Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Swingin' (1999)
(Petty)

From: "Echo"

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There are many slight variations in the course of the song. I just put
down the first intro and the lick that is played on the piano.

INTRO/VERSE
  D                Am               G                D
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e | 2---2---2-2-2-2- | 0---0---0-0-0-0- | 3---3---3-3-3-3- | 2---2---2-2-2-2- | 
B | 3---3---3-3-3-3- | 1---1---1-0-1-1- | 0---0---0-1-0-x- | 3---3---3-3-3-3- | 
G | 2---2---2-2-2-0- | 2---2---2-2-2-2- | 0---0---0-0-0-2- | 2---2---0-2-0-2- | 
D | 0---0---0-0-0-0- | 2---2---2-2-2-2- | 0---0---0-0-0-0- | 0---0---0-0-0-0- | 
A | ---------------- | 0---0---0-0-0-0- | x---x---x-x-x-x- | ---------------- | 
E | ---------------- | ---------------- | 3---3---3-3-3-3- | ---------------- | 

VRESE (with piano lick incorporated)
  D                Am               G                D
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e | 2---2---2-2-2-2- | 0---0---0-0-0-0- | 3---3---3-3-3-3- | 2---2---2-2-2-2- | 
B | 3---3---3-3-3-3- | 1---1---1-0-1-1- | 0---0---0-1-0-x- | 3---3---3-3-3-3- | 
G | 2---2---2-4-2-0- | 2---2---2-2-2-2- | 0---0---0-0-0-2- | 2---2---2-0-2-0- | 
D | 0---0---0-0-0-0- | 2---2---2-2-2-2- | 0---0---0-0-0-0- | 0---0---0-0-0-0- | 
A | ---------------- | 0---0---0-0-0-0- | x---x---x-x-x-x- | ---------------- | 
E | ---------------- | ---------------- | 3---3---3-3-3-3- | ---------------- | 

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INTRO
 D  Am  G  D 
 D  Am  G  D 
 D  Am  G  D 

              D                           Am
Well, she was standing by the highway
       G                       D
In her boots and silver spurs
      D 
Gonna hitchhike to the yellow moon
       G                         D
When a Cadillac stopped for her
               D                           Am
And she said, "Hey, nice to meet you, 
G                      D
Are you goin' my way?"
D                              Am
Yeah, that's when it happened
    G                           D
The world caught fire that day

        C           G   D
And she went down   -   swingin'
          C           G   D
Yeah, she went down   -   swingin'

              D                Am
Well, she was over twenty-one
   G                      D
In trouble with the law
       D                     Am
And it didn't faze her none
    G                         D
She called her mother-in-law
           D                    Am
And said I need a little money
  G                           D
I knew I could count on you
D                           Am
After that night in Vegas
        G                           D
And the hell that we went through

   C           G   D
We went down   -   swingin' - like Benny Goodman
         C           G   D
Yeah, we went down   -   swingin'

SOLO
 D  Am  G  D 
 D  Am  G  D 

D                           Am
Moonlight on the interstate
         G                         D
She was 'cross the Georgia line
       D                             Am 
Looked out the window feeling great
         G                      D
Yeah, it had to come in time
        D                           Am
And she said I'm never goin' back
    G                         D
She said at last I'm free
D                           Am
I wish ma could see me now, 
      G                    D
She?d be so proud of me

    C           G   D
She went down   -   swingin? - like Glenn Miller
          C           G   D
Yeah, she went down   -   swingin? - like Tommy Dorsey
          C           G   D
Yeah, she went down   -   swingin? - like Sammy Davis
    C           G   D
She went down   -   swingin? - like Sonny Liston

 D  Am  G  D 
 D  Am  G  D 
 D  Am  G  D 
(repeat and fade)
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