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From: d0malaga@dtek.chalmers.se (Tomas Aronsson)
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Tom Petty:
	American girl
	The apartment song
	Breakdown
	The best of everything
	Achange (x02220@1)of heart
	Depending on you
	Aface (x02220@1)in the crowd
	Feel awhole (x02210@1)lot better
	I won't back down
	In the dark of the sun
	Into the great white open
	Learning to fly
	Love is along (x02210@1)road
	Rebels
	Running down adream (x02210@1)	Southern accents
	The waiting
	Yer so bad

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~Title:				BREAKDOWN			(Tom Petty)

		Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)	Its alright if you love me, 
		Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)	Its alright if you don't
		Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)       
	  	I'm not afraid of you runnin away honey, 
		Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)       Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)	I got this feeling you won't
		    Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1) 
		Say there aint no use in pretending, 
		Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)	Your eyes give you away

		Am (x02210@1)       G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)   
		Something inside you is feeling like I do,
		Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)    Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)	We said all there is to say

		Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  G/f    Am/f   G/f

		Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1) F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)           
		Breakdown go ahead and give it to me 
		Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)                 G (320003@1)	Breakdown take me through the night
		Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1) F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)         
		Breakdown go ahead give it to me, 
		Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)      Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)	Breakdown its alright, 


		Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G/f  Am/f  G/f  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G/f  Am/F (102210@1)G/F (120003@1)  Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am  G (320003@1)                       its alright          its alright


DEPENDING ON YOU - Petty
========================

D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)I ain't never gonna let you down
                     A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)All you gotta do is trust me
                    A (x02220@1)      Bm (x24432@1)  
 I would never make you some clown
D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)
 Baby why won't you trust me


G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)   G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)
 You give up so easily I don't know why you can't see
D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C  D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C       D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)I'm  depending  on  you,  don't  let  me  down
C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1) A (x02220@1) I'm  depending  on  you


 Baby if you can't change the world
 Maybe you should just change yourself
 You used to be such a sweet young girl
 Why you wanna be someone else?


 You give up so easily
 I don't know why you can't see
 I'm depending on you
 Is it to late now 
 I'm depending on you


        I WON'T BACK DOWN - Petty 
        =========================


       C#m (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1)  E (022100@1)        C#m (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1)  EWell (022100@1)I won't back down, no I won't back down
        C#m (x13321@4)    B (x2444x@1)       A (x02220@1)            
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
       C#m (x13321@4)B (x2444x@1)  EBut (022100@1)I won't back down 



      C#m (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1)E (022100@1)              C#m (x13321@4)B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)     
Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around
         C#m (x13321@4)     B (x2444x@1)        A (x02220@1)          
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
        C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_x2444x@1">B  E (022100@1)          C#m (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1)  E (022100@1)   AE
Gonna stand my ground and I won't back down     


A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E B (x2444x@1) EA                  E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)  EHey (022100@1)baby, there ain't no easy way out
A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E B (x2444x@1)    C#m (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1)E (022100@1)          C#m (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1)  E (022100@1)
hey I will stand my ground and I won't back down  


Well I know what's right I got just one life
In a world that keep on pushin' me around  
But I'll stand my ground and I won't back down


Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground and I won't back down 
And I won't back down
No I wont't back down


        LOVE IS ALONG (x02220@1)ROAD - Petty
        ===========================



Intro:  B (x2444x@1)AE E (022100@1)DA  B (x2444x@1)DA  E (022100@1)DA 


B (x2444x@1)               D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)There was a girl in town 
E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)She said she cared about me
B (x2444x@1)                D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)She tried to make my world
E (022100@1)                 D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)The way she tought it should be
G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)Yeah we were desperate then
G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)          
 To have each other to hold
 A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1)E (022100@1)    B (x2444x@1)        E (022100@1)But love is a long, long road



 There were so many times
 I would wake up at noon
 With my head spinning 'round
 I would wait for the moon
 And give her one more chance
 To try and save my soul
 But love is a long, long road



 Yeah it was hard to give up
 Some things are hard to let go
 Somethings are never enough
 I guess I only can hope
 For maybe one more chance
 To try and save my soul
 But love is a long, long road


        RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM - Petty
        ============================


         E (022100@1)               
It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
          D (xx0232@1)                 EI (022100@1)had the radio on. I was drivin'
                                             D (xx0232@1)           
Trees flew by, me and Del was singin' little runaway 
      EI (022100@1)was flyin'


CHORUS
         A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)    EYeah (022100@1)I'm runnin' down a dream
     E (022100@1)         G (320003@1)     AThat (x02220@1)never would come to me
A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)  E (022100@1) E (022100@1)        G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)    ERunnin' (022100@1)down a dream


I felt so good like anything was possible
I hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes
The last tree days the rain was un-stoppable 
It was always cold, no sunshine


CHORUS


I rolled on as the sky grew dark
I put the pedal down to make some time
There's something good waitin' down this road
I'm pickin' up whatever's mine


CHORUS 


        THE WAITING - Petty
        ===================


Intro goes like this:
G D/F# Asus4 D   G D/F# Asus4

chords:
D/F# 2xO23x
Asus4 xO223O

ABaby (x02220@1)Dont It Feal Like H
G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)         Dheaven (xx0232@1)right  now Dont it Feal Like sin   Dream        Yeah
A (x02220@1)                    G (320003@1)            DIve (xx0232@1)never Known nothin  Quite like      This Dont it
BmFeal (x24432@1)like tonight Might never be again Baby
AWe (x02220@1)know better than to try and pretend honey
Ano (x02220@1)one could a ever told me bout this I said yeah yeah(yeah yeah)
Ayeah (x02220@1)yeah yeah The
G (320003@1)  D/F# (200232@1)    A (x02220@1)        Dwait-ing (xx0232@1)is the hardest    part
G (320003@1)  D/F# (200232@1)      Asus4 (x02230@1)           G (320003@1)           D/F#every (200232@1)day ya see  one more card you take it on    faith you
A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)     D/F# (200232@1)    Asus4 (x02230@1)    Dtake (xx0232@1)it to the heart the wait ing is the hardest  part


        YER SO BAD - Petty
        ==================


|-		Am (x02210@1)          D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)       Am (x02210@1)|v		My sister got lucky, married ayuppie (x02210@1)|E
|r		Am (x02210@1)        D (xx0232@1)         G|s (320003@1)	took him for all he was worth
|E
|		Am (x02210@1)       D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)      Am|1 (x02210@1)	now she's aswinger, (x02210@1)dating asinger (x02210@1)|
|		Am (x02210@1)      D (xx0232@1)           G|- (320003@1)	I can't decide which is worse


pre-		Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)         Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)  Gchorus (320003@1)	but not me baby, I've got you to save me


|-
|C		G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)  C|h (x32010@1)	oh yer so bad, best thing I ever had
|o
|r		G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)  C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)     D|u (xx0232@1)	in aworld (x02210@1)gone mad, yer so bad
|s
|-


|-		Am (x02210@1)           D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)          Am| (x02210@1)	My sister's ex-husband can't get no lovin'
|v
|E		Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)           G|r (320003@1)	walks around dog-faced and hurt
|s
|E		Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)         Am| (x02210@1)	now he's got nothin', head in the oven
|2
|		Am (x02210@1)       D (xx0232@1)          G|- (320003@1)	I can't decide which is worse



        THE APARTMENT SONG - Petty           
        ==========================


AI (x02220@1)used to live in a two-room apartment
                   E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)   
Neighbors knockin' on my wall

Times were hard I don't wanna knock it 
                E (022100@1)     AI (x02220@1)don't miss it much at all


CHORUS
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1) Oh yeah I'm alright I just feel a little lonely tonight
D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1) I'm okay most of the time I just feel a little lonely tonight


I used to need your love so badly
Then I came to live with it
Lately I get a faraway feeling
And the whole thing starts again


(CHORUS and 2nd verse)



~Title:			FEEL AWHOLE (x02220@1)LOT BETTER		   (Byrds,Gene Clark)
								   1964
		A (x02220@1)	The reason why,  Oh I can't say
		                 E (022100@1)                 F#m (244222@1) B (x2444x@1)	I had to let you go babe, And right away
		               A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)     Bm (x24432@1)	After what you did,  I can't stay on

			Bm (x24432@1)              A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)		And I`ll probably feel awhole (x02210@1)lot better
			            D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)		When you're gone

		A (x02220@1)	Baby for along (x02210@1)time,  You had me believe
		                       E (022100@1)                               F#m (244222@1)B (x2444x@1)	That your love was all mine, And that's the way it would be
		A (x02220@1)                                          D (xx0232@1)  Bm (x24432@1)	But I didn't know,  That you were puttin' me on

			Bm (x24432@1)              A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)		And I`ll probably feel awhole (x02210@1)lot better
			E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)    E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)		When you're gone,  Oh when you're gone

		A (x02220@1)	Now I got to say,  That it's not like before
		                  E (022100@1)                   F#m (244222@1)  B (x2444x@1)	And I'm not gonna play, You're game any more
		A (x02220@1)                               D (xx0232@1)  Bm (x24432@1)	After what you did,  I can't stay on

			Bm (x24432@1)              A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)		And I`ll probably feel awhole (x02210@1)lot better
			E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)		When you're gone
			Bm (x24432@1)          A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)		I`ll probably feel awhole (x02210@1)lot better
			E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)    E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)		When you're gone,  Oh when you're gone
			E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)		Oh when you're gone


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In the Dark of the Sun - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, from the
                         "Into the Great Wide Open" album




Intro:
G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D	C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D

       G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D	       C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
In the dark 		of the sun
         G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D	     C (x32010@1)DWill (xx0232@1)you save 		me aplace (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)name="chord_200232@1">D/F#		C/E (x3111x@5)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Give me hope,		Give me comfort
	C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D	        	G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D	C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Get me to 		abetter (x02210@1)place

        G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D	         C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Saw you sail 		across ariver (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)  	D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Underneath 		Orion's sword
        G (320003@1)name="chord_200232@1">D/F#	            C/E (x3111x@5)DIn (xx0232@1)your eyes 		there was afreedom (x02210@1)      C (x32010@1)	        DI (xx0232@1)had never 		known before

Chorus:
		Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)GHey (320003@1)yeah yeah
G (320003@1)	Em (022000@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D GIn (320003@1)the dark of the sun
          Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)DWe (xx0232@1)will stand      together
D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Yeah we will stand as one
    D (xx0232@1)                    GOh (320003@1)	in the dark of the sun

(Solo)








        G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D	            C (x32010@1)DPast (xx0232@1)my days 		of great confusion
        G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D	             C (x32010@1)DPast (xx0232@1)my days 		of wondering why
       G (320003@1)name="chord_200232@1">D/F#	         C/E (x3111x@5)DWill (xx0232@1)I sail 		into the heavens
       C (x32010@1)      DConstellations (xx0232@1)		in my eyes

Chorus (X2)

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                 AChange (x02220@1)Of Heart - Tom Petty


Intro Riff -   C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
               
This is played twice as  - C GG A G F   C GG AG G with muted strums 
after the  C GG's


VERSE

       C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G FWell (133211@1)I fought for you
  C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G 
I fought too hard
   C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Fto (133211@1)do it all again babe, 
    C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
its gone to far         

AYou (x02220@1)never needed me
G (320003@1)                FYou (133211@1)only wanted me around
           GIt (320003@1)gets me down


CHORUS
               C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G FThere's (133211@1)been a change,
     A (x02220@1)                      Gyeah (320003@1)there's been a change of heart
                    C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G FSaid (133211@1)there's been a change
    AYou (x02220@1)push just a little too far
    GYou (320003@1)make it just a little to hard
FTheres (133211@1)been a change of heart



I'll get over you
It won't take long
I've stood in yer gallery
seen what's hang'in from the wall

You were the moon and sun,
Yer just a loaded gun now
It get's me down

+ CHORUS +


BRIDGE

G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)   G (320003@1)AWhoa (x02220@1)yeah, oh boy
G (320003@1)                             FLooks (133211@1)like we finally found the turning point
G (320003@1)A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)AOh (x02220@1)me, oh my
G (320003@1)                           F (133211@1)                   GLooks (320003@1)like its time for me to kiss it goodbye, yeah kiss it goodbye

+ CHORUS +

=================================================

              AFace (x02220@1)In The Crowd - Tom Petty

it goes something like this  :-


              Em (022000@1)            CBefore (x32010@1)All of this ever went down
           Em (022000@1)             Cin (x32010@1)another place, another town

         D (xx0232@1)                Amyou (x02210@1)were just a face in the crowd
         D (xx0232@1)                Amyou (x02210@1)were just a face in the crowd
           Bm (x24432@1)           Am (x02210@1)                 Emout (022000@1)in the street walking around a face in the crowd


out of a dream, out of the sky
into my heart, into my life
And you were just a face in the crowd
out in the street, thinking out loud
A face in the crowd

=================================================================

INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN by TOM PETTY from the album of same name
 
The intro and first few bars of the verse seem to be the following:
 
    Em (022000@1)Em? Em7 Em6 (022020@1)
e---0-----------------
b---0-----------------          The chord names are probably a bit 
g---0-----------------                dodgy but - hey. If you play this 
d---2----1---0--------                on an acoustic 12 string (like TP's 
a---2----2---2---4----                nice Martin one ...) it sounds ok.
e---0----0---0---0----
 
 
 
Em (022000@1)  Em?            Em7           Em6Eddie (022020@1)waited till he finished high school
Em (022000@1)       Em?        Em7      Em6He (022020@1)went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
Am (x02210@1)     Am/G (302210@1)             Am/F# (202210@1)   Am/GHe (302210@1)met a girl out there with a tattoo too
    G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C GThe (320003@1)future was wide open.
 
Em (022000@1)       Em?               Em7        Em6They (022020@1)moved into a place they both could afford 
Em (022000@1)       Em?                Em7         Em6He (022020@1)found a nightclub he could work at the door
Am (x02210@1)      Am/G (302210@1)          Am/F# (202210@1)        Am/GShe (302210@1)had a guitar and she taught him some chords
    G (320003@1) F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)   G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C GD
The sky was the limit.
 
G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)        D(sus4)  G (320003@1)        Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1)   AmInto (x02210@1)the great wide open,    under them skies of blue
G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)        D(sus4)    G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)   AOut (x02220@1)in the great wide open,    a rebel without a clue.
 
 
(instrum: play the intro riff and end with G then A - I think)
 
The papers said Ed always played from the heart
He got an agent and a roadie named Bart
They made a record and it went in the charts
The sky was the limit.
 
His leather jacket had chains that would jingle
They both met movie stars, partied and mingled.
Their A&R man said "I don't hear a single."
The future was wide open.
 
Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue.
 
Into the great wide open,  under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue.

final flourish: G C G   G C G.

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~Subject: TAB: Learning To Fly (Tom Petty)


This is a pretty simple one 1 guitar plays the simple chord pattern

F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)The other guitar plays this little riff:

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-2-0----0---0-0---0-------------2-0--0-0-0---0----0-----------------------
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