Tabs
Don't Fade on Me
Tom Petty
from Wildflowers
Transcribed by David Hill
Tuning: D-A-D-G-A-D
I have tabbed the intro, main verses, and chorus of Don't
Fade on Me. It's kind of a free, country-style blues by Tom.
The stuff I have tabbed is not entirely accurate, it should
really only be used as an outline for you to play by yourself.
Listen to the recording and you'll see what I mean.
Any corrections would be appreciated, this is the first tab
I've ever submitted.
Meter is in a steady two
(pulses are marked by '|' above tab)
INTRO VERSE
*Sections like this are
played freely, I use this
notation as a guide.
* | | | | | | *| |
||-------------0-0-0--|| |-----------------|-----------|------------0-0-0-|
||--------------------|| |-------3---------|-3----5----|------------------|
||o------------------o|| |-----0-----0-----|-----------|------------------|
||o-----0------------o|| |---2---------2---|-----------|-----0------------|
||--------------------|| |-3---------------|-3----5----|------------------|
||--0-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------|-0----------------|
I re - mem-ber you so clear - ly
*| | | | | | *| |
|------------0-0-0-|-----------------|--------------|------------0-0-0-|
|------------------|-------3---------|-3-------5----|------------------|
|------------------|-----0-----0-----|--------------|------------------|
|-----0------------|---2---------2---|--------------|-----0------------|
|------------------|-3---------------|-3-------5----|------------------|
|-0----------------|-----------------|--------------|-0----------------|
The first one through the door
*| | | | | | *| |
|------------0-0-0-|-----------------|------------|------------0-0-0-|
|------------------|-------3---------|-3-----5----|------------------|
|------------------|-----0-----0-----|------------|------------------|
|-----0------------|---2---------2---|------------|-----0------------|
|------------------|-3---------------|-3-----5----|------------------|
|-0----------------|-----------------|------------|-0----------------|
I re - turn to find you drif-ting
*| | | | | | *| |
|------------0-0-0-|-----------------|--------------|------------0-0-0-|
|------------------|-------3---------|-3-------5----|------------------|
|------------------|-----0-----0-----|--------------|------------------|
|-----0------------|---2---------2---|--------------|-----0------------|
|------------------|-3---------------|-3-------5----|------------------|
|-0----------------|-----------------|--------------|-0----------------|
Too far from the shore
*| |
|------------0-0-0-|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-----0------------|
|------------------|
|-0----------------|
CHORUS
| | *| | | | *| | | | *| |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------
|-8-----3-----|-5-----------|-8-----3-----|-5-----------|-8-----3-----|-5------
|----0-----0--|---0-----0---|----0-----0--|---0-----0---|---0------0--|---0----0
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------
|-8-----3-----|-5-----------|-8-----3-----|-5-----------|-8-----3-----|-5------
Don't fade
*| | *| | *| |
-------------|-------------|-------------|
-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----------|
---0-----0---|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|
-------------|-------------|-------------|
-------------|-------------|-------------|
-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----------|
(freely) No don't fade on
| | | | | |
||-----0--------|-0---------------|----0--------|-0------------||
||-----0--------|-0---------------|----0--------|-0------------||
||o----2--------|-2---------------|----2--------|-2-----------o||
||o----0--------|-0----3p0--------|----0--------|-0-----------o||
||-----0--------|-0--------3p0----|----0--------|-0------------||
||--0--0-----0--|-0------------3--|-0--0-----0--|-0--0h3--0h3--||
