TOM PETTY - "Mary Jane's Last Dance" Tablature
Official TOM PETTY Tablature & Sheet Music »
Song: Mary Jane’s Last Dance
Artist: Tom Petty
Tabbed By: Guitar Guy
This song is in 2/4 time.
/=strum
Strumming Pattern:
Verse:
Am G D Am
/ / / / / / / /
Chorus:
Em A6
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Em A6 G
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / (let ring for 4 counts)
Lyrics and chord timing:
Note: The song begins with just the guitar playing the verse chords twice. Listen to the song to get the up strum parts etc.
Am G
She grew up in an Indiana town
D
She had a good looking mama
Am
Who never was around
But she grew up tall
She grew up right
With them Indiana boys
On an Indiana night
(Harmonica part)
She came down here at the age of 18
She blew the boys away - was more than they'd seen
We were introduced and we both started groovin'
She said I dig you baby - But I gotta keep movin' - on - keep movin' on
Chorus:
Em A6
Last dance with Mary Jane - One more time to kill the pain
Em A6 G
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm tired of this town again
(Harmonica part)
Well I don't know - but I've been told
You never slow down - you never grow old
I'm tired of screwing up - tired of going down
Tired of myself - tired of this town
Oh my my - Oh hell yes - Honey put on that party dress
Buy me a drink and play me a song
Take me as I came - cause I can't stay long
Chorus
Guitar solo:
E|-------------------|--------------------|
A|--5----------------|--5-----------------|
D|-----7--5-----5--7-|-----7--5-----5-----| x2
G|-----------7-------|-----------7-----7--|
B|-------------------|--------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|
The next part in the guitar solo I havn’t figured out yet. It goes a bit higher. If you listen to the song you might be able to get it.
There's pigeons down on Market Square
She's standing there in her underwear
Looking out of a hotel room
The nightfall will be coming soon
Oh my my - Oh hell yes - You gotta put on that party dress
It was cold when I woke up alone
I played my last nickel and walked to the road
Chorus
Note: If you don’t play the harmonica, the harmonica part is something like this on guitar:
E|-------------------|------------------------|
A|--5----------------|--5---------------------|
D|-----7--5--4-------|-----7--5--4--5--4—-----| Play this as many times as needed
G|--------------7----|--------------------5--7|
B|-------------------|------------------------|
E|-------------------|------------------------|
That’s it. This is a very easy song to play with a band. If you don’t have anybody to jam with, go to www.midi-tab.com and and look up Tom Petty. There is the drum and bas tracks for this song and many more that you can play along with. If you figure out the rest of the guitar solo, please e-mail it to me:
guitar_guy96@hotmail.com Enjoy!
Rock On, `&'
#
Guitar Guy #
_#_
( )
/ O \
( === )
`---'
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are
"hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the
revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the
official TOM PETTY tablature
which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route.
These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
For more information on this onslaught, you can read the
NY Times Article.
We hope one of the larger tablature sites will have the money to fight this. Until then, we urge you all to keep tabbing songs and sharing them in any way you can.
Return to TOM PETTY Tablature »
Official TOM PETTY Tablature & Sheet Music »