Tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) One Story Town (words & music by Tom Petty) The intro is: B5* (the bass occasionally plays an A augmentedA and hammers on a BB note, you can hear it in the song). The intro riff is: E MajorE -----------|------------------|| BB -----------|---------------7--|| G+G -9--8h9p8--|-----9--8---------|| D MajorD -----------|-7----------9-----|| A augmentedA -----------|------------------|| E MajorE -----------|------------------||
Please escuse the vulgar misinterpretations of the lyrics: F#5F#5 Yeah, I~ve been standing up E5E5 I~ve been breaking free F#5F#5 E5E5 B5* I don~t want fate handed down to me F#5F#5 Yeah, I~ve been moving on E5E5 Try another town F#5F#5 Times ain~t changin~ nothing E5E5 B5* Take a look around D5D5 A5A5 G5G5 I~m lost in a one story town D5D5 A5A5 G5G5 Where everything~s close to the ground G5G5 A5A5 Yeah, same shit goes down G5G5 A5A5 Nothing turns around G5G5 A5A5 B5* It~s a one story town
She was over seventeen when I held her to her word Had to push her luck Thought she couldn~t breathe No it didn~t hurt me when she had to leave She had a far away feeling Wasn~t part of me I~m lost in a one story town Where everything~s close to the ground Yeah, same shit goes down Nothing turns around It~s a one story town Instrumental: A5, A5, A5....B5 Yeah, I~m lost in a one story town Where everything~s close to the ground Yeah, same shit goes down Nothing turns around It~s a one story town Ending: B5* Those high guitar parts for the chorus are: X Y E MajorE -----17--14---------|-5h7p5----------8h10p8-| BB -15----------15-----|-----------------------| G+G -----------------16-|-----------------------| D MajorD --------------------|-----------------------| A augmentedA --------------------|-----------------------| E MajorE --------------------|-----------------------| -X- is played sometimes during the first half of the chorus and -Y- is played after that part where Petty sings -same shit goes down-. I hope this has been help towards you. Oh yeah! For the instrumental Mike's guitar just plays: A augmentedA -10--12-- E MajorE --------- And that's about it.
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