Don't Fade On Me tab by Tom Petty

• Tuning: D-A-D-G-A-D

Don't Fade on Me
Tom Petty
from Wildflowers
Transcribed by David Hill


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--||