Tom Petty's cover of Thunderclap Newman's "something in the air". I learned this
song a couple months ago and by listening to the album I know it is about 100% correct.
Great song and easy. Enjoy
Standard tuning EADGBe
The song uses basic chords
D Em F#m E G A B
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D
D
Call out the instigator
Em
Because there's something in the air
D
We've got to get together sooner or later
Em
Because the revolution's here
And you know it's right
Fill A- play this twice. this little piece can be a little bit tricky but it sounds good
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Fill 1
And you know that it's right
Em
We have got to get it together
Em
We have got to get it together now
fill 1 2x
D
Run through the fields and houses
Em
Because there's something in the air
D
We've got to get together sooner or later
Em
Because the revolution's here
And you know it's right
Fill A 2x
And you know that it's right
Em
We have got to get it together
D
We have got to get it together now
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/tom-petty/118803.html ]
interlude/solo - it's the same thing again and again just in a different tone
figure 1
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Figure 2
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-5--5---------3h5---5---
-5--5----3h5------------
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Figure 3
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-3--3---------1h3---3----
-3--3----1h3-------------
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Figure 4
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-2--2---------0h2---2----
-2--2----0h2-------------
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it looks long and confusing but its really simple. Here's the layout out the interlude/solo
Figure 1 2x
Figure 2 2x
Figure 1 2x
Figure 2 2x
Figure 3 2x
Figure 4 2x
Ends with G A B
From there the whole rest of the song changes key
E
E
Call out the instigator
F#m
Because there's something in the air
E
We've got to get together sooner or later
F#m
Because the revolution's here
E fill B
And you know it's right
Again it changes key so it changes the fill but its easy now
Fill B play twice
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And you know that it's right
F#m
We have got to get it together
E
We have got to get it together now
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