Tom Petty

Intermediate Chords

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Added: Sep 17, 2008

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Skill Level: Intermediate

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Submitted by: Ruth Barohn
Subject: CRD: "Jammin' Me" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Written by: T.P., Bob Dylan, Mike Campbell
Album: Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)--1987--MCA Records


Intro and Chorus Pattern (Strumming):
    A           E                     A
e------||----------------------------------||
B-  | -||--- | - | --- | --- | ------- | --||"||o||" are not same as "0"=
G-  | -||o-- | - | --- | --- | ------- | -o|| ||o||  indicate repeat sign
D-  | -||o-- | - | --- | --- | ------- | -o||   
A- / (tie)  / - / --- / --- / --- 0 - / (tie)   
E-  ---||------------------------ 0 -------||
   d            u     d     d     d   d

Verse Pattern (Strumming):
  A       D             A       E

  |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |       "u" -- up strum 
  |   |   |   |  rest   |   |   |   |       "d" -- down strum
 /   /   /   /         /   /   /   /

 u   d   u   d         u   d   u   d


Intro: Intro Pattern (8X)


Verse: (using verse pattern)

A,A/D,D            A,A/E,E
     You got me         in a corner
A,A/D,D            A,A/E,E
You got me         against the wall
A,A/D,D            A,A/E,E
I got no    where to go
A,A/D,D            A,A/E,E
I got no           where to fall
A,A/D,D            A,A/E,E
Take back your     insurance
A,A/D,D            A,A/E,E
        Baby nothin'       is guaranteed
A,A/D,D            A,A/E,E       A,A/D,D(let ring)  
Take back your acid rain   Baby  
                 A
Let your TV bleed


Chorus: (using chorus pattern)

A,E,E,E (4X)              D,A,A,A (2X)
You're jammin' me  You're jammin' me
A,E,E,E (2X)
Quit jammin' me
             B (normal strumming)       
Baby you can keep me painted in a corner
A (normal strumming)              A,E,E,E
You can look away but it's not over

Verse 2:
Take back your angry slander
Take back your pension plan
Take back your ups and downs of 
Your life in raisin-land
Take back Vanessa Redgrave
Take back Joe Piscopo
Take back Eddie Murphy
Give 'em all some place to go

Chorus

Release:

Bm                 G
Take back your Iranian torture
            A                         F#m
And the apple in young Steve's eye
Bm                      G
Yeah take back your losing streak 
D                          A,E,E,E(8X)
   Check your front wheel drive

Verse 3:

Take back Pasadena
Take back El Salvador
Take back that country club
They're tryin' to build outside my door

Chorus


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