Tabs
THE LAST DJ
As recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
(From the 2002 Album THE LAST DJ)
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Transcribed by Slowhand
A minorAm 
E minorEm 
G+G 
C majorC
x 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 x 3 2 0 1 0
Gsus4/B 
FF 
G7G7 
Fmaj7Fmaj7
x 2 0 0 1 x 1 3 3 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 x 3 3 2 1 0
G6G6
3 2 0 0 0 0
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Tom Petty - Acoustic 12-string Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Mike Campbell - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Mike Campbell - Electric 12-string Guitar'
Intro
Q=136
A minorAm
4/4
Gtr I (Ac. 12-string Gtr.)
W Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q H +W
|-0-0-------------|----0-----------|------------------|
|-1-0-1-----------|-1------1-------|-(1)--------------|
|-----2-0---------|-2------2-------|-(2)--------------|
|---------2-0-----|-2------2-------|-(2)--------------|
|-------------3-2-|-0------0-------|-(0)--------------|
|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q H +W
|----0-----------|--------------------||
|-1------1-------|-(1)----------------||
|-2------2-------|-(2)----------------||
|-2------2-------|-(2)----------------||
|-0------0-------|-(0)----------------||
|----------------|--------------------||
1st & 3rd Verses
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm G+G C majorC
Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--0--0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0--0---3---3---|-0--0---0---0----|
||o-1--1---1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-1--1---0---0---|-1--1---1---1----|
||--2--2---2---2---|-0---0---0---0---|-2--2---0---0---|-0--0---0---0----|
||--2--2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-2--2---0---0---|-2--2---2---2----|
||o-0--0---0---0---|-2---2---2---2---|-0--0---2---2---|-3--3---3---3----|
||-----------------|-0---0---0---0---|--------3---3---|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III (El. 12-string Gtr.)
| Q Q Q Q E MajorE E Q Q Q Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E W
||--5--5---7---5---|-3---3---0-------|-5------3---3---|-----------------|
||o-5--------------|---5---------0---|-5--5---3-----3-|-5---------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|------5---------|-5---------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC
Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-0--0---0---0---|-0--0---0---0---|-0--0---0---0---|-0--0---0---0---||
|-1--1---1---1---|-0--0---0---0---|-1--1---1---1---|-1--1---1---1---||
|-2--2---2---2---|-0--0---0---0---|-0--0---0---0---|-0--0---0---0---||
|-2--2---2---2---|-2--2---2---2---|-2--2---2---2---|-2--2---2---2---||
|-0--0---0---0---|-2--2---2---2---|-3--3---3---3---|-3--3---3---3---||
|----------------|-0--0---0---0---|----------------|----------------||
|
| Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q Q Q Q Q Q E MajorE E Q Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-5------7---5-0-|-3--3---3---0---|-3--3---3-3-3---|-3--3---3-3-3---||
|-5--5-----------|-5--5---5-------|-5--5---5-5-5---|-5--5---5-5-5---||
|------5---------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
2nd, 4th & 5th Verses
$
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm G+G C majorC
Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-0--0---0---0---|-0--0---0---0---|-0--0---3---3---|-0--0---0---0---|
|-1--1---1---1---|-0--0---0---0---|-1--1---0---0---|-1--1---1---1---|
|-2--2---2---2---|-0--0---0---0---|-2--2---0---0---|-0--0---0---0---|
|-2--2---2---2---|-2--2---2---2---|-2--2---0---0---|-2--2---2---2---|
|-0--0---0---0---|-2--2---2---2---|-0--0---2---2---|-3--3---3---3---|
|----------------|-0--0---0---0---|--------3---3---|----------------|
|
| Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q Q Q Q Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E H E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-5------7---5-0-|-3--0-------0---|-5------3---3---|----------------|
|-5--5-----------|-5------0-------|-5--5---3-----3-|-5--------5---5-|
|------5---------|----------------|------5---------|-5------5---5---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A minorAm G+G C majorC
Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E q q H
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q H
|-0--0---0---0---|-3--3---3---3---|-0--0-----------|-0--0-------||
|-1--1---1---1---|-0--0---0---0---|-1--1-----------|-1--1-------||
|-2--2---2---2---|-0--0---0---0---|-0--0---0---0---|-0--0-------||
|-2--2---2---2---|-0--0---0---0---|-2--2---2-3-2-0-|-2--2-------||
|-0--0---0---0---|-2--2---2---2---|-3--3-----------|-3--3-------||
|----------------|-3--3---3---3---|----------------|------------||
|
| Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E Q Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E q q H
|-5------7-------|-3--3-----3-----|-0--0-----------|------------||
|-5--5-------5---|-3--3---3---3---|-1--1-----------|-1--1-------||
|------5-------5-|----------------|--------0---0---|-0--0-------||
|----------------|----------------|--------2-3-2-0-|-2--2-------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------||
Chorus
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4---|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
q q q q q q q q Q. E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q H Q
|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|------------------|-----------------|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-1----------------|-----------------|
|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4---|-0--------0---0---|-0---0-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2------0-2-3-2-0-|-2---2-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC Gsus4/B A minorAm G+G
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
q q q q q q q q H H H H
|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-1-------1-------|-1-------3-------|
|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4---|-0-------0-------|-2-------4-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-------0-------|-2-------5-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------2-------|-0-------5-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
To Coda
FF G7G7 A minorAm
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H H H H E MajorE E E MajorE E W
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-3-3-3--|-----------------||
|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-0-------0-0-0-0--|----------------o||
|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-0-------0-0-0-0--|-----------------||
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-3-3-3--|-----------------||
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|------------------|----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
Interlude
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G6G6
Gtr I
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
H H +H E MajorE E Q W +W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------0---|-----------------|-------------------|
|-0-------0-------|-(0)-------2-3-----|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G6G6
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q. E MajorE H +H E MajorE Q. W +W
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|
|-0------0-0-------|-(0)-------2-3------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G6G6
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q. E MajorE H +H E MajorE Q. W W
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|-0---------------|-0-----------------||
|-0------0-0-------|-(0)-------2-3------|-----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Outro
&
A minorAm
Gtr I
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
W +W
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-1---------------|-(1)---------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W +W W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-1---------------|-(1)---------------|-1---------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-2---------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-2---------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A minorAm
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E W W W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+W W +W W +W
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-(1)---------------|-1---------------|-(1)---------------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-(2)---------------|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-(2)---------------|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-(0)---------------|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------|--------*|
|
| Gtr I
| W W E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE W +W
|-------------------|-----------------|--0--0-------------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-------------------|-----------------|--1--0-1-----------|-1--------|-(1)----*|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------2-0---------|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------2-0-----|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------3-2-|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------|--------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
Well, you can't turn him into a company man
You can't turn him into a whore
And the boys upstairs
Just don't understand anymore
Well, the top brass don't like him
Talking so much
And he won't play what they say to play
And he don't want to change
What don't need to change
There goes the last DJ
Who plays what he wants to play
And says what he wants to say
Hey, hey, hey
And there goes your freedom of choice
There goes the last human voice
There goes the last DJ
Well, some folks say they're gonna hang him so high
'Cause you just can't do what he did
There's some things you just can't
Put in the mind of those kids
As we celebrate mediocrity
All the boys upstairs want to see
How much you'll pay for
What you used to get for free
There goes the last DJ
Who plays what he wants to play
And says what he wants to say
Hey, hey, hey
And there goes your freedom of choice
There goes the last human voice
And there goes the last DJ
Well, he got him a station down in Mexico
And sometimes it'll kinda come in
And I'll bust a move
And remember how it was back then
There goes the last DJ
Who plays what he wants to play
And says what he wants to say
Hey, hey, hey
And there goes your freedom of choice
There goes the last human voice
There goes the last DJ
Other versions of The Last Dj
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for The Last Dj by Tom Petty
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