Listen To Her Heart Bass Tab by Tom Petty

Listen To Her Heart bass tab by Tom Petty

Bass Tab

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)----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|


 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----------|


 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
||----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
||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
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|--------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
|--------|---------------|----------------|--------|---------------|
|--------|---------------|----------------|--------|---------------|
|--------|---------------|--------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
|----------------|-----------------|----------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------|
|--------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
|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|------------------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
|---------------|----------------||------|
|---------------|----------------||-5----|
|---------------|--------4-0-5-4-||------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5---------||------|


 +W      W     +H.   Q
|------------|----------|-------------|
|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)------7--|
|------------|----------|-------------|
|------------|----------|-------------|


 W     +W      W     H  E E E E
|----------|------------|----------|---------------|
|-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
|-----------------||---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------||---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-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
|-----------------||----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------||o---------------|----------------o||
|--------4-0-5-4--||o---------------|--------4-0-5-4-o||
|-5----5----------||--5----5-5----5-|-5----5----------||


 H.   Q  H.   Q  W     +W
|------------|------------|----------|--------*|
|------------|------------|----------|--------*|
|---------5--|---------5--|----------|--------*|
|-5----------|-5----------|-5--------|-(5)----*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
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
----------------
 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


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

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