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Something In The Air Chords by Tom Petty

Something In The Air chords by Tom Petty

Guitar chords with lyrics

Standard tuning EADGBe
The song uses basic chords
  D  Em  F#m   E   G  A   B
---2----0------2------0------3----0-----2----
---3----0------2------0------3----2-----4----
---2----x------2------1------0----2-----4----
---0----2------4------2------0----2-----4----
--------2------4------2------2----0-----2----
--------0------2------0------3---------------

D
D
Call out the instigator
             Em
Because there’s something in the air
            D
We’ve got to get together sooner or later
            Em
Because the revolution’s here
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And you know it’s right
Fill A- play this twice. this little piece can be a little bit tricky but it sounds good
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------3----------3-----------3-----------3------
---2----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---
-0----------------------------------------------
-----------3-----------2------------3-----------
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Fill 1
And you know that it’s right
Em
We have got to get it together
Em
We have got to get it together now
fill 1 2x
D
Run through the fields and houses
             Em
Because there’s something in the air
            D
We’ve got to get together sooner or later
           Em
Because the revolution’s here

And you know it’s right
Fill A 2x
And you know that it’s right

Em
We have got to get it together
                 D
We have got to get it together now

interlude/solo - it’s the same thing again and again just in a different tone
figure 1
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--------------------7---
-7--7---------5h7---7---
-7--7----5h7------------
(5)(5)------------------
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Figure 2
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--------------------5---
-5--5---------3h5---5---
-5--5----3h5------------
(3)(3)------------------
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Figure 3
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--------------------3----
-3--3---------1h3---3----
-3--3----1h3-------------
(1)(1)-------------------
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Figure 4
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--------------------2----
-2--2---------0h2---2----
-2--2----0h2-------------
(0)(0)-------------------
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it looks long and confusing but its really simple. Here’s the layout out the interlude/solo
Figure 1 2x
Figure 2 2x
Figure 1 2x
Figure 2 2x
Figure 3 2x
Figure 4 2x
Ends with G A B
From there the whole rest of the song changes key
E
E
Call out the instigator
             F#m
Because there’s something in the air


            E
We’ve got to get together sooner or later
            F#m
Because the revolution’s here
            E fill B
And you know it’s right

Again it changes key so it changes the fill but its easy now

Fill B play twice
-----0------------0--------0----------0-----
---0---0-------0----0----0----0----0----0--
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-2----------0--------------------0----------
-----------------------4--------------------
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And you know that it’s right
F#m
We have got to get it together
                 E
We have got to get it together now

THE END!
Submitted by oran

Tom Petty chords for Something in the air

About Something In The Air

Tom Petty's cover version of Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the air". Petty's version was recorded live in studio and included as one of two new tracks on his "Greatest hits" album from 1993.

The album included material from 1976 up to and including 1993.

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