Can't Stop The Sun tab by Tom Petty

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"Can't Stop the Sun"
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
>From the album "The Last DJ"

Tabbed by David Hill

Explanation of picking pattern written by Howard Wright
and copied from his tab of the Beatles' "Julia"

To get the picking pattern in your head, I'll give a
brief explanation.

The key to it is the movement of the thumb. The thumb
picks out the notes on the E MajorE and D MajorD strings. For each
chord played, the order of strings. For each chord
played, the order of strings which the thumb picks is
the same - it goes like this:

A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD

While the thumb gets on with this, use your other fingers
to fill in the notes on the top strings

If you try it a few times, slowly, you should pick up
the natural rhythm which the picking pattern has.

Chords Used


 E minorEm       E minor 7Em7       Em6Em6      E minorEm b6
EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe
022000     022030     022020     0x2010

BdimBdim 11      AM       AdimAdim       G+G
EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe
x23230     x02210     x01013     320003

 C majorC       Bm7Bm7       D MajorD        F#7F#7
EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe     EADGBe
x32010     224232     200232     044320

 Fmaj7Fmaj7
EADGBe
033210

====================================================
Intro (in two)
Acoustic guitar (clean electric doubles top strings)
====================================================

  E minor 7Em7         Em6Em6
||--------------0-------------------0-----|
||--3-------------------2-----------------|
||0---------0-------------------0---------|
||0------2---------2---------2---------2--|
||----------------------------------------|
||--0---------0---------0---------0-------|

0:01

  E minorEm b6          E minorEm
|--------------0-------------------0-----||
|--1-------------------0-----------------||
|----------0-------------------0--------0||
|-------2---------2---------2---------2-0||
|----------------------------------------||
|--0---------0---------0---------0-------||


================
Main Verse (1+2)
================

h=hammer on the note

  E minor 7Em7         Em6Em6
||--------------0-------------------0-----|
||--3-------------------2-----------------|
||----------0-------------------0---------|
||-------2---------2---------2---------2--|
||----------------------------------------|
||--0---------0---------0---------0-------|

 0:14

  E minorEm b6          E minorEm
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--1-------------------0------------------|
|----------0-------------------0----------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------2---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|


  E minor 7Em7         Em6Em6
|--------------0-------------------0-----|
|--3-------------------2-----------------|
|----------0-------------------0---------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------2--|
|----------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0-------|


  E minorEm b6          E minorEm
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--1-------------------0------------------|
|----------0-------------------0----------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------0---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|


  BB dim 11
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--3-------------------3------------------|
|----------2-------------------2----------|
|-------3---------3---------3---------3---|
|--2---------2---------2---------2--------|
|-----------------------------------------|


  A minorAm
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--0h1-----------------1------------------|
|----------2-------------------2----------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------2---|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|
|-----------------------------------------|


  AdimAdim
|--------------3-------------------3------|
|--1-------------------1------------------|
|----------0-------------------0----------|
|-------1---------1---------1---------1---|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|
|-----------------------------------------|


=============================================================
Chorus (in three)
Electric guitar (but you could use an acoustic if you'd like)
=============================================================


G+G      C majorC       G+G      C majorC

0:40

A minorAm       A minorAm       Bm7Bm7

(Repeat main verse and chorus in that order)

=========================
Bridge
12-string electric Guitar
=========================

   E minorEm           A minorAm
|-----0-----------0----------0---------0---|
|-----0-----------0----------0h1-------1---|
|-----0-----------0----------2---------2---|
|-----2-----------2----------2---------2---|
|-----2-----------2------0-0-0-----0-0-0---|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0----------0---------0---|

 1:30

D MajorD            G+G
|------3-----------3----------------------------|
|------2-----------2----------------------------|
|------3-----------3-----------0-----------2----|
|------0-----------0--------0-----0-----1-----1-|
|------0-----------0-----------------0----------|
|--2-2-2-------2-2-2-----3----------------------|


   E minorEm           A minorAm
|-----0-----------0----------0---------0---|
|-----0-----------0----------0h1-------1---|
|-----0-----------0----------2---------2---|
|-----2-----------2----------2---------2---|
|-----2-----------2------0-0-0-----0-0-0---|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0----------0---------0---|


|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3---------------3---------------3---------------3-----|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-|
|-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3---------------2---------------0-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

1:49

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3---------------3---------------3---------------3---|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3---------------2---------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|


================
Main Verse (3)
================

  E minor 7Em7         Em6Em6
||--------------0-------------------0-----|
||--3-------------------2-----------------|
||----------0-------------------0---------|
||-------2---------2---------2---------2--|
||----------------------------------------|
||--0---------0---------0---------0-------|

 2:04

  E minorEm b6          E minorEm
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--1-------------------0------------------|
|----------0-------------------0----------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------2---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|

  E minor 7Em7         Em6Em6
|--------------0-------------------0-----|
|--3-------------------2-----------------|
|----------0-------------------0---------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------2--|
|----------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0-------|

  E minorEm b6          E minorEm
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--1-------------------0------------------|
|----------0-------------------0----------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------0---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|

  BB dim 11
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--3-------------------3------------------|
|----------2-------------------2----------|
|-------3---------3---------3---------3---|
|--2---------2---------2---------2--------|
|-----------------------------------------|

  A minorAm
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--0h1-----------------1------------------|
|----------2-------------------2----------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------2---|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|
|-----------------------------------------|

  AdimAdim
|--------------3-------------------3------|
|--1-------------------1------------------|
|----------0-------------------0----------|
|-------1---------1---------1---------1---|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|
|-----------------------------------------|

    Can't stop a man      from

=============================================================
Repeat Chorus (in three)
Electric guitar (but you could use an acoustic if you'd like)
=============================================================


G+G      C majorC       G+G      C majorC
2:29

A minorAm       A minorAm       Bm7Bm7


==============================================================
Coda
Jam section (in three)
Electric Guitar plays solo in E MajorE minor
Rhythm on Electric with fx (play around to find a good effect)
==============================================================

/=slide up

   E MajorE      G+G      A augmentedA      G+G
||---0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|
||---0--0-0-0--|-/3--3-3-3--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/3--3-3-3--|
||o--1--1-1-1--|-/4--4-4-4--|-/6--6-6-6--|-/4--4-4-4--|
||o--2--2-2-2--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/7--7-7-7--|-/5--5-5-5--|
||---2--2-2-2--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/7--7-7-7--|-/5--5-5-5--|
||---0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|
 2:42
  E MajorE      G+G    A augmentedA    G+G
|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|
|--0--0-0-0--|-/3--3-3-3--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/3--3-3-3--|
|--1--1-1-1--|-/4--4-4-4--|-/6--6-6-6--|-/4--4-4-4--|
|--2--2-2-2--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/7--7-7-7--|-/5--5-5-5--|
|--2--2-2-2--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/7--7-7-7--|-/5--5-5-5--|
|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|

  E MajorE      G+G    A augmentedA    G+G
|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|
|--0--0-0-0--|-/3--3-3-3--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/3--3-3-3--|
|--1--1-1-1--|-/4--4-4-4--|-/6--6-6-6--|-/4--4-4-4--|
|--2--2-2-2--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/7--7-7-7--|-/5--5-5-5--|
|--2--2-2-2--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/7--7-7-7--|-/5--5-5-5--|
|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|


  F#7F#7     Fmaj7Fmaj7      E MajorE (Final Chord)
|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0---||---0---||
|--2--2-2-2--|--1--1-1-1---||---0---||
|--3--3-3-3--|--2--2-2-2--o||---1---||
|--4--4-4-4--|--3--3-3-3--o||---2---||
|--4--4-4-4--|--3--3-3-3---||---2---||
|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0---||---0---||
               4:31

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