Free Fallin (ver. 2)

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 are wrong. If you use standard tuning and place a capo on the third fret you can play the song keyed in which I think sounds a lot better. Chords used: e|-----5-----6-----3----- B|-----6-----6-----6----- G|-----5-----5-----5----- D|-----3-----3-----5----- A|-----------------3----- E|----------------------- 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. Intro: Guitar 1: Acoustic  g|--2--3----3-2--0--|--2--3----3-2--0--|  D|--3--3----3-3--3--|--3--3----3-3--3--| A#|--2--2----2-2--2--|--2--2----2-2--2--|  F|--0--0----0-0--2--|--0--0----0-0--2--|  C|---------------0--|---------------0--|  G|------------------|------------------| Verse 1: Guitar 1 with a down strum on each chord only.                              |---------Note--------- She’s a good girl  lo----ves her mama         | Commas full-stops                               |and exclamation marks Loves Jesus and Amer -- ica too.               |in the lyrics denote                              |the separation between   She’s a good girl  cra  zy ’bout Elvis        |two bars of the music.                               | She loves horses  and her boy - friend too.    | Verse 2: Guitar 1 continues with single down strum drums and bass come in. Bass line: A|o----1----1-0--3-o|-----This same riff is repeated throughout------| E|o-1--------------o|-----most of the song and doesn’t change.-------| 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. Chorus: Guitar 1 strums the chords in a different pattern but with exactly the same timing and progression. Now I’m free!                   I’m free fallin’!               Yeah I’m free!                  I’m free fallin’!               Verse 3: 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. Chorus: Now I’m free!                   I’m free fallin’!               Yeah I’m free!                  I’m free fallin’!               First bridge: Guitar 1:  g|--2---3----3-2--0----|----2--3----3-2--0--|  D|--3---3----3-3--3----|----3--3----3-3--3--| A#|--2---2----2-2--2----|----2--2----2-2--2--|  F|--0---0----0-0--2----|----0--0----0-0--2--|  C|----------------0----|------------0-------|  G|---------------------|--------------------| Guitar 2: Electric clean  D|--------------7--7-5--3h5-3---------------|F          And I’m free!             (fallin’ now I’m free fallin’) Free fallin’!               (now I’m free fallin’ now I’m free fallin’) Yeah I’m free!                                (fallin’ now I’m free fallin’) Free fallin’!               (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  & e|--------------------|------------------------| B|--------------------|------------------------| G|--------------------|------------------------| D|--------------------|------------------------| A|--3-3-3-3\8-8-8-8-8-|-8-3-3-3\10-10-10-10-10-| E|--1-1-1-1\6-6-6-6-6-|-6-1-1-1\8--8--8--8--8--|     1 & 2  &  3 & 4 &   1 & 2  &   3  &  4  & e|--------------------|------------------------| B|--------------------|------------------------| G|--------------------|------------------------| D|--------------------|------------------------| A|--3-3-3-3\8-8-8-8-8-|-8-3-3-3\10-10-10-10-10-| E|--1-1-1-1\6-6-6-6-6-|-6-1-1-1\8--8--8--8--8--|      Free fallin’ now I’m free fallin’ Chorus (with backing vocals): Yeah I’m free!                  Free fallin’!               Ow!                                      (free fallin’ now I’m free fallin’) Free fallin’!               (now I’m free fallin’ now I’m free fallin’) Yeah I’m free-ee!                     Ow!            (free fallin’ now I’m free fallin’) I’m free fallin’!                          (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.