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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Intermediate

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          Down South – Tom Petty
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Written by: Tom Petty
From: “Highway Companion” (2006)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Here’s my reading of the solo. It’s not that difficult to play even though
it is high up on the fretboard. There’s a lot of delay on this simple
melody (sounds like there’s some sort of “reverse” effect, too?). I’m
not much of an electric guitar player, so my tip is: play around with your
delay until it comes close ...
Many of the notes are triplets, which are a little difficult to write in 
this format. Playing along to Petty’s recording might help to get the 
timing right.
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                      D                D
                      1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
                    e|----------------|---------/12--12|
                    B|----------------|----------------|
                    G|----------------|----------------|
                    D|----------------|----------------|
                    A|----------------|----------------|
                    E|----------------|----------------|
(... and a little more)
 
  D        A          D
  1 + 2 +  3  +  4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4  +
e|12h14-14-14-12-14--|------------17-17|
B|-------------------|15---------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|
   triplets
  G                 D
  1 + 2 +  3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|17-15-15-15-17-14|----------14--15|
B|-----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|
   triplets
  G                    D
  1 + 2 +  3 + 4  +    1 + 2 + 3 + 4  +
e|15----19-19--17-17-|17-----------17-15|
B|-------------------|------------------|
G|-------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|
          triplets
  Bm                A               A
  1 + 2 +  3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|14----14-14-----|----------------|----------------|
B|-----------17-15|17--------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        triplets

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Down South Tab by Tom Petty
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