PETTY TOM - "Free Fallin'" Tablature

Free Fallin'
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Transcribed by
Josh


Same Rhythym throughout song with some filler strums:
very easy song to learn.

Riff 1
GTR 1(clean acoustic-electric with CAPO on 3rd Fret)
F Fsus2 F Csus4
|--2---3---3-2--0---|
|*-3---3---3-3--3--*|\
|--2---2---2-2--2---| \__*---* = repeat
|--0---0---0-0--2---| /
|*--------------0--*|/
|-------------------|

Can also be played without capo(but is more difficult):
F Fsus2 F Csus4
|--5---6---6-5------|
|*-6---6---6-6--6--*|
|--5---5---5-5--5---| +make sure there are no open strings+
|---------------5---|
|*-----------------*|
|-------------------|

F Fsus2 F Csus4
She's a good girl loves her mama
F Fsus2 F Csus4
Loves Jesus and America too
She's a good girl crazy 'bout Elvis
Loves horses and her boyfriend too

It's a long day livin' in Reseda
There's a freeway runnin' through the yard
And I'm a bad boy 'cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart

F Fsus2 F Csus4 F Fsus2 F Csus4
And I'm free I'm free fallin'

Yeah I'm free free fallin'

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 home with broken hearts

And I'm free I'm free fallin'
Yeah I'm free free fallin'

I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
I wanna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for a while

And I'm free I'm free fallin'
Yeah I'm free free fallin'

(3:18)
Riff 2
GTR 2(elec. w/ some distortion **No Capo**):
G5 Bb5 F5 C5
|----------------------------------------|
|*--------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|*-5-5-5-5/8-8-8-8-/3-3-3-3/10-10-10-10/*|
|--3-3-3-3/6-6-6-6-/1-1-1-1/8--8--8--8/--|

Repeat previous measure with ad libbs and
GTR 1 playing Riff 1 until fade.