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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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason Mraz - Best Friend http://youtu.be/iremWHriFDo?t=26s ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
~ The actual song is in DGDGBE (G6) tuning and it's finger-picked throughout. If you want to know how Jason actually plays it see the video above.
~ There is also a really helpful video that shows you the fingering for the actual song. I've charted out the fingering from the video below. http://vimeo.com/58158295
~ I am not a finger-picker (ha) so I'm giving you the basic chords here in standard tuning just to strum along with.
==INTRO== GCGCGC ` ` ==VERSE== G Love is where this begins C Thank you for letting me in G I've never had to pretend C You always know who I am ` ` ==CHORUS== FC And I know my life is better because you're a part of it EbG I know without you by my side that I would be different ` ` ==VERSE== G Thank you for all of your trust C Thank you for not giving up G Thank you for holding my hand C I've always known where you stand ` ` ==CHORUS== FEm And I feel my life is better, so is the world we're living in EbDG I'm thankful for the time I spent with my best friend
GCGCGC ` ` ==VERSE/BRIDGE== G Thank you for calling me out, thank you for waking me up C Thank you for breaking it down thank you for choosing us G Thank you for all you're about thank you for lifting me up C ** Thank you for keeping me grounded and being here ` ` ==CHORUS== FEm Now my life is better because you're a part of it EbG I know without you by my side that I would be different FEm Yes I feel my life is better and so is the world we're livin' in EbDFCCmD I'm thankful for the time I spent with my best friend GCGC You're my best friend