496 Cool!

[@user-jc5ff7tu5o]

@@yummy041496now sing too

[@liliumholden]

"What're you looking at" hahahaha. This was so well made and an absolute pleasure to listen to. Definitely subscribing!!

[@XxDirtyXxXSanchezxX]

There are two reasons to listen to John Mayer: a) you are a girl b) you are a guitar player

[@AdiHasArrived]

society owes you nothing am a guitar player

[@Cara-nl6bd]

How about both

[@AdiHasArrived]

@@Cara-nl6bd why not

[@sadanorihigashi6783]

thast pretty funny you say that cause I DID NOT like Mayer at all before I started to play

[@Francopersano]

I'm just a fanboy lol

[@marcelobraga3154]

Man, the way u play stop this train is simply amazing

[@lgc41004]

These are some of the most spot on JM covers I've seen on youtube. Well done.

[@davidbrucemusicvideo]

Who is this guy, and how in the hell is he so freaking amazing!? Wow! I'm definitely subscribing!

[@zynthio]

This is the first authentic sounding playing of his songs I've seen on KZbin. You should do tutorials because they would be the first correct ones!

[@twisttempo]

Zyn i've see a guy who plays exactly like john it's insane, better than this guy

[@bambostarla6259]

twisttempo where?

[@twisttempo]

Dark Starla you tube!

[@bambostarla6259]

twisttempo what channel :P

You are the FIRST one who I see playing JM like JM or even better. Congratulations, you are amazing.

[@andrewellis712]

how are you not super huge on KZbin?? you're crazy talented

[@jobama9909]

he is now!

[@gabrieladdison]

He is now LOL 😆

[@Rakesh_but_handsome]

He is now in the KZbin guitar community

[@PaulDavids]

✔️ WHO SAYS GUITAR LESSON: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3K1cq2Yhtmbmq8

[@usnk666]

OMfG! You're a monster! The sound, the feeling, everything!

[@Rustyjamesman]

Just the fact he came up with these amazing songs is insanely talented

[@sudanjackson]

Dude, you are amazing! I love your videos - thanks a bunch for them. And a request: do a video like this one for James Taylor songs!!

[@PaulDavids]

That's a great idea :)

[@brunod2134]

The sound of this guitars is so clean...

[@MrAzul132]

2:12 Please explain how you were able to suspend the laws of physics in order to contort your hand to reach such a position

[@praneelbhatnagar2333]

Its actually not that hard. Keep trying and it WILL work... it worked for me and I have been playing guitat for only 6 years

[@MisterRorschach90]

Learning John Mayer was how I really learned how to play the guitar. I just sat in my room and learned as many as I could as a kid.

[@misterjaypeasmith]

"What else" that thumb of John's deserves a Grammy

[@bybybirdybirdnub]

its gotten a few i think XD

[@s1NPHL]

I first saw this video about a year ago when I first started playing, now I can play all of these! thank you so much for the inspiration Paul!

[@n0time2spare]

I hope to say the same thing. Started this month!

[@leozao06]

Man, your work is amazing! Its been a while that I've seen such a good quality in a video

[@beanlegume9965]

Paul Davids you are an outstanding guitar player, with such an ear for great tone, great rhythm, and great volume.

[@laurentdetaille4111]

I've never seen someone replicate his style of playing with that much accuracy! Congrats man

[@bobbyspiers5260]

You have perfected everything you post on your channel, and it makes me believe you are the next race of humanity that can download like 70 years of guitar playing in a fraction of the time and do them all so well that, no doubt, the original artist would be absolutely speechless. Wow man, this channel just blew my mind!

[@xRandingo]

Damn, man I could listen to you play the guitar all day! Keep up what you're doing man, it's amazing!

[@kja7392]

You are the best john mayer cover player on youtube. Hands down.

[@joshboydguitar]

Thanks for sharing this. Really great and so useful. I am a huge JM fan and have never seen these guitar parts demonstrated so clearly. You are awesome!

[@Outer0Heaven]

People always get so shocked when I talk about how much I loved John Mayer. Being a Thrash/prog/"djent" maniac He is truly magical. You played them so great

[@volkanselimcanturk468]

You're the best man! I learnt "who says" thanks to your amazing content and the next is "stop this train" Cheers!

[@robje4824]

Since people saw your fingerstyling on youtube, 100 times more guitars have been sold! ( I sold mine too). Waow Paul, amazing.

[@tomtothem3117]

JM is a monster. And you did a really good job getting his stuff together like that. So you're killer! 😊

[@federicogatto2635]

Great great great, one of the few videos on KZbin where Neon is played with the correct thumb-index technique . Terrific sound man!!!

[@jonashamre9738]

Wonderful tutorial, and beautifully produced video as well. I've got most of "Queen of California" down, but I really need to practice the slapping technique. "Who says" is just a bunch of chords when I play it :) Keep up the fantastic work, Paul.

[@danxthexman82]

Paul you play beautifully. I like your videos where you play opposite of your self to compare things. Intuitive and genuinely genius

[@alexis-nl6pc]

You should definitely do an in depth tutorial on how to finger pick because that's an area I'm very weak on

[@eskilarneshjelmseth5661]

You and this video are what made me like John even more than i did before. Taught myself heart of life, who says, why georgia and many others. definitely my favourite artist and the best guitarist in my opinion. so pleeeeeeeease for the love of god make a part 2, would love to see what other fingerstyle songs you like of him.

[@LersHardSonBF3]

Could you do a tutorial on Free Fallin? Sounds so good! Love your content btw and Happy Christmas.

[@mickiekay8666]

This is so fantastic. John Mayer is such an amazing guitar player and is my favorite. This just speaks to his ability, and yours too!

[@nicocalleri7003]

Man you are a genious, seeing this video was a huge placer for me, im a guitarist too and i know how hard it is to sound like John. Let me tell you, you captured the essence of each song perfectly. Love from Argentina

[@struong57]

Wow, your acoustic guitar has GREAT tone, Paul! And of course, your fingerpicking skills are out of this world! Do you have another video that breaks down these songs/fingerpickings for someone who wants to learn to play like you?

[@gugarl]

Wow, your play is amazing. Congratulations!

[@amiyo97]

After a year of self-taught playing guitar and learning few tips and tricks from the likes of paul, justin, and marty.. i can finally play stop this train, who says, heart of life, something like olivia, slow dancing in a burning room and free fallin. That aint bad right?? To all the beginners like me i gotta say that learning JM songs and styles opened up endless possibilities to me. You will struggle to death at first.. But it makes learning other songs easier and quicker for me..

[@MineCraftCash1]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do a tutorial on free falling the whole song on guitar

[@Nuraghead]

You are the best guitar cover man of all time

[@harryhowell5429]

Fantastic playing, would love to learn any of these a lesson video would be great

[@riviacchad8513]

Took me 7 months on and off the guitar to finally be able to play every one of these songs!! So worth it, i learn alot of new techniques and worked on my god awful rhythm.

[@TimParker1]

does anyone else notice how "stop this train" 2:20 has the same sort of chord progression and strumming pattern as "Blackbird" by The Beatles?

[@james.kaloki]

Took me three months but after watching your video I finally learnt the thumb slapping technique for stop this train

[@andyp90210]

Why would anyone give this video a thumbs down? 🙁

[@yichongully5216]

john mayer hardcore fans might

[@molly1748]

Jealous

[@mmafan2223]

@@yichongully5216 I'm pretty hardcore, only haters would

[@J2I3H]

Paul, je bent bizar goed man! Speel geeneens gitaar maar ik ben fan van john mayer, zo kwam ik je kanaal tegen. Je krijg een berg terechte complimenten van over de hele wereld zo te zien! Gr vanuit het zeeuwse!

[@david1999-]

Free falling -John Mayer tutorial please!

[@juliegorham]

You are such a great guitar teacher Paul. Your joy is high and it's fully contagious. 🎉You could literally be speaking gibberish and I would still follow. 😅 Your child-like reverie in sound discovery is so endearing. I do the same so it's easy to follow along. Your commentary with adjectives about different notes and their effect is very helpful! Thank you for soothing my soul while nudging me into the next level. When are you going to have an in-person guitar camp? You can literally turn all of your student into your orchestra of sound with guitar. It could be like the ultimate looping experience with live members. Wouldn't that be a blast? The human looping orchestra. Lol See, now I'm finding new inspiration. Lol

[@aiesius]

What do you think is the best song to practice the slapping and strumming technique? It's the only thing that's holding me back from playing songs I want.

[@michaelemily]

Fenrir start with "who says" its got pretty easy chord shapes and uses this technique

[@adityashrestha7691]

Fenrir u just avoid using picks and in time, your fingers will probably improvise

[@QueenEvee15647]

Fenrir I started of doing that with Heart of Life by John Mayer. It's got only two picking patterns the whole songs and only thumb slaps on one specific string so it's pretty good for starters. Once you get the technique down its pretty easy.

[@StephanieL180]

The intro to Stop This Train.

[@Brandon-ob9rg]

Who says...

[@blancaescalera1224]

your guitar playing sounds so magical! You're tremendously gifted!

[@orangejuice2716]

I didn't know Connor McGregor can play guitar.

[@naufalmahaputra6124]

Kevin Bryan Jimeno LOL

[@zx-25r12]

Who da fook is dat guy?!

[@zanecapley2942]

James Vici he's a UFC fighter

[@rossco993]

I'll play him like a guitar this summer

[@rizzy__fps9530]

who tha fook is that guy

[@terrywhitted2375]

I've fantasized about writing "heart of life". I love that song so effin' much. Love this vid.

[@simonealbanese2]

you clearly sound like a pro, where is your music? i wanna listen to it

[@SchwadoGaming]

Man Paul! I really have to admit, your content in 2016 was great. But your production quality, in terms of recording and moderation, has improved drastically! hats off and thank you very much for your dedication

[@bjlennart]

Can you please do tutorials on some of these?

[@alex_6891]

brayden L Will be great for I don't need no doctor!

[@marcosguerra]

One of the best videos in all youtube. You have earned a thumbs up and subscription.

[@myleskaito3169]

Can you do a tutorial for who says? It's such a pretty tune!

[@joaobraz2]

The sound of these guitars are just amazing

[@joaocalixtodaschagas8630]

Can you post some tutorial teaching how to play these songs? Thanks

[@bernardoribeiro7842]

This guy puts so much effort in his videos man. I love that. Keep it up dude

[@tumbi97]

Stop this train tutorial please ?

[@Monetalis]

J'aimais déjà John Mayer, mais grâce à toi je l'aime encore plus ! I already loved John Mayer, but thanks to you i love him even better !

[@bybybirdybirdnub]

Cant. Stop. Watching. And. Being. Jealous.

[@julian.ksd25]

your videos are a piece of art. love the reflections in the guitar. Everything is just very well thought through - delicious

[@BeNNstAh]

No In Your Atmosphere?

[@PaulDavids]

+Ben van der Kolk He plays that song with a pick! But it's a beautiful song, so maybe I will feature it in another video :)

[@BeNNstAh]

I stand corrected. Always thought it to be fingerpicking

[@jakespinella8161]

Paul Davids would have been cool to hear edge of desire too but I'm sure he uses a pick with that

[@jotbindra2551]

Ben van der Kolk that’s not fingerstyle

[@justjosh201]

These are all such beautiful songs Mayer is such a great guitarist and brilliant artist probably one of the greatest

[@spacecricket2b]

If there's one language we all understand its music

[@nelsonpaul72]

Excellent! My appreciation for JM's talent keeps going up. Speaking of talent...you nailed it. Thanks for sharing.

[@fightinthecommentsection]

Great video! One question... what method do you use to learn these songs? The articulation is so accurate, is this from notation, tabs, aural skills, videos or a combination. Feel free to respond here, or even better as a video on how to go about learning songs. Thanks for making these videos, they are exquisite. ❤️🎸

[@waynedent7646]

Your video really shows the beauty in these songs so well written by Mr. Mayer and performed so wonderfully. I am not a guitar player but still was drawn to watch the whole thimg.

[@andymusicyoutube]

3 people didn't get your joke and pressed thumb down. don't say that again

[@DrDothraki]

two others have now joined!

[@MagnusGoGo]

Been really meaning to get into John Mayer (after learning Neon) and some fingerstyle in general recently, and this video helped me do exactly both those things! Very well put together and excellent playing. Thank you, and keep up the good work. ^^

[@utubedestroysmytime]

you use the thumb wrap around for why Georgia but not on neon. weird.

[@teeglee5239]

utubedestroysmytime I don't either. I didn't learn it that was.

[@jdharshman5802]

utubedestroysmytime using your thumb on neon is almost impossible unless you have massive ape hands like Mayer. Most mere mortals have to cheat which actually makes it harder to play.

[@render341]

Wow, so I have massive ape hands lmao I guess I didn't evolve at all

[@ctown6592]

JD Harshman It’s not cheating if it makes it harder.

[@anthonyonfire917]

I cant understand how there can be any thumbs down on this. John Mayer is my main influence and man you have done an excellent job. Awesome playing.

[@luizcarstens]

You should have played No such a Thing and Who did you think i Was

[@tshepophalatsi2661]

Luiz Carstens great songs, but not finger style as per the title...

[@IsChrisHere]

Well done sir.. All the songs I've been working on since I first picked up a guitar!