Bass tabs
LISTEN TO HER HEART (Bassline)
As recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
(From the 1978 Album YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!)
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ron Blair - Bass'
Intro
Q=125
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
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Q H. +W Q H. +W
|-9S=14-------|-(14)--------|-14S=9-------|-(9)----|
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Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
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|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|--------4-0-5-4-|---------------|--------4-0-5-4--|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5---------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5----------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|--------4-0-5-4-|---------------|--------4-0-5-4--||
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5---------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5----------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
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||o---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
||o---------------|--------4-0-5-4-|---------------|--------4-0-5-4-|
||--5----5-5----5-|-5----5---------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5---------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
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|---------------|--------4-0-5-4-|---------------|--------4-0-5-4--||
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5---------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5----------||
Chorus
$
2/4 4/4 4/4 2/4 4/4
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
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|--------|---------------|----------------|--------|---------------|
|--------|---------------|--------4-0-5-4-|--------|---------------|
|-3--3-3-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5---------|-3--3-3-|-5----5-5----5-|
To Coda
2/4
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------|
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|--------4-0-5-4-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--|
|-5----5---------|-----------------|----------|
1.
4/4
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
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|---------------|------------------o||
|---------------|--------4-0-5-4---o||
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5------------||
Bridge
2.
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E W
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|---------------|----------------||-5----|
|---------------|--------4-0-5-4-||------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5---------||------|
+W W +H. Q
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|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)------7--|
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W +W W H E E E E
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|-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|---------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-7----7-7-7-7--|
|----------|------------|----------|---------------|
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E
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|-----------------||---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||---------------|--------4-0-5-4-|----------------|
|-----------------||-5----5-5----5-|-5----5---------|-5----5-5----5--|
Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------4-0-5-4-|---------------|--------4-0-5-4-|----------------|
|-5----5---------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5---------|-5----5-5----5--|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E 9x
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|--------4-0-5-4--||o---------------|--------4-0-5-4-o||
|-5----5----------||--5----5-5----5-|-5----5----------||
H. Q H. Q W +W
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|---------5--|---------5--|----------|--------*|
|-5----------|-5----------|-5--------|-(5)----*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
n: - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
You think you're gonna take her away
With your money and your cocaine
Keep thinkin' that her mind is gonna change
But I know everything is okay
Chorus::
She's gonna listen to her heart
It's gonna tell her what to do
Well, she might need a lot of lovin'
But she don't need you
You want me to think that I'm being used
You want her to think it's over
Can't you see it don't matter what you do
Buddy you don't even know her
Chorus:
And you just can't creep up behind her
And you can't understand that she's my girl
She's my girl
