• Song:

    Learning To Fly

  • Artist:

    Tom Petty

  • Album:

    Damn the Torpedoes/Sout...

Artist: Tom Petty
Song:   Learning to Fly
Transcribed by : Matt Teeter (matst103@pitt.edu)

Note: These guys are disgustingly exceptional guitarists
and there may be a 3rd guitar thrown in there I am missing
but here goes.

Guitar 1 is Tom's acoustic 12 string
this repeats throughout the entire song

   F       C      Am     G something

e--1--  --0--  --0--  --3--     
b--1--  --1--  --1--  --0--
g--2--  --0--  --2--  --0--
d--3--  --2--  --2--  --0--
a--3--  --3--  --0--  --X--
e--X--  --X--  --X--  --X--

For the buildup to the solo as well as the little breakdown
thing close to the end (at 2:48) Tom just hangs on the G chord

the strumming for the breakdown is

FFFFF C AAAAA G FFFFF C AAAAA G

The C's and G's are only strummed once

Guitar 2 is an electric on clean channel with really heavy 
echo/chorus effect of some sort

During the Intro and verse it plays this:
  F      C       Am     G
E--------------------------------
B------1---1-----1---1--0--1-0-1-
G-2-0----0---0-0---0-------------
D--------------------------------
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------

During the chorus it is much louder and changes to this:
  F      C       Am     G
E----------------------------
B---1~~~~~~~~~~~----1-----0~~
G-0-------------------2-0----
D----------------(2)---------
A----------------------------
E----------------------------

the note in () is NOT played in the song, but either way sounds fine
any corrections, feel free to email me at matst103@pitt.edu
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