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Free Fallin'

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Tuning: E A D G B E

Capo: 3

BPM: 200

    [Verse 1]
    [Intro]                                   She's a good girl, loves her mama,Loves Jesus and America, too,She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
N   D         G    G          D    A               D         G          G         D          A         D    
e|--2---------3----3----|-----2----0---------|-----2---------3----|-----3---------2----|-----0---------2----|
B|--3---------3----3----|-----3----2---------|-----3---------3----|-----3---------3----|-----2---------3----|
G|--2---------4----4----|-----2----2---------|-----2---------4----|-----4---------2----|-----2---------2----|
D|--0---------5----5----|-----0----2---------|-----0---------5----|-----5---------0----|-----2---------0----|
A|------------5----5----|----------0---------|---------------5----|-----5--------------|-----0--------------|
E|------------3----3----|--------------------|---------------3----|-----3--------------|--------------------|

N        G         G          D    A                    D          G         G          D         A         
e|-------3---------3----|-----2----0---------|----------2---------|3---------3---------|2---------0---------|
B|-------3---------3----|-----3----2---------|----------3---------|3---------3---------|3---------2---------|
G|-------4---------4----|-----2----2---------|----------2---------|4---------4---------|2---------2---------|
D|-------5---------5----|-----0----2---------|----------0---------|5---------5---------|0---------2---------|
A|-------5---------5----|----------0---------|--------------------|5---------5---------|----------0---------|
E|-------3---------3----|--------------------|--------------------|3---------3---------|--------------------|

[ preview ends at bar 10 — the interactive score has the rest ]

    Loves horses and her boyfriend, too,And it's a long day livin' in Reseda
    D         G               G               D         A                    D          G         G

                    There's a freeway runnin' through the yard,And I'm a bad boy, 'cause I don't even miss her
    D    A                    D          G    G         D                    A

                                                                         [Chorus]
                                                                         I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart
    D    G                         G          D              A                D    G

                                         [Verse 2]
                                         And I'm free, free fallin', Yeah I'm free, free fallin'
         G         D          A               D         G          G    D          A              D

         G         G     D         A               D         G     G         D    A

    All the vampires walkin' through the valley, Move west down Ventura Boulevard
    D         G          G              D                    A                    D          G         G

                               [Chorus]
                               And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows, And the good girls are home with broken hearts
         D         A                          D     G              G          D

    A                              D          G              D                          A

    And I'm free, free fallin', Yeah I'm free, free fallin'
         D         G          G    D          A              D          G         G     D         A

                                                    {Bridge]
                                                    And I'm free, free fallin', Yeah I'm free, free fallin'
         D         G     G         D    A                D         G          G    D

    A              D          G         G     D         A               D         G     G         D    A

          I wanna glide down over Mulholland,I wanna write her name in the sky
               D         G                    D          A                    D

                                         [Chorus]
                                         I'm gonna free fall out into nothin',Gonna leave this world for a while
    G         G    D          A                    D          G         D               A

                                                              And I'm free, free fallin', Yeah I'm free, free fallin'
         D               G         G          D         A          D         G          G    D

    A              D          G         G     D         A               D         G     G         D    A

          Everything throughout the entire song is the exact same thing, so I didn't do every sigle chorus
          And I'm free, free fallin', Yeah I'm free, free fallin'
               D         G          G    D          A              D          G         G

                                                                         [Outro]
    D         A               D         G     G         D    A           D         G

    G    D         A
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Instruments
Guitar
Genres
Pop, Rock
Tracks
1
Tempo
200 BPM
Time signature
4/4
Tuning
E A D G B E
Capo
Fret 3
Key
F major
Difficulty
Beginner
Bars
96
Frets used
Frets 0-5
Published 16 May 2021

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Tom Petty - Free Fallin'

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Free Fallin' is a Guitar score arranged by Brady Napolitano and filed under Pop and Rock. Read it as tablature or as standard sheet music notation, play it back at any tempo, and practise it a bar at a time.

It is written in 4/4 at 200 BPM, with a capo at fret 3. It is in F major, and the arrangement runs 96 bars. We grade it beginner — it stays between frets 0 and 5 and there are 3 chord shapes to learn. It is written as plain fretted notes, with no bends, slides or hammer-ons to learn first.

Chords used: D, G, A — as shaped, with the capo at fret 3. Each one links to its shapes and fingerings.

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