Petty Tom - Cant Stop The Sun Chords & Tabs

Artist: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Album: The Last DJ
Song: Can't Stop the Sun


My guitar teacher helped me figure this out.  I think its all right but there is probably
some mistakes.  Listen to the song to figure out the rythym to everything.


Riff 1:
Guitar 1 (finger picking)
E|----------0-------------0-------------0-------------0----
B|---------------------------------------------------------
G|------0-------------0-------------0-------------0--------
D|----2-------2-----2-------2-----2-------2-----2-------2--
A|---------------------------------------------------------
E|-0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0------ x4, x2 2nd time, 3rd time

Guitar 2
e|----------0-------------0-------------0-------------0----
b|-3-------------2-------------1-------------0-------------
g|---------------------------------------------------------
d|---------------------------------------------------------
a|---------------------------------------------------------
e|--------------------------------------------------------- x4, x2 2nd time, 3rd time
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/petty_tom/cant_stop_the_sun_tab.html ]
Guitar 1 (finger picking)
E|----------0--------------0------------------
B|------3--------------1-----------------1----
G|----2--------2-----2-------2-------0--------
D|---------------------------------1-------1--
A|-2------2-------0------0------0------0------
E|-------------------------------------------- x1
                                              
Guitar 2 (ad lib)                              
e|-0--------------0---------------------------
b|-3--------------1-------------1-------------
g|-2--------------2-------------0-------------
d|-3--------------2-------------1-------------
a|-2--------------0-------------0-------------
e|-------------------------------------------- x1


Riff 2:
(ad lib)
   G    C    G    C    Am   Bm7
E|-3----0----3----0----0----2----
B|-3----1----3----1----1----3----
G|-0----0----0----0----2----2----
D|-0----2----0----2----2----4----
A|-2----3----2----3----0----2----
E|-3---------3-------------------


Repeat Riff 1, Riff 2


Riff 3:
(ad lib)
E|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------------------
B|-----0-------0-------1-------1-------3-------3-------------------
G|-----0-------0-------2-------2---2-2-----2-2---------0-------2---
D|-2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----0-0-----0-0-------0---0---1---1-
A|-2-2-----2-2-----0-0-----0-0-------------------------------------
E|-0-0-----0-0-------------------------------------3-------2-------

                                  | x2                     | only 1st time |
E|-----0-------0-------0-------0-----------------------------------
B|-----0-------0-------1-------1-------3-------3-------3-------3---
G|-----0-------0-------2-------2-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-
D|-2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----0-------------------------------
A|-2-2-----2-2-----0-0-----0-0-------------3-------2-------0-------
E|-0-0-----0-0-----------------------------------------------------


Repeat Riff 1, Riff 2


Riff 4:
(slide between the chords)
E|-0---000-0---000-0---000-0---000-    -0---000-0---000-
B|-0---000-0---000-0---000-0---000-    -0---000-0---000-
G|-1---111-4---444-6---666-4---444-    -3---333-2---222-
D|-2---222-5---555-7---777-5---555-    -4---444-3---333-
A|-2---222-5---555-7---777-5---555-    -4---444-3---333-
E|-0---000-0---000-0---000-0---000- x3 -0---000-0---000-

This riff plays until the end with soloing using the Em pentonic scale.