Tom Petty & the Wildflowers
Don't Fade on Me
I dont know the picking style but I have the notes
down just about perfect. I dont know if its supposed
to be in drop-D tuning, but it sounds right. I cant
figure out the timing on it. One of Tom Petty's best.
Drop D tuning
Fill A D chordE|-------------------------------|B|-----3--3-3-3------3--3-3-3----|G|-----2--2-2-2------2--2-2-2----| (repeat several times)D|-----0--0-0-0------0--0-0-0----|A|-------------------------------|D|--0-------------0--------------|
Verse:
"I remember..." C G D|--------------------------------||--------------1-1---3-3---3-3---||--------------0-0---0-0---2-2---||--------------2-2---0-0---0-0---||--------------3-3---2-2---0-0---||--------------------------0-0---|
Repeat Fill A about once
Repeat all twice or more (end of verse)
Repeat Fill A twice before Chorus
Chorus:
F C D "So dont..." "Fade"|---------------------------------------||---1---1---3--------------1---1--3-----||---2---0---2--------------2---0--2-----||---3---2---0--------------3---2--0-----||-------3---0------------------3--0-----||-----------0---------------------0-----|
|------------------------||--1--1--3--3---3-3-3----||--2--0--2--2---2-2-2----||--3--2--0--0---0-0-0----||-----3--0---------------||--------0---------------|
Fill A "No don't fade on..."
"...me"|----------------------------------||-------------------------------3--||-------------------------------2--||-0---------------3p0-----------0--||-0-(let ring)--------3p0----------||-0-----------------------3--0-----|
Sometimes he ends the riff with:
(bend with vibrato)|-----------------------||-----------------------||-----------------------||---------0~------------||---------0~------------||--0--3b--0~------------|
Its not perfect, but it should help you
figure out the real way.
-Tim (dufiant@hotmail.com)
