Jason Thomas Mraz (nascido em 23 de Junho de 1977) é um cantor, violonista e compositor nascido e criado em Mechanicsville, Virginia, Estados Unidos está presente desde 1999. Nas suas influências encontram-se reggae, rock, folk, pop, jazz e hip-hop.
Estudou na Universidade de Longwood por pouco tempo, tendo depois uma curta passagem pela Academia Dramática Americana (para estudar Teatro Musical) em Nova Iorque, mudando-se para San Diego.
O seu primeiro projecto musical foi "A Jason Mraz Demonstration"
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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