Chord Booklet

Tom Petty

10 songs|25 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

F#5

F#m

B/A

Amaj7

Fsus4

Csus4

A/D

A/E

Shadow Of A Doubt

Key: AHard

F#5

F#m

Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)

Tom Petty

Basically this song starts out with an A riff that is also played throughout

in the verses. I'm not too sure about the A riff, but this comes close:

EB 5 5~ 5 5 5 5~ | 5 5~ 7 7 5 ||

G 6 6~ 6h7p6 6 6~ | 6 6~ 7 7 6 6~ ||

D 7 7~ 7 7 7 7~ | 7 7~ 7~ ||

A 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 ||

I hope that isn't too confusing. Anyway here is the actual song (in full):

F#5There goes my babE5y F#5

There goes my only onAe

F#5I think she loves mE5e F#5

But she don't wanna let oAn

Yes she F#5likes to keep my guessing

She's B5got me on defense

With that F#5little bit of mystery

She's a B5complex kid

And she's D5always been so hard to figure E5out

Yes, she D5always like to leave me with a E5shadow of a doubAt

F#5Sometimes at night, IE5 F#5

Wait around 'til she gets ouAt

F#5She don't like workinE5' F#5

She says she hates her bosAs

But she's F#5got me asking questions

She's B5got me on defense

With that F#5little certain something

She's a B5complex kid

And she's D5always been so hard to get aE5round

Yes, she D5always likes to leave me with a E5shadow of a doubAt

Just a Dshadow of a doubt

She F#mseldom keeps me running

I'm Dtrying to figure out

If she's B5leading up to something

F#5And when she's dreaminE5g F#5

Sometimes she seems depresseAd

F#5But in the morninE5g F#5

She don't remember iAt

But she's F#5got me thinking 'bout it

Yes, she's B5got me on the edge

With that F#5little bit of mystery

She's a B5complex kid

And she's D5always been so hard to live withB5out

Yes, she D5always like to leave me with a shadow of a doubAt

A \|/

(Well a shadow of a doubt)

(that's it...feel free to email me if you want to only if you want to...)

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Here Comes My Girl

Key: AHard

B/A

Amaj7

F#m

AB/AAmaj7B/A

A You know, sometimes, I don't know why

B/ABut this whole town just seems so Amaj7hopeless B/A

A I ain't really sure but it seems I remember B/Athe good times

Were just a little bit Amaj7more in focus B/A

A But when she puts her arms around B/Ame

I canAmaj7 somehow rise above B/Ait

A Yeah man when I got that little girl B/Astanding right by my side

You know I can Amaj7tell the whole wide world to B/Ashove it

Hey here comes my Egirl A Here comes my Egirl A

F#m Yeah and she Blooks so rBight She is all I need tonight

I'll just have to stop, ask myself, "What've I done?"

It just seems so useless to have to work so hard

And nothin' ever really seem to come from it

And then she looks me in the eye, says, "We gonna last forever,"

And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it

No, because this feels so good and so free and so right

I know we ain't never goin' change our minds about it

I find myself havin' to reach out and grab hold of somethin'

Yeah, I just catch myself wanderin', waitin', worryin'

About some silly little things that don't add up to nothin'

And then she looks me in the eye, says, "We gonna last forever,"

And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it

No, because this feels so good and so free and so right

I know we ain't never goin' change our minds about it

(the ending is just the first and last measures of the VERSE: A to B/A)

BREAK: This break repeats three times, and the fourth time just

continues the same vamp on the E and A strings, to VERSE 3.

F#5 The numbers

Thumb.

The '^' means hammer on the first time, and pull off the second time.

When pulling off, sort of flick the B string so it rings clearly.

Also, the E in the CHORUS can be played with an E9 in the middle:

| E E9 E | Use the E9 | | | 1 | |

| / / / / / / | "down/down/up/up/down/up" | 2 3 | | 4

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

ENJOY!

"If I was sad, well, I'm happy now"

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Waiting For Tonight

Key: CEasy

WAITING FOR TONIGHT by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

CHORDS:

LYRICS:

I went walking down the boulevard

Past the skateboards and the beggars

I started looking in the windows

Just started walking letting my mind roam

If she hung around too much I might take her for granted

But when I was away she seemed an angel

The only one who really cared about me

The only one without and angle

For so long I've been lonely

Now I'm too weak to fight

I've been waiting for tonight (Goodnight my love)

I've been waiting for tonight (Sleep tight my love)

Yes and I had a little time to kill

Yeah as I crossed the parking lot

And I was feeling lucky just to have a place to go

Yeah my nerves were feeling shot

For so long I've been weary

There was no end in sight

- Repeat Chorus -

Oh and I've been waiting 'round (oh-oh-oh)

For a night like this (yeah-ah-ah)

Yeah I felt it coming down (coming down)

Since out first kiss

(Goodnight my love)

Yeah and I'm wrestling with my overcoat

Yeah and I'm fighting with my thoughts

Yeah I'm gonna trust my intuition

I'm gonna hope I don't get lost

For some time I've been lonely

I've been too weak to fight

- Repeat Chorus x2 -

(Goodnight my love)

(Sleep tight my love)

(Goodnight my love)

(Sleep tight my love)

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Free Fallin (ver. 2)

Key: DHard

Fsus4

Csus4

Note: There are more Tom Petty tabs on this site in the 'P' file under 'Petty Tom'.

There are quite a few tabs for this classic song but I'm pretty sure most of them,

which are tabbed in the key of D, are wrong. If you use standard tuning and place a

better.

Chords used:

FFsus4Csus4

I'm going to tab the song for guitar 1 as though the capoed third fret was the

guitar's open tuning. Guitar 2 is tabbed in standard tuning.

Guitar 1: Acoustic

Guitar 1 with a down strum on each chord only.

FFsus4Fsus4FCsus4

Loves JFesFsus4us and AmFsus4er -- Fica tCsus4oo. |in the lyrics denote

She's a gFood Fsus4girl Fsus4cra zFy 'bout Csus4Elvis, |two bars of the music.

She loves hForsFsus4es and her bFsus4oy - fFriend tCsus4oo. |

Guitar 1 continues with single down strum, drums and bass come in.

Bass line:

Lyrics:

An' it's a long day livin' in Reseda,

There's a freeway runnin' through the yard,

An' I'm a bad boy 'cause I don't even miss her,

I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart.

Guitar 1 strums the chords in a different pattern but with exactly the same timing

and progression.

Now I'm frFee!Fsus4 Fsus4 F Csus4

I'm free fFallFsus4in'! Fsus4 F Csus4

Yeah I'm fFreeFsus4! Fsus4 F Csus4

I'm free fFallFsus4in'! Fsus4 F Csus4

And all the vampires walking through the valley,

Move west down Ventura Boulevard,

And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows,

And the good girls are at home with broken hearts.

Now I'm frFee!Fsus4 Fsus4 F Csus4

I'm free fFallFsus4in'! Fsus4 F Csus4

Yeah I'm fFreeFsus4! Fsus4 F Csus4

I'm free fFallFsus4in'! Fsus4 F Csus4

Guitar 1:

Guitar 2: Electric, clean

Bass line: here but I couldn't

Backing vocals:

Free fallin' now I'm free fallin' now I

Play the above twice.

Guitar 1 reverting to the single strum pattern

I wanna glide down over Mulholland,

I wanna write her name in the sky,

Gonna free fall out into nothing,

Gonna leave this world for a while.

And I'm frFee!Fsus4 Fsus4 F Csus4

(fallin' now I'm free fallin')

Free fFallFsus4in'! Fsus4 F Csus4

(now I'm free fallin' now I'm free fallin')

Yeah I'm frFee!Fsus4 Fsus4 F Csus4

(fallin' now I'm free fallin')

Free fFallFsus4in'! Fsus4 F Csus4

(now I'm free fallin' now I'm free fallin')

Second bridge (with backing vocals):

Guitar 2:

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Free fallin' now I'm free fallin'

Yeah I'm fFreeFsus4! Fsus4 F Csus4

Free fFallFsus4in'! Fsus4 F Csus4

Ow! F Fsus4 Fsus4 F Csus4

(free fallin' now I'm free fallin')

Free fFallFsus4in'! Fsus4 F Csus4

(now I'm free fallin' now I'm free fallin')

Yeah I'm frFee-Fsus4ee! Fsus4 F Csus4 Ow!

(free fallin' now I'm free fallin')

I'm free fFallFsus4in'! Fsus4 F Csus4

(free fallin' now I'm free fallin')

The song finishes fading here. That's it! I hope it's not too messy and you can

understand how all those choruses go.

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Wildflowers (ver. 2)

Key: CCapo 3Hard

Fsus4

My little arrangement, only sort of like the recording but it sounds good,

for two guitars: one capoed at the 3rd fret, one with no capo. Or ditch

the second one if you don't have two.

Here's the basic rhythm thing for both of them:

(--simple strum. notice that droning C... it's really there)

Fsus4FCF

(no capo)

In the second line of each verse, just keep that C chord for the fourth

measure.

Maybe there should be some Bb down there instead of all those

Fsus4

Each chord here is a measure, except a connecting dash indicates that

each is only half a measure.

Fsus4FCF

Fsus4 You beFlong aCmong the wildFflowers

Fsus4 You beFlong in a Cboat out at Fsea

Fsus4 Sail aFway, Ckill off the Fhours

Fsus4 You beFlong someCwhere you feel Ffree

F9FF

Fsus4 Run aFway, Cfind you a Flover

Fsus4 Go aFway someCwhere all bright and new

Fsus4 I have Fseen Cno Fother

Fsus4 Who comFpaCres with Fyou

Fsus4 You beFlong aCmong the wildFflowers

Fsus4 You beFlong in a Cboat out at sea

Fsus4 You beFlong with your Clove on your Farm

Fsus4 You beFlong somewhere Cyou feel Ffree

F9FF

BbFDmGCC

BbDmCC

BbFDmGCC

BbDmCCCC

Fsus4 Run aFway, Cgo find a Flover

Fsus4 Run aFway, let your Cheart be your Fguide

Fsus4 You deFserve the Cdeepest of Fcover

Fsus4 You beFlong in that Chome by and Fby

Fsus4 You beFlong aCmong the wildFflowers

Fsus4 You beFlong someCwhere close to me

Fsus4 Far aFway from your Ctrouble and Fworry

Fsus4 You belonFg somewhere youC feel freFe

Fsus4 You beFlong somewhere Cyou feel Ffree

F9FF

BbFDmGCC

BbDmCC

BbFDmGCC

BbDmC

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Wake Up Time

Key: GMedium

F#m

This is the final song off of -Wildflowers- and is arranged for piano. It

is quite a simple song but effective. Anyway, here are the chords:

You Gfollow your Dfeelings, you Gfollow your Ddreams

You Gfollow the Dleader F#minto the Atrees

And Gwhat~s in there Dwaiting, neither Gone of us Dknows

You gotta Gkeep one eye Dopen the F#mfurther you Ago

GYou never dreamed you~d go Emdown on one knee, but Anow D

GWho could have seen, you~d be Emso hard to please someAhow

AYou feel like a poor boy, a long way from home

AYou~re just a poor boy, a long way from home

AAnd its wake up timeEm Bm

Time to Aopen up your eyes

And GriseD and Ashine

You Gspend you life Ddreaming, running aGround in a Dtrance

You Ghang out forDever and F#mstill miss the Adance

And Gif you get Dlucky, you Gmight find someDone

To Ghelp you get oDver the F#mpain that will Acome

GYeah, you were so coolEm back in high school, what Ahappened D

GYou were sure Emnot to have your spirits Adampened

ABut you~re just a poor boy alone in this world

AYou~re just a poor boy alone in this world

AAnd its wake up timeEm Bm

Time to Aopen up your eyes

And GriseD and Ashine

Well, Gif he gets Dlucky, a Gboy finds a Dgirl

To Ghelp him to Dshoulder the F#mpain in this Aworld

And if you Gfollow your Dfeelings and you Gfollow your Ddreams

You Gmight find the Dforest F#mthere in the Atrees

GYeah, you~ll be alright, Emit~s gonna take time, but Anow D

GWho could have seen you~d be Emso hard to please someAhow

AYou~re just a poor boy, a long way from home

AAnd its wake up timeEm Bm

Time to Aopen up your eyes

And GriseD and Ashine

A~Cause it~s wake up timeEm Bm

Time to Aopen up your eyes

And GriseD and Ashine

And it ends on that nice chord. If you prefer, you can play the chords

any which way you like but to get the sound as accurate and precise as

how it sounds on the album, I suggest you play the chords like this:

Comments, questions? Feel free to email me. Bye.

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You Dont Know How It Feels (ver. 1)

Key: EMedium

Let meE run with you toAnight I'll take yEou on a moonliAght ride

There's someone I used to see but she don't give a damn for me

So let's Eget to the Bpoint let's Eroll another Ajoint

Turn the Eradio Bloud I'm too Ealone to be Aproud

EYou don't Dknow how it Afeels

EYou don't Dknow how it Afeels...to be Eme A

EPeople come Apeople go Esome grow young Asome grow cold

I woke up in between a memory and a dream

So let's Eget to the Bpoint let's Eroll another Ajoint

let's Ehead on down the Broad to someEwhere I gotta Ago

EYou don't Dknow how it Afeels

No Eyou don't Dknow how it Afeels...to be Eme A

EMy old man was Aborn to rock but Ehe's still tryin' to Abeat the clock

Think of me what you will I've still got a little space to fill

............................................................................

Thanks RodN for getting the ball rolling...

-TC

From: email protected (B-O-B)

Date: 9 Nov 1994 23:37:42 GMT

Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab

Subject: CRD: You Don't Know How It Feels (3rd try)

You Don?t Know How It Feels

by Tom Petty

EAEA

ELet me run with Ayou tonight, I?ll Etake you on a Amoonlight ride

EAEA

EThere?s someone I Aused to see, but Eshe don?t give a Adamn for me

EAEA

But let me Eget to the Dpoint, let?s Eroll another Ajoint

And turn the Eradio Dloud, I?m too aElone to be Aproud

EYou don?t Dknow how it Afeels

EYou don?t Dknow how it Afeels... to be Eme

EDAEDA

From: email protected

You Dont Know How It Feels

By Tom Petty

This is the way that I play the bridge part to this song.

I think that it sounds better this way.

Questions or comments, write me at

email protected

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Jammin Me

Key: AHard

A/D

A/E

F#m

dA Eu d d d Ad

ADAE

/ / / / / / / /

u d u d u d u d

A A/D YDou got me A A/E iEn a corner

A A/DYou Dgot me A A/EagaiEnst the wall

A A/DI goDt no wherAe A/Eto gEo

A A/DI goDt no A A/EwherEe to fall

A A/DTakeD back your A A/EinsuErance

A A/D D Baby nothinA' A/E E is guaranteed

A A/DTakeD back your acAidA/E raiEn BabyA A/D D

Let your TV bleAed

A EYoEu'Ere jammin' me You'rDe AjaAmmAin' me

A EQuEitE jammin' me

B (normal strumming)

Baby you can keep me painted in a corner

AYou can look away but it's not oveAr E E E

Take back your angry slander

Take back your pension plan

Take back your ups and downs of

Your life in raisin-land

Take back Vanessa Redgrave

Take back Joe Piscopo

Take back Eddie Murphy

Give 'em all some place to go

Release:

Bm Take back your IraGnian torture

And the appAle in young Steve's eye F#m

Bm Yeah take back your losGing streak

D Check your front wheel dAriEveE E

Take back Pasadena

Take back El Salvador

Take back that country club

They're tryin' to build outside my door

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Louisiana Rain

Key: GMedium

Well it was Gout in DCalifGornia

By the CSan Diego SeGa

CThat was when I was Gtaken in and it Dleft its mark on meG G7

Yeah she Cnearly drove me Gcrazy

With Call those China Gtoys

And I Cknow she really didn't Gmean a thing

DTo those sailor boysG

Louisiana Crain

Is falling at my Gfeet

Baby I'm noticing a Emchange A

As I move down the strDeet

Louisiana Crain

Is soaking through my Gshoes

I may never be the sDame

When I reach Baton GRouge

GSouth DCaroGlina

Put Cout its arms for Gme

Right Cup until everyGthing went black someDwhere on Lonely streetG G7

And I Cstill can't quite reGmember

Who Chelped me to my Gfeet

Thank CGod for a long neck Gbottle

The Dangel's remedyG

Louisiana Crain

Is falling just like Gtears

Running down my Emface A

Washing out the Dyears

Louisiana Crain

Is soaking through my Gshoes

I may never be the Dsame

When I reach Baton GRouge

Well I Gnever Dwill get oGver

This CEnglish refuGgee

CSinging to the Gjukebox in some Dall-night beaneryG

Yeah he was Ceating pills like Gcandy

And Cchasing them with Gtea

You Cshould have seen him Glick his lips at Dold black Molly B.G G7

Louisiana Crain

Is falling at my Gfeet

Baby I'm noticing a Emchange A

As I move down the Dstreet

Louisiana Crain

Is soaking through my Gshoes

I may never be the Dsame

When I reach Baton GRouge G7

Louisiana Crain

Is falling just like Gtears

Running down my Emface A

Washing out the Dyears

Louisiana Crain

Is soaking through my Gshoes

I may never be the Dsame

When I reach Baton GRouge

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10.

Running Down A Dream

Key: EEasy

Signature Riff: use throughout the entire song.

I do it like this: on the top (low E string)

(play power E chord)

EIt was a beautiful day, the sun beat down

I had the raDdio on, I was drivEin'

The trees went back, me and Del were singin'

Little RunDaway, I was so blinEd

Yeah, Runnin' down a dream

NEever would cGome to mAe

DWorkin' on Ga mysterEy

EGoin' whereGver it leaAds

DRunnin' dowGn a dreaEm

EI felt so good, like anything was possible

Hit cruDise control, and rub my eEyes

Last three days, the rain was unstoppable

(It) wasD always cold, no sunshinEe

Repeat Chorus

Break: It is just C (riff) D (riff) E (riff) Play 2X

EI rolled on, the sky grew dark

I put the peDdal down, to make some tiEme

There's something good, waiting down this road

I'm pickinD' up, whatever is Emine

Repeat chorus 2X, then Break part, and add SOLO!

Enjoy! Mark....

RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM - Petty

It was a Ebeautiful day, the sun beat down

I had the Dradio on. I was drivEin'

Trees flew by, me and Del was singin' little Drunaway

I was Eflyin'

Yeah I'm Arunnin' Gdown a Edream

That Enever would Gcome to Ame

AWorkin' on a GmysteEry, Egoin' whereGver it Aleads

ARunnin' Gdown a Edream

I felt so good like anything was possible

I hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes

The last tree days the rain was un-stoppable

It was always cold, no sunshine

I rolled on as the sky grew dark

I put the pedal down to make some time

There's something good waitin' down this road

I'm pickin' up whatever's mine

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