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Can't Stop The Sun Tab by Tom Petty

Can't Stop The Sun tab by Tom Petty

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I have replaced all instances of lyrics with CD time.

"Can't Stop the Sun"
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
>From the album "The Last DJ"

Tabbed by David Hill

Explanation of picking pattern written by Howard Wright
and copied from his tab of the Beatles' "Julia"

To get the picking pattern in your head, I'll give a
brief explanation.
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
The key to it is the movement of the thumb. The thumb
picks out the notes on the E and D strings. For each
chord played, the order of strings. For each chord
played, the order of strings which the thumb picks is
the same - it goes like this:

A  D  A  D


While the thumb gets on with this, use your other fingers
to fill in the notes on the top strings

If you try it a few times, slowly, you should pick up
the natural rhythm which the picking pattern has.

Chords Used


  Em              Em7             Em6            Em b6
EADGBe      EADGBe      EADGBe      EADGBe
022000          022030          022020          0x2010

Bdim 11           AM             Adim             G
EADGBe      EADGBe      EADGBe      EADGBe
x23230          x02210          x01013          320003

  C              Bm7              D               F#7
EADGBe      EADGBe      EADGBe          EADGBe
x32010          224232          200232          044320

 Fmaj7
EADGBe
033210

====================================================
Intro  (in two)
Acoustic guitar (clean electric doubles top strings)
====================================================


    Em7                 Em6
||--------------0-------------------0-----|
||--3-------------------2-----------------|
||0---------0-------------------0---------|
||0------2---------2---------2---------2--|
||----------------------------------------|
||--0---------0---------0---------0-------|

0:01

   Em b6                   Em
|--------------0-------------------0-----||
|--1-------------------0-----------------||
|----------0-------------------0--------0||
|-------2---------2---------2---------2-0||
|----------------------------------------||
|--0---------0---------0---------0-------||



================
Main Verse (1+2)
================

h=hammer on the note

    Em7                 Em6
||--------------0-------------------0-----|
||--3-------------------2-----------------|
||----------0-------------------0---------|
||-------2---------2---------2---------2--|
||----------------------------------------|
||--0---------0---------0---------0-------|

  0:14

   Em b6                   Em
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--1-------------------0------------------|
|----------0-------------------0----------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------2---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|



    Em7                 Em6
|--------------0-------------------0-----|
|--3-------------------2-----------------|
|----------0-------------------0---------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------2--|
|----------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0-------|



   Em b6                   Em
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--1-------------------0------------------|
|----------0-------------------0----------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------0---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|



   B dim 11
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--3-------------------3------------------|
|----------2-------------------2----------|
|-------3---------3---------3---------3---|
|--2---------2---------2---------2--------|
|-----------------------------------------|



   Am
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--0h1-----------------1------------------|
|----------2-------------------2----------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------2---|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|
|-----------------------------------------|



   Adim
|--------------3-------------------3------|
|--1-------------------1------------------|
|----------0-------------------0----------|
|-------1---------1---------1---------1---|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|
|-----------------------------------------|


=============================================================
Chorus (in three)
Electric guitar (but you could use an acoustic if you'd like)
=============================================================


G           C             G           C

0:40

Am             Am              Bm7

(Repeat main verse and chorus in that order)

=========================
Bridge
12-string electric Guitar
=========================

      Em                     Am
|-----0-----------0----------0---------0---|
|-----0-----------0----------0h1-------1---|
|-----0-----------0----------2---------2---|
|-----2-----------2----------2---------2---|
|-----2-----------2------0-0-0-----0-0-0---|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0----------0---------0---|

 1:30

D                        G
|------3-----------3----------------------------|
|------2-----------2----------------------------|
|------3-----------3-----------0-----------2----|
|------0-----------0--------0-----0-----1-----1-|
|------0-----------0-----------------0----------|
|--2-2-2-------2-2-2-----3----------------------|


      Em                     Am
|-----0-----------0----------0---------0---|
|-----0-----------0----------0h1-------1---|
|-----0-----------0----------2---------2---|
|-----2-----------2----------2---------2---|
|-----2-----------2------0-0-0-----0-0-0---|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0----------0---------0---|


|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3---------------3---------------3---------------3-----|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-|
|-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3---------------2---------------0-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

1:49

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3---------------3---------------3---------------3---|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3---------------2---------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|


================
Main Verse (3)
================

    Em7                 Em6
||--------------0-------------------0-----|
||--3-------------------2-----------------|
||----------0-------------------0---------|
||-------2---------2---------2---------2--|
||----------------------------------------|
||--0---------0---------0---------0-------|

  2:04

   Em b6                   Em
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--1-------------------0------------------|
|----------0-------------------0----------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------2---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|

    Em7                 Em6
|--------------0-------------------0-----|
|--3-------------------2-----------------|
|----------0-------------------0---------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------2--|
|----------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0-------|

   Em b6                   Em
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--1-------------------0------------------|
|----------0-------------------0----------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------0---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|

   B dim 11
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--3-------------------3------------------|
|----------2-------------------2----------|
|-------3---------3---------3---------3---|
|--2---------2---------2---------2--------|
|-----------------------------------------|

   Am
|--------------0-------------------0------|
|--0h1-----------------1------------------|
|----------2-------------------2----------|
|-------2---------2---------2---------2---|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|
|-----------------------------------------|

   Adim
|--------------3-------------------3------|
|--1-------------------1------------------|
|----------0-------------------0----------|
|-------1---------1---------1---------1---|
|--0---------0---------0---------0--------|
|-----------------------------------------|

        Can't stop a man            from

=============================================================
Repeat Chorus (in three)
Electric guitar (but you could use an acoustic if you'd like)
=============================================================


G           C             G           C
2:29

Am             Am              Bm7



==============================================================
Coda
Jam section (in three)
Electric Guitar plays solo in E minor
Rhythm on Electric with fx (play around to find a good effect)
==============================================================

/=slide up

     E            G            A            G
||---0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|
||---0--0-0-0--|-/3--3-3-3--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/3--3-3-3--|
||o--1--1-1-1--|-/4--4-4-4--|-/6--6-6-6--|-/4--4-4-4--|
||o--2--2-2-2--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/7--7-7-7--|-/5--5-5-5--|
||---2--2-2-2--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/7--7-7-7--|-/5--5-5-5--|
||---0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|
  2:42
   E            G        A        G
|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|
|--0--0-0-0--|-/3--3-3-3--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/3--3-3-3--|
|--1--1-1-1--|-/4--4-4-4--|-/6--6-6-6--|-/4--4-4-4--|
|--2--2-2-2--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/7--7-7-7--|-/5--5-5-5--|
|--2--2-2-2--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/7--7-7-7--|-/5--5-5-5--|
|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|

   E            G        A        G
|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|
|--0--0-0-0--|-/3--3-3-3--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/3--3-3-3--|
|--1--1-1-1--|-/4--4-4-4--|-/6--6-6-6--|-/4--4-4-4--|
|--2--2-2-2--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/7--7-7-7--|-/5--5-5-5--|
|--2--2-2-2--|-/5--5-5-5--|-/7--7-7-7--|-/5--5-5-5--|
|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0--|


   F#7          Fmaj7           E  (Final Chord)
|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0---||---0---||
|--2--2-2-2--|--1--1-1-1---||---0---||
|--3--3-3-3--|--2--2-2-2--o||---1---||
|--4--4-4-4--|--3--3-3-3--o||---2---||
|--4--4-4-4--|--3--3-3-3---||---2---||
|--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0-0---||---0---||
                             4:31

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