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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 |
Well, she was [D]standing by the highway[Am]
In her [G]boots and silver spurs[D]
Gonna [D]hitchhike to the yellow moon
When a [G]Cadillac stopped for her[D]
And she said, "[D]Hey, nice to meet you, [Am]
[G]Are you goin' my way?"[D]
[D]Yeah, that's when it happened[Am]
The [G]world caught fire that day[D]
And she [C]went down [G]- [D]swingin'
Yeah, she [C]went down [G]- [D]swingin'
Well, she was [D]over twenty-one[Am]
In [G]trouble with the law[D]
And it [D]didn't faze her none[Am]
She [G]called her mother-in-law[D]
And said I [D]need a little money[Am]
I [G]knew I could count on you[D]
[D]After that night in Vegas[Am]
And the [G]hell that we went through[D]
We [C]went down [G]- [D]swingin' - like Benny Goodman
Yeah, we [C]went down [G]- [D]swingin'
SOLO
| D | Am | G | D |
| D | Am | G | D |
[D]Moonlight on the interstate[Am]
She was '[G]cross the Georgia line[D]
Looked [D]out the window feeling great[Am]
Yeah, it [G]had to come in time[D]
And she [D]said I'm never goin' back[Am]
She [G]said at last I'm free[D]
[D]I wish ma could see me now, [Am]
She?d [G]be so proud of me[D]
She [C]went down [G]- [D]swingin? - like Glenn Miller
Yeah, she [C]went down [G]- [D]swingin? - like Tommy Dorsey
Yeah, she [C]went down [G]- [D]swingin? - like Sammy Davis
She [C]went down [G]- [D]swingin? - like Sonny Liston
| D | Am | G | D |
| D | Am | G | D |
| D | Am | G | D |
(repeat and fade)
