• Song:

    Greatest Hits

  • Artist:

    Tom Petty

Greatest Hits Tab by Tom Petty


1: American Girl
2: Breakdown
3: Listen To Her Heart
4: I Need To Know
5: Refugee
6: Don't Do Me Like That
7: Even The Losers
8: Here Comes My Girl
9: The Waiting
10: You Got Lucky
11: Don't Come Around Here No More
12: I Won't Back Down
13: Runnin' Down A Dream
14: Free Fallin'
15: Learning To Fly
16: Into The Great Wide Open
17: Mary Jane's Last Dance
18: Something In The Air


Tom Petty - American Girl

Intro: 
18 bars D
Two bars E7, two G, A A , D D, E7 E7, G G, A7 A7

Verse 1

{D}Well she was an {E7}American girl. 
{G}Raised on {A}promises
{D}She couldn't help {E7}thinking that there was
a {G}little more to life {A}somewhere else
After all it was a {D}great big world
{G}with lots of places to {Em}run to
{A}And if she had to die   tryin' she   had one little promise she was gonna keep

Chorus:
{G}Oh yeah,{A} allright, {D}take it easy baby {Bm}make it last all night{G}
She was {A}  an American {D}girl

Verse 2:
Well it was kinda cold that night
She stood alone on the balcony
Yeh, she could hear the cars roll by,
out on four-fortyone like waves crashing on the beach
And for one des'rate moment there
he crept back in her memory
God it's so painful when something that's so close is still so far to reach. **

(Chorus)


Outro:
 D, G7 G7, A D,D,D, lots of D's, G7, G7,A,A, D, D ,D, D,E7 ,G ,D 

last piece:
D                                     E7
e--5-2-0-3-2-0-5-2-0-3-2-0-|--repeat-|-7-4-0-5-4-0-7-4-0-5-4-0-|repeat--|
b--------------------------|---------|----------------------------------|

G                                     D
e--10-7-0-9-7-0-10-7-0-9-7-0-|-rep-|--12-9-0-10-9-0-12-9-0-10-9-0|-rep--
b----------------------------|-----|-----------------------------|------

and fade out

 

Tom Petty - Breakdown

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

Am         G             Am          G     
Something inside you is feeling like I do,
Am           G      Fmaj7
We said all there is to say

Fmaj7    G/f    Am/f   G/f

Am    G   F            G             
Breakdown go ahead and give it to me 
Am    G    F                   G
Breakdown take me through the night
Am    G   F           G           
Breakdown go ahead give it to me, 
Am    G        Fmaj7
Breakdown its alright, 


Fmaj7  G/f  Am/f  G/f  Fmaj7  G/f  Am/f  G/f    Am   G Am  G
                   its alright          its alright

 

Tom Petty - Listen To Her Heart

Intro:
A A9 

Verse 1
A
            G             A A9 
She`s gonna ..
           G                A
It`s gonna ..
          E
She might ...
                   A A9 
but she ..

Bridge.
G                             A         *(fill)
  And you ..
G                                      A              E
  Then you ...

Solo (-verse).
Ref.
Outro. (A, Asus4, A, A9, A)

*Fill (okt. Asus4, A)
E|-10-9-----
B|-----10---
G|-------9--
D|-X--------
A|-X--------
E|-X--------

Solo.
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---
B|-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-12-12-10-12-14-14-15-15-15-14-14-14-12-12-10-10--
G|-x---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-x---------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-x---------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-x---------------------------------------------------------------------

E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----
B|-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-12-12-10-12-14-14-14-15-14-12-12-10-12-10---
G|-x----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-x----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-x----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-x----------------------------------------------------------------

 

Tom Petty - I Need To Know

Intro
  E5
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G-9----------------------------------|------------9--7--9----------------|
D-9----------------------------------|------------9--7--9----------------|
A-7----------------------------------|------------7--7--7----------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|---------------------8--7----------|
G--------9--7--9---------------------|---------------------7--7----------|
D--------9--7--9---------------------|---------------------7--7----------|
A--------7--7--9---------------------|---------------------5--5----------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G---9---9--7--9----------------------|-----------9--7--9-----------------|
D---9---9--7--9----------------------|-----------9--7--9-----------------|
A---7---7--7--7----------------------|-----------7--7--7-----------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|---------------------8--7----------|
G--------9--7--9---------------------|---------------------7--7----------|
D--------9--7--9---------------------|---------------------7--7----------|
A--------7--7--9---------------------|---------------------5--5----------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Verse
 D5
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G-7----------------------------------|-------------------------7---------|
D-7----------------------------------|---------------7-------------------|
A-5----------------------------------|----5------------------------------|

e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|----------8---7--------------------|
B-9------9--7--9---------------------|----------7---7--------------------|
G-9------9--7--9---------------------|----------7---7--------------------|
D-7------7--7--7---------------------|----------5---5--------------------|
A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Chorus
E5 D5 c5 d5 e5 d5 c5 d5 c5 d5
and then..
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|---------------------8--7----------|
G---9----9--7--9---------------------|-----------5---------7--7----------|
D---9----9--7--9---------------------|-----------5---------7--7----------|
A---7----7--7--9---------------------|-----------7---------5--5----------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

 

Tom Petty - Refugee
     
Intro:   
F#m A E
     
Verse:
F#m                        A                   E         F#m      A   E
We got something we both know it we dont talk too much about it
F#m                     A                  E         F#m        A   E
Aint no real big secret all the same, somehow we get around it
E         D            
   Listen, it don't really matter to me baby
B
You believe what you want to believe. You see you
     
Chorus:
F#m           A              E      F#m                      A   E
don't have to live like a refugee (don't have to live like a refugee)
     
(Repeat the above measures..)
     
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some.
Tell me why you wanna lay there, revel in your abandon.
     
Honey, it don't make no difference to me.
Baby, everybody's had to fight to be free.
You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.
No baby, you don't have to live like a refugee.
     
E
Baby we aint the first 
A
I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned
D 
Right now it seems real to you, but it's
E
One of those things you gotta feel to be true
     
Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some.
Who knows, maybe you were kidnapped, tied-up, taken away, and held for
ransom.
     
Honey, it don't really matter to me.
Baby, everybody's had to fight to be free.
You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.
No, you don't have to live like a refugee.
Baby, you don't have to live like a refugee.

 

Tom Petty - Don't Do Me Like That


INTRO: G F C D  G F C D       FILL #1  E----------3----
                                       B--3--5--------
                                       G----------------

G                  
I WAS TALKIN' WITH A FRIEND OF MINE
   F 
SAID A WOMAN HAD HURT HIS PRIDE
   C
TOLD HIM THAT SHE LOVED HIM SO
          D 
AND TURNED AROUND AND LET HIM GO
    G
THEN HE SAID YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR STEP
 F
OR YOU'RE GONNA GET HURT YOURSELF
   C                                                    D 
SOMEONE'S GONNA TELL YOU LIES CUT YOU DOWN TO SIZE

  G                                  FILL 1   F                                  FILL 1 
DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT          DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT
    Em                                      C                             D 
WHAT IF I LOVED YOU BABY DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT
  G                                  FILL 1   F                                  FILL 1
DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT          DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT
  Em                                                    C                            D  
SOMEDAY I MIGHT NEED YOU BABY DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT

  G                                               F 
LISTEN HONEY CAN'T YOU SEE BABY IT WOULD BURY ME
C                                                     D     
IF YOU WERE IN THE PUBLIC EYE GIVIN' SOMEONE ELSE A TRY
   G                         
WELL YOU KNOW YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR STEP
 F
OR YOU'RE GONNA GET HURT YOURSELF
   C                                                    D 
SOMEONE'S GONNA TELL YOU LIES CUT YOU DOWN TO SIZE

   G                                 FILL 1   F                                  FILL 1
DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT          DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT
    Em                                      C                             D   
WHAT IF I LOVED YOU BABY DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT
   G                                 FILL 1   F                                  FILL 1
DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT          DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT
     Em                                      C                             D
WHAT IF I NEED YOU HONEY DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT

              G7                                                 C 
'CAUSE SOMEWHERE DEEP DOWN INSIDE SOMEONE IS SAYING
  G7                                      C
LOVE DOESN'T LAST THAT LONG
 G7                                             C
I'VE HAD THIS FEELIN' INSIDE NIGHT OUT AND DAY IN
      Cm                              D       
AND I CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE

  G                                              F 
LISTEN HONEY CAN'T YOU SEE BABY IT WOULD BURY ME
C                                                    D 
IF YOU WERE IN THE PUBLIC EYE GIVIN' SOMEONE ELSE A TRY
 G     
AND YOU KNOW YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR STEP
 F
OR YOU'RE GONNA GET HURT YOURSELF
   C                                                    D 
SOMEONE'S GONNA TELL YOU LIES CUT YOU DOWN TO SIZE

   G                                 FILL 1   F                                  FILL 1
DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT          DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT
    Em                                      C                             D 
WHAT IF I LOVED YOU BABY DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT
  G                                  FILL 1   F                                  FILL 1
DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT          DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT
Em                                                 C                             D 
I JUST MIGHT NEED YOU HONEY DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT
   G                                 FILL 1   F                                  FILL 1 
DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT          DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT

OUTRO/REPEAT (CHORUS W/AD LIB LYRICS)

 

Tom Petty - Even the Losers 


(Intro) 
A
A            D      A         G         A
Well it was nearly summer, sat on your roof
         D        A              G
Yeah we smoked cigarettes and we stared at the moon
       D      A            G           D
And I showed you stars you never could see
                       D                  C
Babe, it couldnt have been that easy to forget about me

      D        A              G         A
Baby time meant nothin anything seemed real
                D        A             G 
Yeah you could kiss like fire and you made me feel
            D   A           G         D
Like every word you said was meant to be
                       D          A       C
Babe, it couldnt have been that easy to forget about me

(Chorus)
                 D      A      G
Baby even the losers
     D          A        G
Get lucky sometimes
           D           A      G
Even the losers
         G     
Keep a little bit of pride
          A
They get lucky sometimes

(Solo, repeat chords as in verses 1&2)

(Bridge)
A         Asus4
Two cars parked on the overpass
A              Asus4
Rocks hit the water like broken glass
A           Asus4
Should have known right then it was too good to last
A     Asus4               G                 G
Its such a drag when you live in the past

(Repeat Chorus to fade)

 

Tom Petty - Here Comes My Girl


The main progression for the INTRO and VERSE of the song goes like this
Use a 1st finger barre at 2nd fret, move (not slide) it up to 4th fret.
When you play it with the song, you'll get the feel of it:

  A                   B/A            Amaj7               B/A
E-------------------|--------------|-------------------|-------------------
B-2-----------------|-4-----4--5--7|-5-----------------|-4-----------------
G-2-----------------|-4-----4------|-6-----------------|-4-----------------
D-2-----------------|-4-----4------|-7-----------------|-4-----------------
A-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0|-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0
E-------------------|--------------|-------------------|-------------------

VERSE 1:
A
  You know, sometimes, I don't know why
  B/A                               Amaj7       B/A
  But this whole town just seems so hopeless
A                                             B/A
  I ain't really sure but it seems I remember the good times
                         Amaj7             B/A
  Were just a little bit more in focus
A                                   B/A
  But when she puts her arms around me
       Amaj7               B/A
  I can somehow rise above it
A                                      B/A
  Yeah man when I got that little girl standing right by my side
                 Amaj7                        B/A
  You know I can tell the whole wide world to shove it

CHORUS:
                    E      A                  E      A
  Hey here comes my girl        Here comes my girl
F#m            B (normal B chord)
  Yeah and she looks so right She is all I need tonight

VERSE 2:
Every now and then I get down to the end of a day
I'll just have to stop, ask myself, "What've I done?"
It just seems so useless to have to work so hard
And nothin' ever really seem to come from it
And then she looks me in the eye, says, "We gonna last forever,"
And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it
No, because this feels so good and so free and so right
I know we ain't never goin' change our minds about it

CHORUS and then BREAK (see bottom)

VERSE 3:
Yeah every time it seems there ain't nothin' left no more
I find myself havin' to reach out and grab hold of somethin'
Yeah, I just catch myself wanderin', waitin', worryin'
About some silly little things that don't add up to nothin'
And then she looks me in the eye, says, "We gonna last forever,"
And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it
No, because this feels so good and so free and so right
I know we ain't never goin' change our minds about it

CHORUS then END 
(the ending is just the first and last measures of the VERSE: A to B/A)

BREAK: 
This break repeats three times, and the fourth time just
continues the same vamp on the E and A strings, to VERSE 3.
      
  F#5                                                        The numbers 
E-------------------------------------0-|                o     on this  
B------------------------0^2^0--------2-| F#5: | | | | | |   chord diagram
G-------------------------------3-----3-|      T | | | 1 |  (and E9 below) 
D----------------------------------4--4-|      | | | 2 | |   represent the
A-4--4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4---------------4-|      | 3 4 | | |    finger used.
E-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2---------------2-|                  "T" means
								Thumb.

The '^' means hammer on the first time, and pull off the second time.
When pulling off, sort of flick the B string so it rings clearly.

Also, the E in the CHORUS can be played with an E9 in the middle:

  E     E9    E                                         o       o
|                 |              Use the            E9: | | | 1 | | 
| /   / /   / / / |     "down/down/up/up/down/up"       | 2 3 | | 4 
|                 |               strum.                | | | | | | 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

 

Tom Petty - The Waiting


Chord Tab
        EADGBe
G       320033 or 355433
G/F#    200033
Asus4   x02230 or x02233 or 577755
A       x02220 or 577655
D       xx0232
Bm      xx4432 or 224432
Bar2    222222

INTRO: (Note: before hitting the G chord play the F# note on the low E
string.  Walk the bass notes down and strum!)

G  G/F#  Asus4  D
G  G/F#  Asus4
G  G/F#  Asus4  D
G  G/F#  Asus4  A

VERSE 1
    A                       G            D
Oh, baby don't it feel like heaven right now
         A                          G  D
Don't it feel like something from a dream
      A                  G          D
Yeah, I've never nothing quite like this
         Bm        
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again
      G
Baby, we know better than to try and pretend
       A
Honey, no one could've ever told me about this
I said yeh, yeh, yeah yeah yeah yeah

CHORUS
    G   G/F#       A       D
The waiting is the hardest part
G     G/F#         A       
Every day you see one more card
    G          G/F#       A              D
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
    G   G/F#       A       D       G  G/F#  A  D
The waiting is the hardest part

VERSE 2
Well yeah I might've chased a couple women around
All it ever got me was down
Yeah, then there were those that made me feel good
But never as good as I feel right now
Baby you're the only one that's ever known how
to make me wanna live like I wanna live now
I said yeh, yeh, yeh yeh yeh yeh

CHORUS
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part

BRIDGE
Bm               Bar2
Oh don't let 'em kill you babe
Bm            Bar2
Don't let 'em get to you
Bm            Bar2
Don't let 'em kill you babe
Bm            Bar2
Don't let 'em get to you
A
I'll be your bleedin' heart
D
I'll be your cryin' fool
G
Don't let this go too far
F#
Don't let it get to you

(Solo)   

A G D
A G D
A G D Bm G A

Yeh, yeh, yeh yeh yeh yeh

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
The waiting is the hardest part

 

Tom Petty - You Got Lucky


Intro synth:
   Am                       Dm          G
E -5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3-|
B -5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-6--6--6--6--3--3--3--3-|
G -5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-7--7--7--7--4--4--4--4-|
D -7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|-------------5--5--5--5-|
A ------------------------|------------------------|
E ------------------------|------------------------|

(Intro chords)
You better watch what you say
You better watch what you do to me
Don~t get carried away
Girl, if you can do better than me
Am
Go
      F
Yeah, go
But remember
C            Am
Good love is hard to find
C            Am
Good love is hard to find
        F
You got lucky, babe
        G
You got lucky, babe
             (Intro chords)
When I found you

(Intro chords)
You put an end on my tear
And then you turn your eyes away
If you don~t feel complete
If I don~t take you all of the way
     Am
Then go,
      F
Yeah, go,
But remember
C            Am
Good love is hard to find
C            Am
Good love is hard to find
        F
You got lucky, babe
        G
You got lucky, babe
             (Intro chords)
When I found you


solo: (during the intro chords)
   Am                    Dm     G         Am                 Dm      G
E --------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G --------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D ------5--7----------------------------|------5--7-----------------------|
A -7~---------7~---5--3--5~---3-2--3--5-|-7~---------7~---5--3--2--0------|
E --------------------------------------|----------------------------3~~--|

The (~) means to sustain the note, the (~~) means to sustain and keep it
warply tremoloed.

     Am
Yeah go,
      F
Just, go,
But remember
C            Am
Good love is hard to find
C            Am
Good love is hard to find
        F
You got lucky, babe
        G
You got lucky, babe
             (Intro chords)
When I found you


Final solo:
   Am                    Dm     G       Am                   Dm   G
E ------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B ------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G ------------------------------------|----------------5--7--7b-----|
D ------5--7--------------------------|------5--7-------------------|
A -7~---------7~---5--3--5~-----------|-7~---------7~---------------|
E ------------------------------------|-----------------------------|


 

Tom Petty - Don't Come Around Here No More 


[F]don't [Bbsus2]come around here no [Csus2]more    [Bbsus2] 2x
[F] what[Bbsus2]ever you're looking [Csus2]for  [Bsus2]
[F] hey  don't [Bbsus2]come around here no [Csus2]more   [Bb]

cause [C]I've given up  [Am]
[C]   I've given up   [Gm]  [Am]  [Bb]
yeah [C]I've given up on [Am]waiting any longer
[C] I've given up all this [Gm]love [Am]getting [Bb]stronger

Don't come around here no more   4 times

I don't feel you any more
you darken my door
whatever you're looking for
hey don't come around here no more

cause I've given up
I've given up
hey I've given up, you tangle my emotions
I've given up, honey please, yeah but it's over

don't come around here no more 4x

stop walking down my street
don't come around here no more
who did you expect to meet
don't come around here no more
whatever you're looking for
don't come around here no more

 

Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down 


       C#m   B    E          C#m   B    E
Well I won't back down, no I won't back down
        C#m      B         A              
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
       C#m  B    E
But I won't back down 

      C#m   B  E                C#m  B   E       
Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around
         C#m       B          A            
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
        C#m B  E            C#m   B    E     AE
Gonna stand my ground and I won't back down     

A E B   EA                  E     B    E
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
A E B      C#M   B  E            C#m   B    E  
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

 

Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream

Signature Riff: (low E string with power E chord)
E:|--0--7--0--6--0--5--0--3--0---------------|

Verse1:
E
It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
            D                 E
I had the radio on, I was drivin'

The trees went back, me and Del were singin'
          D                  E
Little Runaway, I was so blind

Chorus:        D       G       E
Yeah, Runnin' down a dream
 E           G       A
Never would come to me
D          G       E
Workin' on a mystery
E          G         A
Goin' wherever it leads
D          G       E
Runnin' down a dream


Verse2:
E
I felt so good, like anything was possible
       D                        E
Hit cruise control, and rub my eyes

Last three days, the rain was unstoppable
        D                       E
(It) was always cold, no sunshine

Repeat Chorus
Break: It is just C (riff) D (riff) E (riff)  Play 2X

Verse3:
E
I rolled on, the sky grew dark
            D                        E
I put the pedal down, to make some time

There's something good, waiting down this road
          D                 E
I'm pickin' up, whatever is mine

Repeat chorus 2X, then Break part, and add SOLO!

 

Tom Petty = Free Fallin'


Capo: 1st fret (all chords are in relation to the first fret)

The pattern is E Asus4 E Bsus/addE throughout the whole song (verses and refrain)

E          022100
Asus4      002200
Bsus/addE  224400

Lyrics:
She's a good girl, loves her mama
loves Jesus and America too
She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
loves horses and her boyfriend too

It's a long day livin' in Reseda
there's a free-way runnin' through the yard
and I'm a bad boy, cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart

Chorus:
And I'm free, I'm free fallin'

All the vampires walkin' through the valley
move west down Ventura Boulevard
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
All the good girls are home with broken hearts

Repeat Chorus

Do this little thing:

E -4----4-2---0-2-0--

right before the backing vocals go "Free fallin, yeah I'm free fallin" twice
after the chorus right before the next verse.

I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
I wanna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for awhile

Chorus

Right before they do the chorus a second time, they play the chord forms as
barres:

E5 A5 B5 A5

 

Tom Petty - Learning To Fly

Guitar 1:
F C Am G

Guitar 2:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
------1---1-----1---1--0--1-0-1----1--1---1----1-----1-0--1-0-1--
-2-0----0---0-0---0-------------2-0--0-0-0---0----0--------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------

 

Tom Petty - Into The Great Wide Open

The intro and first few bars of the verse:
    Em  Em? Em7 Em6
e---0-----------------
B---0-----------------           
G---0-----------------
D---2----1---0--------
A---2----2---2---4----
E---0----0---0---0----

Intro Solo
e--/12~-----------------
B--------12/10----10/12~
G--------------12-------
D-----------------------
A-----------------------
E-----------------------
  
Em    Em?            Em7           Em6
Eddie waited till he finished high school
Em         Em?        Em7      Em6
He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
Am       Am/G               Am/F#     Am/G
He met a girl out there with a tattoo too
    G          F    C       G C G
The future was wide open.
 
Em         Em?               Em7        Em6
They moved into a place they both could afford 
Em         Em?                Em7         Em6
He found a nightclub he could work at the door
Am        Am/G            Am/F#          Am/G
She had a guitar and she taught him some chords
    G   F       C          G C G     G C GD
The sky was the limit.
 
G        C          D(sus4)  G          Em       D     Am
Into the great wide open,    under them skies of blue
G          C          D(sus4)    G         F     Em     A
Out in the great wide open,    a rebel without a clue.
 
Pre Verse 2 Riff
e---------12-------------------12-----------------0----------------
B------12----15b----15b12-15b------12---5------3-------------------
G--14b-------------------------------------2/4-------4/2-0-2--0----
D---------------------------------------------------------------2--
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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.

 

Tom Petty - Mary Jane's Last Dance


Intro:  Am (hammer on index finger)  G    D   Am

Am                G    
She grew up in an Indiana town
      D                     Am
Had a good lookin' mama who never was around
       Am                    G
But she grew up tall and she grew up right
          D                  Am
With them Indiana boys on an Indiana night

Well she moved down here at the age of 18
She blew the boys away, it was more than they'd seen
I was introduced and we both started groovin'
She said, "I dig you baby but I got to keep movin'"
...on, keep movin' on

Chorus:
D                  
Last dance with Mary Jane
                                A
One more time to kill the pain
D   
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm
                          A
Tired of this town again 

Well I don't know but I've been told
You never slow down, you never grow old
I'm tired of screwing up, I'm tired of bein' down
I'm tire of myself, I'm tired of this town
Oh my my, oh hell yes
Honey put on that party dress
Buy me a drink, sing me a song,
Take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long

Repeat chorus:

There's pidgeons down in Market Square
She's standin' in her underwear
Lookin' down from a hotel room
Nightfall will be comin' soon
Oh my my, oh hell yes
You've got to put on that party dress
It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone
I hit the last number, I walked to the road   

 

Tom Petty - Something In The Air

Tuning.
Open E, EBEG#BE.

Chords.
E        000000
F#m7add4 220100
F#       222222
G#m7add4 442322
G#       444444
A#m7add4 664544


E / / / F#m7add4 / / / E / / / F#m7add4 / / /

E
Call out the instigators
                F#m7add4
Because theres something in the air
             E
Weve got to get together sooner or later
            F#m7add4
Because the revolutions here, and you know its...

E |-----------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|
G#|------0-------0-------0-------0----|
E |----0-------0-------0-------0------|
B |--5-----5-3-----3-2-----2-0-----0--|
E |-----------------------------------|
  ...right

E |-----------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|
G#|------0-------0-------0-------0----|
E |----0-------0-------0-------0------|
B |--5-----5-3-----3-2-----2-0-----0--|
E |-----------------------------------|
       And you know that its right

F#m7add4
We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together...

E |-----------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|
G#|------0-------0-------0-------0----|
E |----0-------0-------0-------0------|
B |--5-----5-3-----3-2-----2-0-----0--|
E |-----------------------------------|
  ...Now

E |-----------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|
G#|------0-------0-------0-------0----|
E |----0-------0-------0-------0------|
B |--5-----5-3-----3-2-----2-0-----0--|
E |-----------------------------------|

F# / / / G#m7add4 / / / F# / / / G#m7add4 / / /

F#
Lock up the streets and houses
                G#m7add4
Because theres something in the air
             F#
Weve got to get together sooner or later
            G#m7add4
Because the revolutions here, and you know its...

E |-----------------------------------|
B |------2-------2--------------------|
G#|----2-------2---------2-------2----|
E |--2-----2-----------2-------2------|
B |----------5-----5-4-----4-2-----2--|
E |-----------------------------------|
  ...right

E |-----------------------------------|
B |------2-------2--------------------|
G#|----2-------2---------2-------2----|
E |--2-----2-----------2-------2------|
B |----------5-----5-4-----4-2-----2--|
E |-----------------------------------|
       And you know that its right

G#m7add4
We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together...

Instrumental Section.

F#5 F#add6 F#5 F#add6 F#5 F#add6 F#5 F#add6
E |-------------------|-------------------|
B |-------------------|-------------------|
G#|-------------------|-------------------|
E |--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
B |--2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4--|--2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4--|
E |--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
  ...Now

E5 Eadd6 E5 Eadd6 E5 Eadd6 E5 Eadd6
F5 Fadd6 F5 Fadd6 F5 Eadd6 F5 Fadd6
G5 Gadd6 G5 Gadd6 G5 Gadd6 G5 Gadd6

C5 / / / F5 / / /
C5 / / / F5 / / /
F5 / / / F5 / / /
C5 / / / G5 / / /
C5 / / / F5 / / /
C5 / / / F5 / / /
C5 / / / G#5 G5 G#5 G5
C5 / / / F5 / / /

G# / / / A#m7add4 / / / G# / / / A#m7add4 / / /

G#
Hand out the arms and ammo
               A#m7add4
Were going to blast our way through here
             G#
Weve got to get together sooner or later
            A#m7add4
Because the revolutions here, and you know its...

E |-----------------------------------|
B |------4-------4--------------------|
G#|----4-------4---------4-------4----|
E |--4-----4-----------4-------4------|
B |----------7-----7-6-----6-4-----4--|
E |-----------------------------------|
  ...right

E |-----------------------------------|
B |------4-------4--------------------|
G#|----4-------4---------4-------4----|
E |--4-----4-----------4-------4------|
B |----------7-----7-6-----6-4-----4--|
E |-----------------------------------|
       And you know that its right

A#m7add4
We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together

G#
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