• Song:

    Free Fallin

  • Artist:

    John Mayer

Free Fallin by Tom Petty
Performed by John Mayer

Okay, this is my first tab ever. and it's not a hard song to play really.
Corrections are appreciated!

Intro
This is the part John Mayer is playing (I think) Macintosh adds a few things along the 
but i'm not sure about that part
This is also where the youtube clip starts so i don't know if he played anything before 
 http://youtube.com/watch?v=HfCw-6RK-fA

With Capo on 3rd

--------------------------------------------2------------------------------------|
---3-3---2-------2h3----------3p2-----3---3-3---2-------2h3----------3p2-----3---|
---4-2---2------2-------------2---2---4---4-2---2------2-------------2---2---4---|
---0-4---2-----2----------------------0---0-4---2-----2----------------------0---|
--------------0------------0-------------------------0------------0--------------|
------------------------2--------------------------------------2-----------------|


Verse
Fingerpicked
----2---3-----3-2-----------|
----3---3-----3-3----2------|
----2---2-----2-2----2------|
---------------------2------|
---------------------0------|
----2---3-----3-2-----------|
    T   T     T T
Riff after first verse

------------------------------|
------------------------------|
----s4-2--2-------------------|
----------4--0--s2-s2---------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|

On the second verse/chorus another guitar is playing this
WITHOUT CAPO!! not fingerpicked

--------------------------------|
----6----6----6-6----6----------|
----5----5----5-5----5----------|
----7----8----8-7----5----------|
----8----8----8-8----8----------|
----5----6----6-5---------------|
    T    T    T T


Chorus
with capo
----2---3-----3-2-----------|
----3---3-----3-3----2------|
----2---2-----2-2----2------|
---------------------2------|
---------------------0------|
----2---3-----3-2-----------|
    T   T     T T

After a chorus

----------------------------|
----s7-5-----5--5v----------|
----------7-----------------|
----------------------------|
----------------------------|
----------------------------|


BRIDGE
"free fallin, free fallin, oh i'm free fallin..."
Same as chorus and verse, but with palm mute


The part when he sings "I Wanna glide down..."
not fingerpicked

--2---3---3-2---x--------------|
--3---3---3-3---2--------------|
--2---2---2-2---2--------------|
--0---0---0-0---2--------------|
--x---x---x-x---0--------------|
--2---3---3-3---x--------------|

and that's it =) ENjoy!
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