#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 12:54:39 EDT From: winston campbell Subject: ONE STORY TOWN by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers One Story Town (words & music by Tom Petty) The intro is: B5* (the bass occasionally plays an A and hammers on a B note, you can hear it in the song). The intro riff is: E -----------|------------------|| B -----------|---------------7--|| G -9--8h9p8--|-----9--8---------|| D -----------|-7----------9-----|| A -----------|------------------|| E -----------|------------------|| Please escuse the vulgar misinterpretations of the lyrics: F#5 Yeah, I~ve been standing up E5 I~ve been breaking free F#5 E5 B5* I don~t want fate handed down to me F#5 Yeah, I~ve been moving on E5 Try another town F#5 Times ain~t changin~ nothing E5 B5* Take a look around D5 A5 G5 I~m lost in a one story town D5 A5 G5 Where everything~s close to the ground G5 A5 Yeah, same shit goes down G5 A5 Nothing turns around G5 A5 B5* It~s a one story town She was over seventeen when I held her to her word Had to push her luck Thought she couldn~t breathe No it didn~t hurt me when she had to leave She had a far away feeling Wasn~t part of me I~m lost in a one story town Where everything~s close to the ground Yeah, same shit goes down Nothing turns around It~s a one story town Instrumental: A5, A5, A5....B5 Yeah, I~m lost in a one story town Where everything~s close to the ground Yeah, same shit goes down Nothing turns around It~s a one story town Ending: B5* Those high guitar parts for the chorus are: X Y E -----17--14---------|-5h7p5----------8h10p8-| B -15----------15-----|-----------------------| G -----------------16-|-----------------------| D --------------------|-----------------------| A --------------------|-----------------------| E --------------------|-----------------------| -X- is played sometimes during the first half of the chorus and -Y- is played after that part where Petty sings -same shit goes down-. I hope this has been help towards you. Oh yeah! For the instrumental Mike's guitar just plays: A -10--12--| E ---------| And that's about it.