Swinging
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Echo
Tabbed By Drew Adams (werdsmada@aol.com)
chord shapes Standard Tuning
(E B G D A E)
D Am G C C9 Dsus2
e--------2---------------0--------------3---------------0---------0---------3--
B-------3---------------1---------------3---------------1---------3---------3---
G-------2---------------2---------------0---------------0---------0---------2--
D-------0---------------2---------------0---------------2---------2---------0---
A-------x---------------0---------------2---------------3---------3---------x--
E-------x----------------x--------------3----------------x---------x---------x-
Intro
D / / / Am / / / G / / / D Dsus2 D -4x (w/piano and harmonica)
Verse 1
D Am
She Was standing by the highway
G D
In her boots and silver spurs
D Am
Gonna hitchhike to the yellow moon
G Am
where the cadillacs drive for her
D Am
he said "hey nioce to meet ya"
G D
"are you going my way"
D Am
Hey thats when it happened
G D
The world caught fire that day
Chorus 1-
C C C9 C G
And She Went Down
D
Swingin'
C C C9 C G
And she went down
G
Swingin'
Verse 2- Same Progression
Well she was over 21 , had trouble with the law
and it didnt phase her none, she called her mother in law
She said i need a little money, i know i can count on you
And after that night in vegas, and the hell that we went through
Chorus 2-
And she went down swingin' like Benny Goodman
And she went down swingin' yes she did
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Solo- (2:35)aprox.
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--12h14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14p12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---12h14p12-12-12-12-11h12p11
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------12--12h13p12----------------12--12--------------------------------------
G-12h14-14-14-14-14-14-14----------------------14-----14------------14-14-14---12h14---12h-14---
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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^
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Verse 3- same progression
Went out on the interstate, she was crossed the georgia line
Looked out the window feeling great, yeah we had to call it time
She said "I'm never going back", She said "At last I'm free"
I wash ma could see me now, shed be so proud of me
Chorus 3 / outro
And she went down swingin' like Glen Miller
And she went down swingin' like Chalie Dorsey
And she went down swingin' like Sonny Davis
And she went down swingin' like Sonny Liskin
Note- In live shows, Instead of saying Sonny Davis , Glen Miller, etc. Tom Petty says other names like Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Preslie, Reggie Jackson, Reggie Miller, Patrick Ewing, Tommy Shallcross, and other names.
Outro solo-
e----------14-------------14------------12------------12-------------10----------10------------------------------------
B--------------15-------------15------------13------------13-------------12----------12------------------------------G---14-------------14------------14------------14------------14-------------12----------12-------12-/-14-----------D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 times
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-10-10h12-12-12-12-12-12-12---------10--12--12-12-10-12--------10--12-12-12-10-12----------------
A----------------------------------------12------------------------------12------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 times and fade
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