Jason Thomas Mraz (born June 23, 1977 in Mechanicsville, Virginia) is a Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter. Mraz’s stylistic influences include reggae, pop, rock, folk, jazz, and hip hop.
Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come in 2002 but it was not until the release of his second album, Mr. A-Z that Mraz achieved commercial success. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 200 and sold over one hundred thousand copies in the US.
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In the song Jason uses these chords: Chord - | DADGBE D5 - | 0 0 0 2 3 X Emadd9 - | 2 2 2 0 0 0 F#m5 - | 4 4 4 x 2 x Gmaj7 - | 5 5 4 0 x x G5 - | 5 5 5 0 x x A - | x 0 2 2 2 x or: Asus4 - | x 0 2 2 3 X
For the strumming pattern: Pretty basic. Listen to the song a few times.
Riff 1 goes something like:
D U U DDDD e|-x--x-x---------|--x-- B|-3--3-3---------|- 3-- G|-2--2-2--h4-2---|--0-- D|-0--0-0-------4-|--4-- A|-0--0-0---------|--5-- E|-0--0-0---------|--5--
Riff 2: D U U DDDD e|-x--x-x---------|--x-- B|-3--3-3---------|- x-- G|-2--2-2--h4-2---|--0-- D|-0--0-0-------4-|--2-- A|-0--0-0---------|--2-- E|-0--0-0---------|--2--
Verse 1: DsusGmaj7 Let's hit the road and throw out the map DsusGmaj7Emadd9 Wherever we go, we won't look back Gmaj7 (strum once) Dsus (riff 1) Gmaj7 Cause we're going places and we're going there fast DsusGmaj7 And let's move to Paris and get ourselves a loft DsusGmaj7Emadd9 Let's live in squalor, and spare no cost Gmaj7Dsus (riff 1) Gmaj7 Let's throw caution to the wind and start over again
Chorus: Emadd9 G5-Gmaj7 Think how many doors will open Dsus Dsus (riff 2) Just as many stars are shining Emadd9 G5-Gmaj7 Who knows where we're going DsusAsus4 Yeah who knows what we'll find Emadd9 G5* (strum once) I want to see the world the way I see a world with you
D5 (riff 1) Gmaj7 D5 (riff 1) Gmaj7
Verse 2: DsusGmaj7 Let's hike in the mountains and challenge our will DsusGmaj7Emadd9 Let's leap over canyons and get lost in the hills Gmaj7Dsus (riff 1) Gmaj7 I want to see the world the way I see a world in you
Chorus: Emadd9Gmaj7 Think how many doors will open Dsus Dsus (riff 2) Just as many stars are sure to shine Emadd9Gmaj7 Who knows where we're going DsusAsus4 And who knows what we'll find Emadd9 G5* (strum once) Dsus I want to see the world the way I see a world with you
Bridge: F#m5 G5 All of our prayers will answered F#m5 G5 The sum of all our failures, they cannot hurt us now F#m5 G5 Let's hoist up ourselves
Verse 3: Dsus (strum once) Gmaj (strum once) And shove off to China and climb up a wall DsusG5Emadd9 We'll keep on climbing, looking over it all G5 Dsus (Riff 1) Laughing it up, yeah having a ball
Chorus: Emadd9 G5-Gmaj7 Think how many doors we'll open Dsus Dsus (riff 2) Just as many stars are going to shine Emadd9 G5-Gmaj7 Who knows where we're going DsusAsus4 And who knows what we'll find Emadd9 G5* (strum once) I want to see the world the way I see a world with you Dsus (riff 1) Gmaj7 Emadd9 G5* (strum once) I want to see the world the way I see a world with you