You Don't Know How It Feels by Tom Petty

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Intro:
 Q=86
 4/4
  Gtr I
   W           E E E S S E E E S S   E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E S S
G|----------||-----4---------------|-------------------|---------------------|
D|----------||---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
A|----------||-7-7---4h7-----------|-7-7---4h7---------|-7-7---4h7-----------|
E|----------||-----------5-5---5-7-|-----------5-5-5-7-|-----------5-5---5-7-|


                         1st - 3rd Verses:
                         Segno $
   E E E S S S S E E E     E E E S S E E E S S
G|-----4---------------||----------------------|
D|---------------------||o---------------7-----|
A|-7-7---4-7-----------||o-7-7---4h7-----------|
E|-----------5-5-5-5-7-||------------5-5---5-7-|


   E E E S S E E E E   Q  E S S E E E S S
G|-----4-------------|----------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------7-------|
A|-7-7---4-7---------|-7----4-7-------------|
E|-----------5-5-5-7-|----------5-5---5s7---|

E E E S S S S E E E   Q  E S S E E E S S
G|---------------------|--------------------|
D|---------------------|--------------------|
A|-7-7---4-7-----------|-7----4-7-----------|
E|-----------5-5-5-5-7-|----------5-5---5-7-|


   Q  E S S E E E S S   E E E S S E E E E
G|--------------------|---------------------|
D|--------------------|---------------------|
A|-7----4-7-----------|-7-7---4-7-----------|
E|----------5-5---5-7-|-----------5-5-5-7---|


                       Pre-Chorus:
   E E E S S E E E E    E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------||-----------------|
D|-------------------||-----------------|
A|-7-7---4-7---------||-7-7-7-7---------|
E|-----------5-5---7-||---------7-7-7-7-|


   E E +S  S S S E Q  E   E E E E E E E S S
G|----------------------|-------------------|
D|----------------------|-------------------|
A|-7-7-(7)--------------|-7-7-7-7-----------|
E|---------0-2-4-5-5--7-|---------7-7-7-5-7-|


                     Chorus:
            To Coda
                                                     2/4
   E E E E E E E E    Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E    E E E E
G|-----------------||---------------|---------------|----------|
D|-----------------||---------------|---------------|-/7-7-7-7-|
A|-7-7-7-7---------||-7--5----------|-7--5----------|----------|
E|---------5-5-5-5-||-------5-5-5-5-|-------5-5-5-5-|----------|


   1.                                                    2.
  4/4
   E E E E  S S E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q      E E E E  E E E E
G|--------------------|---------------|----------------||-------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7\-7---7-7-7-|---------------|---------------o||-7-7-7-7-/7-7-7-7\-|
A|------------7-------|-7--5----------|-7--5-5--------o||-------------------|
E|--------------------|-------5-5-5-5-|--------5-5-5---||-------------------|


                                   Interlude:
   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E     E. S S S E H      E. S S S E Q  Q
G|---------------|---------------||------------------|-------------------||
D|---------------|---------------||o-----------------|------------------o||
A|-7--5----------|-7--5----------||o--------2S5-4----|--------2S5-4-----o||
E|-------5-5-5-5-|-------5-5-5-5-||--0--3h4----------|-0--3h4--------5---||


  Guitar Solo:
                                                          Dal Segno al Coda
                                    2/4           4/4
   Q  Q  Q  S S E   Q  E E E E E E    S S E E E    S S E S S E E E E S S
G|----------------|----------------|-------------|-------------------------||
D|----------7-7-7-|----------------|-/7-7-7-7-7\-|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7\--||
A|-7--5-----------|-7--5-5---------|-------------|---------7---------------||
E|-------5--------|--------5-5-5-5-|-------------|-------------------------||


  Chorus:
  Coda &
                                                  2/4
   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   E E S S S S
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
D|---------------|---------------|-------7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7---7----|
A|-7--5----------|-7--5----------|-7--5----------|-------7---7--|
E|-------5-5-5-5-|-------5-5-5-5-|---------------|--------------|


 4/4
   E E E E E Q  E    Q   Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
G|---------9-9-----|----------------|---------------|----------------|
D|-7-7-7-7------7\-|----------------|---------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|-7\--5----------|-7--5----------|-7--5-----------|
E|-----------------|--------5-5-5-5-|-------5-5-5-5-|-------5-5-5-5--|


  2/4       4/4
   E E E E   E E E E E E S S E   Q  Q   E E S S E   Q  E E E E E E
G|---------|-------------------|------------------|----------------||
D|---------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-|------------------|----------------||
A|---------|---------------7---|-7--5\------------|-7--5-5---------||
E|-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|--------5-5-5-5-5-|--------5-5-5-5-||


 Guitar Solo:
                                   2/4       4/4
   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E    E E E E E E S S E
G|---------------|----------------|---------|---------------------||
D|---------------|----------------|---------|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7--||
A|-7--5----------|-7--5-5---------|---------|----------------7----||
E|-------5-5-5-5-|--------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|---------------------||


  Outro:
     Q  E S S E E E S S   E E E S S E E E E  3x E E E S S E E E S S
G||---------------------|--------------------||---------------------|
D||o--------------------|-------------------o||---------------------|
A||o-7----4-7-----------|-7-7---4-7---------o||-7-7---4-7-----------|
E||-----------5-5---5-7-|-----------5-5-5-7--||-----------5-5---5-7-|


   E E E S S E E E S S   Q  E S S E E E  E   E E E S S E E E E   W
G|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------*|
D|-----------7-7-7-----|-------------------|-------------------|------*|
A|-7-7---4-7-----------|-7----4-7----------|-7-7---4-7---------|-7----*|
E|-----------------5-7-|----------5-5---/9-|-----------5-5-5-7-|------*|

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Last Updated: September 10, 2025