PETTY TOM - "here comes my girl" Tablature

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 15:20:49 +0000
From: EBarohn <ebarohn@vp.hsc.sunysb.edu>
Subject: TAB:"Here Comes My Girl" by TOM PETTY and the HEARTBREAKERS

Written by: T.P. & Mike Campbebell/Album: "Damn The Torpedoes"–MCA
(1979)

The main progression for the INTRO and VERSE of the song goes like
this––
Use a 1st finger barre at 2nd fret, move (not slide) it up to 4th fret.
When you play it with the song, you'll get the feel of it:

A B/A Amaj7 B/A
E-------------------|--------------|-------------------|-------------------
B-2-----------------|-4-----4--5--7|-5-----------------|-4-----------------
G-2-----------------|-4-----4------|-6-----------------|-4-----------------
D-2-----------------|-4-----4------|-7-----------------|-4-----------------
A-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0|-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0
E-------------------|--------------|-------------------|-------------------

VERSE 1:
A
You know, sometimes, I ...
B/A Amaj7 B/A
But this whole ...
A B/A
I ain't really sure but it seems I ...
Amaj7 B/A
Were just a little bit ...
A B/A
But when she puts her ...
Amaj7 B/A
I can somehow ...
A B/A
Yeah man when I got that little ...
Amaj7 B/A
You know I can tell the whole ....

CHORUS:
E A E A
Hey here comes my girl ...
F#m B (normal B chord)
Yeah and she looks so right ...

VERSE 2:Every now and then I get down to the....

CHORUS and then BREAK (see bottom)

VERSE 3:Yeah every time it seems there ain't nothin' .....

CHORUS then END
(the ending is just the first and last measures of the VERSE: A to B/A)

BREAK: This break repeats three times, and the fourth time just
continues the same vamp on the E and A strings, to VERSE 3.

F#5 The numbers
E-------------------------------------0-| o on this
B------------------------0^2^0--------2-| F#5: | | | | | | chord diagram
G-------------------------------3-----3-| T | | | 1 | (and E9 below)
D----------------------------------4--4-| | | | 2 | | represent the
A-4--4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4---------------4-| | 3 4 | | | finger used.
E-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2---------------2-| "T" means
Thumb.

The '^' means hammer on the first time, and pull off the second time.
When pulling off, sort of flick the B string so it rings clearly.

Also, the E in the CHORUS can be played with an E9 in the middle:

E E9 E o o
| | Use the E9: | | | 1 | |
| / / / / / / | "down/down/up/up/down/up" | 2 3 | | 4
| | strum. | | | | | |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

ENJOY!
"If I was sad, well, I'm happy now"