Swingin chords by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

Swingin' - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Submitted by tom_muiri

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Swingin' (1999)
(Petty)

From: "Echo"

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There are many slight variations in the course of the song. I just put
down the first intro and the lick that is played on the piano.

INTRO/VERSE
 D MajorD        A minorAm        G+G        D MajorD
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---2---2-2-2-2-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|3---3---3-3-3-3-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|
BB|3---3---3-3-3-3-|1---1---1-0-1-1-|0---0---0-1-0-x-|3---3---3-3-3-3-|
G+G|2---2---2-2-2-0-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|0---0---0-0-0-2-|2---2---0-2-0-2-|
D MajorD|0---0---0-0-0-0-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|----------------|0---0---0-0-0-0-|x---x---x-x-x-x-|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|3---3---3-3-3-3-|----------------|

VRESE (with piano lick incorporated)
 D MajorD        A minorAm        G+G        D MajorD
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---2---2-2-2-2-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|3---3---3-3-3-3-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|
BB|3---3---3-3-3-3-|1---1---1-0-1-1-|0---0---0-1-0-x-|3---3---3-3-3-3-|
G+G|2---2---2-4-2-0-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|0---0---0-0-0-2-|2---2---2-0-2-0-|
D MajorD|0---0---0-0-0-0-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|----------------|0---0---0-0-0-0-|x---x---x-x-x-x-|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|3---3---3-3-3-3-|----------------|

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INTRO
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |

       D MajorD              A minorAm
Well, she was standing by the highway
    G+G            D MajorD
In her boots and silver spurs
   D MajorD
Gonna hitchhike to the yellow moon
    G+G             D MajorD
When a Cadillac stopped for her
        D MajorD              A minorAm
And she said, "Hey, nice to meet you,
G+G           D MajorD
Are you goin' my way?"
D MajorD               A minorAm
Yeah, that's when it happened
  G+G              D MajorD
The world caught fire that day

    C majorC      G+G  D MajorD
And she went down  -  swingin'
     C majorC      G+G  D MajorD
Yeah, she went down  -  swingin'

       D MajorD        A minorAm
Well, she was over twenty-one
  G+G           D MajorD
In trouble with the law
    D MajorD           A minorAm
And it didn't faze her none
  G+G             D MajorD
She called her mother-in-law
      D MajorD          A minorAm
And said I need a little money
 G+G              D MajorD
I knew I could count on you
D MajorD              A minorAm
After that night in Vegas
    G+G              D MajorD
And the hell that we went through

  C majorC      G+G  D MajorD
We went down  -  swingin' - like Benny Goodman
     C majorC      G+G  D MajorD
Yeah, we went down  -  swingin'

SOLO
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |

D MajorD              A minorAm
Moonlight on the interstate
     G+G             D MajorD
She was 'cross the Georgia line
    D MajorD               A minorAm
Looked out the window feeling great
     G+G           D MajorD
Yeah, it had to come in time
    D MajorD              A minorAm
And she said I'm never goin' back
  G+G             D MajorD
She said at last I'm free
D MajorD              A minorAm
I wish ma could see me now,
   G+G          D MajorD
She’d be so proud of me

  C majorC      G+G  D MajorD
She went down  -  swingin’ - like Glenn Miller
     C majorC      G+G  D MajorD
Yeah, she went down  -  swingin’ - like Tommy Dorsey
     C majorC      G+G  D MajorD
Yeah, she went down  -  swingin’ - like Sammy Davis
  C majorC      G+G  D MajorD
She went down  -  swingin’ - like Sonny Liston

| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
(repeat and fade)