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Tom Petty : Misc

  1. American Girl
  2. Breakdown
  3. Don't Come Around Here No More
  4. I Need To Know
  5. It's Good To Be King
  6. Learning To Fly
  7. Listen To Her Heart
  8. Mary Jane's Last Dance
  9. Southern Accents
  10. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
  11. The Waiting
  12. You Got Lucky

American Girl

D
E7
G
A
D
E7
G
A7
D
E7
Well she was an American girl
F
A
Raised on promises
D
E7
She couldn't help thinking that there was
G
A
A little more to life somewhere else
D
After all it was a great big world
G
Em
With lots of places to run to
A
And if she had to die tryin'
G
She had one little promise she was gonna keep
A
Oh yeah, alright
D
Bm
G
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
A
D
She was an American girl Well it was kinda cold that night She stood alone on the balcony Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by Out on four-forty-one like waves crashing on the beach And for one desperate moment there He crept back in her memory God it's so painful when Something that's so close is still so far to reach Oh yeah, alright Take it easy baby make it last all night She was an American girl
D
G7
A
D
G7
A
D
E7
G
D

Breakdown

Am
G
Am
G
It's alright if you love me
Am
G
Am
G
It's alright if you don't
Am
G
Am
G
I'm not afraid of you runnin' away honey
Am
G
Fmaj7
I got this feeling you won't
Am
G
Am
G
Say there ain't no use in pretending
Am
G
Am
G
Your eyes give you away
Am
G
Am
G
Something inside you is feeling like I do
Am
G
Fmaj7
We said all there is to say
Fmaj7
G/f
Am/f
G/f
Am
G
F
G
Breakdown go ahead and give it to me
Am
G
F
G
Breakdown take me through the night
Am
G
F
G
Breakdown go ahead give it to me
Am
G
Fmaj7
Breakdown, it's alright
Fmaj7
G/f
Am/f
G/f
Fmaj7
G/f
It's alright
Am/f
G/f
Am
G
Am
G
It's alright

Don't Come Around Here No More

F
Bbsus2
Csus2
Bbsus2
x2
Don't come around here no more
F
Bbsus2
Csus2
Bsus2
Whatever you're looking for
F
Bbsus2
Csus2
Bb
Hey don't come around here no more
C
Am
'Cause I've given up
C
Gm
Am
Bb
I've given up
C
Am
Yeah I've given up on waiting any longer
C
Gm
Am
Bb
I've given up all this love getting stronger Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more I don't feel you any more You darken my door Whatever you're looking for Hey don't come around here no more 'Cause I've given up I've given up Hey I've given up, you tangle my emotions I've given up, honey please, yeah but it's over Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Stop walking down my street Don't come around here no more Who did you expect to meet Don't come around here no more Whatever you're looking for Don't come around here no more

I Need To Know

Intro
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Verse
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Chorus
E5
D5
C5
D5
E5
D5
C5
D5
C5
D5
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It's Good To Be King

Em
Am
Dsus2
Em
x2
Em
Am
It's good to be king, if just for a while
Dsus2
Em
To be there in velvet, yeah to give 'em a smile It's good to get high and never come down It's good to be king of your own little town
A
D
G
Yeah the world would swing oh if I were king
C
G
D
C
G
Em
A
Asus4
A
Can I help it if I still dream time to time It's good to be king and have your own way Get a feeling of peace at the end of the day And when your bulldog barks and your canary sings You're out there with winners, it's good to be king Yeah, I'll be king when dogs get wings Can I help it if I still dream time to time
Solo over verse chords
It's good to be king and have your own world It helps to make friends, it's good to meet girls A sweet little queen, who can't run away It's good to be king, whatever it pays
no riff
C
G
D
C
G
D
Excuse me if I have some place in my mind
C
G
Em
A
Asus4
A
Asus4
A
Asus4
A
Where I go time to time
Outro of verse chords

Learning To Fly

F
C
Am
G
Well I started out down a dirty road Started out all alone And the sun went down as I crossed the hill And the town lit up, the world got still I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Well the good old days may not return And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Well some say life will beat you down Break your heart, steal your crown So I've started out, for God knows where I guess I'll know when I get there I'm learning to fly around the clouds But what goes up must come down I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing I'm learning to fly around the clouds But what goes up must come down I'm learning to fly I'm learning to fly

Listen To Her Heart

A
A9
A
You think you're gonna take her away With your money and your cocaine You keep thinkin' that her mind is gonna change But I know everything is OK
G
A
A9
She's gonna listen to her heart
G
A
It's gonna tell her what to do
E
She might need a lot of loving
A
A9
But she don't need you You want me to think that I'm being used You want her to think it's over You can't see it doesn't matter what you do Buddy, you don't even know her She's gonna listen to her heart It's gonna tell her what to do She might need a lot of loving But she don't need you
G
A
And you just can't creep up behind her
G
A
E
And you can't understand that she's my girl, she's my girl
A
Asus4
A
A9
A
She's gonna listen to her heart It's gonna tell her what to do She might need a lot of loving But she don't need you
A
Asus4
A
A9
A

Mary Jane's Last Dance

Am
G
D
Am
Am
G
She grew up in an Indiana town
D
Am
Had a good lookin' mama who never was around
Am
G
But she grew up tall and she grew up right
D
Am
With them Indiana boys on an Indiana night Well she moved down here at the age of eighteen She blew the boys away, it was more than they'd seen I was introduced and we both started groovin' She said, "I dig you baby but I got to keep movin'" ...on, keep movin' on
D
Last dance with Mary Jane
A
One more time to kill the pain
D
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm
A
Tired of this town again Well I don't know but I've been told You never slow down, you never grow old I'm tired of screwing up, I'm tired of bein' down I'm tire of myself, I'm tired of this town Oh my my, oh hell yes Honey put on that party dress Buy me a drink, sing me a song Take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm Tired of this town again There's pigeons down in Market Square She's standin' in her underwear Lookin' down from a hotel room Nightfall will be comin' soon Oh my my, oh hell yes You've got to put on that party dress It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone I hit the last number, I walked to the road

Southern Accents

F
Dm
C
F
Dm
C
F
There's a southern accent, where I come from
Dm
C
F
Bb
C
The young 'uns call it country, the yankees call it dumb
Dm
C
F
Bb
C
I got my own way of talkin', but everything is done
Dm
C
Bb
F
With a southern accent where I come from
F
Dm
C
F
Dm
C
F
Now that drunk tank in Atlanta's just a motel room to me
Dm
C
F
Bb
C
Think I might go work Orlando if them orange groves don't freeze
Dm
C
F
Bb
C
I got my own way of workin', but everything is run
Dm
C
Bb
F
With a southern accent where I come from
Bb
Dm
For just a minute there I was dreaming
Bb
Dm
For just a minute it was all so real
G
C
F
Bb
F
For just a minute she was standing there, with me
F
Dm
C
F
Dm
C
F
There's a dream I keep having where my mama comes to me
Dm
C
F
Bb
C
And kneels down over by the window and says a prayer for me
Dm
C
F
Bb
C
I got my own way of prayin', but everyone's begun
Dm
C
Bb
F
With a southern accent where I come from
Dm
C
F
Bb
C
I got my own way of livin', but everything gets done
Dm
C
Bb
F
With a southern accent where I come from

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

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A
Asus4
A
Asus2
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x2
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Cadd9
G/b
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Cadd9
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Em
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G
A
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x4
Em
G
A
Baby, you come knocking on my front door Same old line you used to use before And I said yeah, well, what am I supposed to do? I didn't know what I was getting into
C
D
So you've had a little trouble in town Now you're keeping some demons down
C
D
Stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my
Cadd9
G/b
Cadd9
Stop draggin' my heart around |
Em
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G
A
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x2
It's hard to think about what you've wanted It's hard to think about what you'd lost This doesn't have to be the big get even This doesn't have to be anything at all I know you really want to tell me goodbye I know you really want to be your own girl Baby, you could never look me in the eye Yeah, you buckle with the weight of the world Stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my Stop draggin' my heart around |
Em
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G
A
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D
Dsus4
D
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Cadd9
G/b
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x3
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A
Asus2
Asus4
A
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Asus2
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Cadd9
G/b
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Cadd9
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Em
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G
A
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Em
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G
A
| People running round loose in the world Ain't got nothing better to do Make a meal of some bright eyed kid You need someone looking after you I know you really want to tell me goodbye I know you really want to be your own girl Baby, you could never look me in the eye Yeah, you buckle with the weight of the world Stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my Stop draggin' my heart around |
Em
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G
A
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Em
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G
A
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Em
G
A
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Em
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G
A
| Stop draggin' my heart around Stop draggin' my heart around

The Waiting

A6/f# 222222
Intro (walk the bass notes down and strum)
/f#
G
G/f#
Asus4
D
/f#
G
G/f#
Asus4
/f#
G
G/f#
Asus4
D
/f#
G
G/f#
Asus4
A
A
G
D
Oh, baby don't it feel like heaven right now
A
G
D
Don't it feel like something from a dream
A
G
D
Yeah, I've never nothing quite like this
Bm
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again
G
Baby, we know better than to try and pretend
A
Honey, no one could've ever told me about this I said yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah
G
G/f#
A
D
The waiting is the hardest part
G
G/f#
A
Every day you see one more card
G
G/f#
A
D
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
G
G/f#
A
D
G
G/f#
A
D
The waiting is the hardest part Well yeah I might've chased a couple women around All it ever got me was down Yeah, then there were those that made me feel good But never as good as I feel right now Baby you're the only one that's ever known how To make me wanna live like I wanna live now I said yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah The waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part
Bm
A6/f#
Oh don't let 'em kill you babe
Bm
A6/f#
Don't let 'em get to you
Bm
A6/f#
Don't let 'em kill you babe
Bm
A6/f#
Don't let 'em get to you
A
I'll be your bleedin' heart
D
I'll be your cryin' fool
G
Don't let this go too far
F#
Don't let it get to you
A
G
D
A
G
D
A
G
D
Bm
G
A
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah The waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more yard You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part The waiting is the hardest part

You Got Lucky

Am
Dm
G
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 You better watch what you say You better watch what you do to me Don't get carried away Girl, if you can do better than me
Am
F
Go, yeah go, but remember
C
Am
Good love is hard to find
C
Am
Good love is hard to find
F
You got lucky, babe
G
You got lucky, babe When I found you
Intro chords
You put an end on my tear And then you turn your eyes away If you don't feel complete If I don't take you all of the way Then go, yeah go, but remember Good love is hard to find Good love is hard to find You got lucky, babe You got lucky, babe When I found you
Am
Dm
G
Am
Dm
G
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 Yeah go, just go, but remember Good love is hard to find Good love is hard to find You got lucky, babe You got lucky, babe When I found you
Am
Dm
G
Am
Dm
G
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