Free Fallin Chords

by Tom Petty
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This is the way Tom Petty played it. Includes chord legend, all breaks and backing vocals, and link to video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWJXDG2i0A.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: F
Capo: 1st fret
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2 contributors total, last edit on Aug 22, 2024
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Chords

E
Asus2
Bsus4
E5
A5
B5

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Song: Free fallin'
Artist: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Composers: Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne
Album: Full Moon fever
Tabbed by DJ   8th April 2017
 
Links to live videos of Tom Petty playing this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcgEf1kJ3wo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgZjwHNcWq
 
CAPO:1st fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of F)
 
Please IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS the website
automatically imposes, they often do not display the
best options for a particular chord sequence.
 
The power chords in the second break are just an
option to add more variety, if you wish you could
just use the three verse chords again instead.
Follow the voicings with the numbers listed below:
 
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo:
E     = 022100   E5 = 022xxx
Asus2 = x02200   A5 = 577xxx
Bsus4 = x24400   B5 = 799xxx
 
^ = Emphasise the beats
 
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[Intro]
     E    Asus2      Asus2 E    Bsus4
||:  /  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  :||[x2]
     ^     ^           ^  ^     ^
[Verse 1]
        E    Asus2   Asus2 E   Bsus4
She's a good girl,   loves her mama,
      E    Asus2     Asus2  E  Bsus4
Loves Je - sus,  and Ameri -ca too,
        E    Asus2       Asus2  E    Bsus4
She's a good girl, she's crazy 'bout Elvis,
      E     Asus2        Asus2  E      Bsus4
Loves hor - ses, and her boy  - friend too!
 
[Verse 2]
   E    Asus2      Asus2 E    Bsus4
|  /  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |
   ^     ^           ^  ^     ^
           E    Asus2   Asus2     E    Bsus4
And it's a long day  ...living in Re - seda,
          E      Asus2  Asus2   E           Bsus4
There's a free - way ...running through the yard,
           E   Asus2          Asus2 E    Bsus4
Now, I'm a bad boy,  'cause I don't even miss her,
      E   Asus2      Asus2    E   Bsus4
I'm a bad boy ...for breaking her heart!
 
[Chorus]
        E    Asus2    Asus2 E  Bsus4
Now I'm free-------, 
     E       Asus2    Asus2 E  Bsus4
Free fallin'-------, 
        E    Asus2    Asus2 E  Bsus4
Now I'm free-------, 
      E      Asus2    Asus2 E  Bsus4
Free fallin'-------! 
 
[Verse 3]
            E     Asus2  Asus2   E           Bsus4
Now all the vam - pires  walking through the valley,
     E    Asus2      Asus2 E       Bsus4
Move west down Ven - tura  Boule - vard,
              (Ven - tura  Boule - vard!)
 
            E   Asus2    Asus2    E      Bsus4
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows,
            E    Asus2     Asus2     E      Bsus4
And all the good girls are home with broken hearts!
 
[Chorus]
        E    Asus2    Asus2 E  Bsus4
Now I'm free-------, 
     E       Asus2    Asus2 E  Bsus4
Free fallin'-------, 
        E    Asus2    Asus2 E  Bsus4
Now I'm free-------, 
      E      Asus2    Asus2 E  Bsus4
Free fallin'-------! 
 
[Break 1]
   E    Asus2      Asus2 E    Bsus4
|  /  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |
 
E        Asus2     Asus2       E    Bsus4
    Free fallin',  now I'm  ...free fallin'!
 
   E    Asus2      Asus2 E    Bsus4
|  /  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |
 
E        Asus2     Asus2       E    Bsus4
    Free fallin',  now I'm  ...free fallin'!
 
[Verse 4]
            E    Asus2   Asus2 E      Bsus4
     Wanna glide down ...over  Mull - holland,
(Now I'm... Oh,  oh-----, oh,  oh----------!)
 
         E    Asus2    Asus2 E      Bsus4
I wanna write her   ...name  in the sky,
        (Oh,  oh-----, oh,   oh--------!)
 
       E   Asus2     Asus2 E    Bsus4
Gonna free fall   ...out   into nothing,
      (Oh,  oh-----, oh,   oh--------!)
 
      E     Asus2    Asus2  E    Bsus4
Gonna leave this  ...world for a while!
      (Oh,  oh-----, oh,   oh--------!)
 
[Chorus]
        E        Asus2    Asus2    E       Bsus4
Now I'm free------------,
           (Free fallin', now I'm  ...free fallin'!)
 
             E       Asus2    Asus2  E       Bsus4
        Free fallin'--------,
(Now I'm     ...free fallin', now I'm ...free fallin'!)
 
          E         Asus2    Asus2   E       Bsus4
Yeah, I'm free-------------,
              (Free fallin', now I'm ...free fallin'!)
 
          E     Asus2    Asus2   E      Bsus4
     Free fallin'-------,
(Now I'm...free fallin', now I'm...free fallin' now I'm..)
 
[Break 2]
   E5      A5          E5      B5
|  /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/  |  /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/  |
   ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^     ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
E5       A5                 E5       B5
   (Free fallin',  now I'm   ...free fallin'!)
 
[Chorus]
E         Asus2     Asus2    E       Bsus4
    (Free fallin',  now I'm  ...free fallin'!)
 
             E       Asus2    Asus2  E       Bsus4
        Free fallin'--------,
(Now I'm     ...free fallin', now I'm ...free fallin'!)
 
          E         Asus2    Asus2   E       Bsus4
Yeah, I'm free-------------,
              (Free fallin', now I'm ...free fallin'!)
 
          E     Asus2    Asus2   E      Bsus4
     Free fallin'-------,
(Now I'm...free fallin', now I'm...free fallin' now I'm..)
 
[Coda]
   E    Asus2      Asus2 E    Bsus4       E
|  /  /__/  /  /  |  /__/  /__/  /  /  |  /  ||
   ^     ^           ^  ^     ^           ^
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tbinsf1
Was just watching the video and saw Capo on 1 - and here's the tab doing it right.
+8
SEJensen
Tom just passed away last night. Decided to have my guitar class learn this song. Thanks for making such an accurate version.
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Dharmakind
Great find on a sad day🙁 I’ve been playing it wrong for years. This sounds spot on. RIP legend ❤️❤️
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