Chords with lyrics
Difficulty: Novice
Swingin' - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Submitted by tom_muiri
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Swingin' (1999)
(Petty)
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There are many slight variations in the course of the song. I just put
down the first intro and the lick that is played on the piano.
INTRO/VERSE
D MajorD A minorAm G+G D MajorD
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---2---2-2-2-2-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|3---3---3-3-3-3-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|
BB|3---3---3-3-3-3-|1---1---1-0-1-1-|0---0---0-1-0-x-|3---3---3-3-3-3-|
G+G|2---2---2-2-2-0-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|0---0---0-0-0-2-|2---2---0-2-0-2-|
D MajorD|0---0---0-0-0-0-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|----------------|0---0---0-0-0-0-|x---x---x-x-x-x-|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|3---3---3-3-3-3-|----------------|
VRESE (with piano lick incorporated)
D MajorD A minorAm G+G D MajorD
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---2---2-2-2-2-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|3---3---3-3-3-3-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|
BB|3---3---3-3-3-3-|1---1---1-0-1-1-|0---0---0-1-0-x-|3---3---3-3-3-3-|
G+G|2---2---2-4-2-0-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|0---0---0-0-0-2-|2---2---2-0-2-0-|
D MajorD|0---0---0-0-0-0-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|----------------|0---0---0-0-0-0-|x---x---x-x-x-x-|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|3---3---3-3-3-3-|----------------|
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INTRO
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
D MajorD A minorAm
Well, she was standing by the highway
G+G D MajorD
In her boots and silver spurs
D MajorD
Gonna hitchhike to the yellow moon
G+G D MajorD
When a Cadillac stopped for her
D MajorD A minorAm
And she said, "Hey, nice to meet you,
G+G D MajorD
Are you goin' my way "
D MajorD A minorAm
Yeah, that's when it happened
G+G D MajorD
The world caught fire that day
C majorC G+G D MajorD
And she went down - swingin'
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Yeah, she went down - swingin'
D MajorD A minorAm
Well, she was over twenty-one
G+G D MajorD
In trouble with the law
D MajorD A minorAm
And it didn't faze her none
G+G D MajorD
She called her mother-in-law
D MajorD A minorAm
And said I need a little money
G+G D MajorD
I knew I could count on you
D MajorD A minorAm
After that night in Vegas
G+G D MajorD
And the hell that we went through
C majorC G+G D MajorD
We went down - swingin' - like Benny Goodman
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Yeah, we went down - swingin'
SOLO
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
D MajorD A minorAm
Moonlight on the interstate
G+G D MajorD
She was 'cross the Georgia line
D MajorD A minorAm
Looked out the window feeling great
G+G D MajorD
Yeah, it had to come in time
D MajorD A minorAm
And she said I'm never goin' back
G+G D MajorD
She said at last I'm free
D MajorD A minorAm
I wish ma could see me now,
G+G D MajorD
She’d be so proud of me
C majorC G+G D MajorD
She went down - swingin’ - like Glenn Miller
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Yeah, she went down - swingin’ - like Tommy Dorsey
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Yeah, she went down - swingin’ - like Sammy Davis
C majorC G+G D MajorD
She went down - swingin’ - like Sonny Liston
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
| D MajorD | A minorAm | G+G | D MajorD |
(repeat and fade)