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Song: Learning to fly Artist: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Composer: Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne Album: Into the great wide open Tabbed by DJ ['DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com] 23rd Mar 2017 Live Tom Petty performance at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p_f7Df2-oM NOTE: Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically suggest and use the typed shapes shown in the chord legend below. To sound the way Tom Petty played it you need your little finger to remain on the 1st string for all the chords. Fadd9 = xx3213 G = 320003 C = x32013 Gsus4 = 320013 Am7 = x02213 Please select a star rating for this tab, thanks ====================================================== [Intro]

||: ^Fadd9 / / ^C/ / | ^Am7 / / ^G /^Gsus4__/ /^G :||[x4] [Verse 1] Well, I ^Fadd9started ^Cout...^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ...Down a ^Fadd9dirty ^Croad, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ^Fadd9Started ^Cout... ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ...^Fadd9All a - ^Clone ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G

[Verse 2]

And the ^Fadd9sun went ^Cdown, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G As I ^Fadd9crossed the ^Chill, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G And the ^Fadd9town lit ^Cup, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ...The ^Fadd9world got ^Cstill ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G

[Chorus]

I'm ^Fadd9learning to ^Cfly, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ...But I ^Fadd9ain't got ^Cwings, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ^Fadd9Coming ^Cdown...^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ...Is the ^Fadd9hardest ^Cthing ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G

[Verse 3]

Well, the ^Fadd9good ol' ^Cdays...^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ...May ^Fadd9not re - ^Cturn, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G And the ^Fadd9rocks might ^Cmelt, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G And the ^Fadd9sea may ^Cburn ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G

[Chorus] Fadd9 C Am7 G Gsus4 G I'm learning to fly, [Learning to fly---------!] Fadd9 C Am7 G Gsus4 G But I ain't got wings, [Learning to fly---------!] Fadd9 C Am7 G Gsus4 G Coming down... [Learning to fly---------!] Fadd9 C Am7 G Gsus4 G ...Is the hardest thing [Learning to fly--------!] [Break] Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G | / / /__/ / | / / /__/ / |

||:^Fadd9 / / ^C/ / | ^Am7 / / ^G/_^Gsus4_/ ^G/ :||[x4] [Verse 4] Well, ^Fadd9some say ^Clife... ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ...Will ^Fadd9beat you ^Cdown, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G And ^Fadd9break your ^Cheart, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ^Fadd9Steal your ^Ccrown ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G

[Verse 5]

So, I've ^Fadd9started ^Cout, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G For ^Fadd9God knows ^Cwhere, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G I ^Fadd9guess I'll ^Cknow... ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ...When ^Fadd9I get ^Cthere ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G

[Verse 6]

I'm ^Fadd9learning to ^Cfly, ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G A Fadd9>- rou^Cnd the c^Am7louds,^G ^Gsus4 ^G Fadd9 C Am7 G Gsus4 G But what goes up...[Learning to fly--------!] ...^Fadd9Must come ^Cdown ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G

[Break] Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G | / / /__/ / | / / /__/ / |

||:^Fadd9 / / ^C/ / | ^Am7 / / ^G/_^Gsus4_/ ^G/ :||[x4] [Chorus] I'm l^Fadd9earning to ^Cfly, [^Am7Learning to ^Gfly-^Gsus4------!] ^GBut I ^Fadd9ain't got ^Cwings,^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ^Fadd9Coming ^Cdown...^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G ...Is the ^Fadd9hardest ^Cthing ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G

[Verse 7] Fadd9 C Am7 G Gsus4 G I'm learning to fly, [Learning to fly---------!]

A Fadd9>- roun^Cd the c^Am7louds,^G ^Gsus4 ^G Fadd9 C Am7 G Gsus4 G But what goes up... [Learning to fly----------!] ...^Fadd9Must come ^Cdown ^Am7 ^G ^Gsus4 ^G

[Coda] Fadd9 C Am7 G Gsus4 G Fadd9 C I'm learning to fly! [Learning to fly---------------!] Am7 G Gsus4 G [Learning to fly----------!] Fadd9 C Am7 G Gsus4 G Fadd9 C I'm learning to fly! [Learning to fly---------------!] Am7 G Gsus4 G Fadd9 C [Learning to fly----------------------!] Am7 G Gsus4 G Fadd9 C [Learning to fly----------------------!] [Live ending] Am7 G Gsus4 G Fadd9 C [Learning to fly---------!] ...It's the hardest thing!

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Learning to fly