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Swingin' - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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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 Am
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)
