'Free Fallin' by Petty Tom - Guitar Tutorial

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From: [email protected] (Kurt Lightfoot)

Someone requested the lyrics a while back. I hope this will help.


INTRO:(two guitars)

 F     Fsus4         F    Cadd4     F     Fsus4         F    Cadd4

-5-----6---------6---5----1---------5-----6---------6---5----1---------
-6-----6---------6---6----1---------6-----6---------6---6----1---------
-5-----5---------5---5----0---------5-----5---------5---5----0---------
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-5-----6---------6---5----0---------5-----6---------6---5----0---------
-6-----6---------6---6----6---------6-----6---------6---6----6---------
-5-----5---------5---5----5---------5-----5---------5---5----5---------
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Verse 1
                                                                She's a

(F)Good (Fsus4)girl,loves (F)her (Cadd4)mamma, loves (F)Jesus, (Fsus4)and 

Ameri(F)ca (Cadd4)too. She's a (F)good (Fsus4)girl, crazy (F)about 

(Cadd4)elvis, loves (F)horses,(Fsus4)  and her boyfri(F)end 

(Cadd4)too (F, Fsus4, F,) Cadd4 And it's a.  


Verse 2

(F)long (Fsus4)day, livin'(F)in (Cadd4)Reseda. There's a (F)freeway(Fsus4) 

 runnin' throu(Cadd4)gh the yard. And I'm a (F)bad (Fsus4)boy 'cause I don't
 
(F)even (Cadd4)miss her, I'm a (F)bad (Fsus4)boy for brea(F)kin' (Cadd4)her 

heart. An I'm _ _ (chorus)


Verse 3

And all  the vampires walkin' through the valley move west down Ventura 

Boulevard. And all the bad boys are standin' in the shadows, and the good 

girls are home with broken hearts. An I'm _ _ (chorus)


Verse 4

I wanna glide down over Mulholland I wanna write her name in the sky. I'm 

gonna free fall out into nothin', gonna leave this world for a while. An I'm _ 

_ _ (chorus) 


1st and 2nd chorus

(F)free (Fsus4) (F) (Cadd4) free (F)fallin' (Fsus4) (F) (Cadd4) Yeah, I'm

(F)free,(Fsus4) (F) (Cadd4) free (F)fallin' (Fsus4)



3rd chorus and out chorus

More or less the same as the 1st and 2nd


Note: The rhythm pattern for the verse and chorus differs to that supplied for 

the intro. It requires a lot of strumming -Listen to the recording( one 

guitar will suffice). 

Enjoy!

Kurt Lightfoot

University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg
South Africa  


Date: Wed, 10 Apr 96 14:34:56 PDT
From: [email protected] (Dolo)
Subject: TAB:Free Falling by Tom Petty

Name: Ignacio 
Date: April 10, 1996
Song: FREE FALLIN'
By: Tom Petty

The lyrics can already be found on the Harmony Central Archive, but these 
chords sound better to me than the ones found there:

Instead of:     G    C     C    G   D  which is what is found in the Crd. 
Archive of Harmony Central for FREE
FALLING, use the following in TAB:

I only used them on the part of the chorus, but is generally all the same 
throughout the song.  Note that this is a very simple way of playing it.  
When playing it strum each chord up and down something like 3 or 4 times. 
 Or just listen to the song.

-------3-----------2---------3-----------2---
-------2---3---2-------------2---3---2-------
-----------2---2-----------------2---2-------
---------------------------------------------
-------3---3---3---3---------3---3---3---3---
-------3---3---3---3---------3---3---3---3---
And I'm free,                                   free fallin'
 -------3-----------2---------3-----------2---
-------2---3---2-------------2---3---2-------
-----------2---2-----------------2---2-------
---------------------------------------------
-------3---3---3---3---------3---3---3---3---
-------3---3---3---3---------3---3---3---3---
Yeah I'm free,                                  free fallin'
The rest of the song is always the same
(from Full Moon Fever, 1989)
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