Tom Petty - Free fallin
bassver. 3
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Tuning: E A D G
FREE FALLIN' (Bassline)
As recorded by Tom Petty
(From the 1989 Album FULL MOON FEVER)
Words and Music by Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jeff Lynne - Bass'
Intro
Q=84
4/4
Gtr I
W W a W +Q E E +Q. +E
|----------|----------|-8s10--------|-(10)-----------------------||
|----------|----------|-------------|---------(10)-(10)---(10)\--||
|----------|----------|-------------|----------------------------||
|----------|----------|-------------|----------------------------||
1st Verse
Q +E E +H E Q E +Q +Q
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||--1--(1)S6-(6)----|-6\-1--/8-(8)--(8)S=|
Q E E +Q Q E Q E +Q. E
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-1----/6-(6)-----|-6\-1--/8-(8)---8\---||
2nd Verse
Q E E +Q Q E E E E +Q S E S Q E E +Q Q E E E E +Q E E
|----------------|--------------------||----------------|------------------|
|----------------|--------------------||----------------|------------------|
|------1-(1)-----|-1-----3-(3)--3-3-3-||------1-(1)-----|-1-----3-(3)----3-|
|-1--------------|---1----------------||-1--------------|---1--------------|
Q E E +Q Q E E E E +Q E E Q E E +Q Q E E E E +Q E S S
|----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|------------------|-3--------------|------------------0-|
|------1-(1)-----|-1-----3-(3)----3-|------1-(1)-----|-1-----3-(3)----3---|
|-1--------------|---1--------------|----------------|---1----------------|
Q E E +Q E. S E E E E +Q S S E
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------1-(1)-------|-1-----3-(3)--3-3-3-||
|-1--------------1-|---1----------------||
Chorus
Q +E E +H E Q E +Q +Q
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-1--(1)S6-(6)----|-6\-1--/8-(8)--(8)S==|
Q E E +Q Q E Q E +Q. E Q +E E +H E Q E +Q +Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-1----/6-(6)-----|-6\-1--/8-(8)---8\-|-1--(1)S6-(6)----|-6\-1--/8-(8)--(8)S==|
3rd Verse
Q E E +Q Q E Q E +Q. E W +Q. E +H
|-----------------|------------------||-/10--------|-(10)--------------|
|-----------------|------------------||------------|--------10-(10)----|
|-----------------|------------------||------------|-------------------|
|-1----/6-(6)-----|-6\-1--/8-(8)---8-||------------|-------------------|
Q E E +Q. E Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q Q E E E E +Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-10----8-(8)-----|-7----5-(5)----3-|-3--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------1-(1)-----|-1-----3-(3)----3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---1--------------|
Chorus
Q E E +Q E. S E E E E +Q E E Q +E E +H E Q E +Q +Q
|------------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------------|
|------1-(1)-------|-1-----3-(3)----3-||-----------------|---------------------|
|-1--------------1-|---1--------------||-1--(1)S6-(6)----|-6\-1--/8-(8)--(8)S==|
Q E E +Q Q E Q E +Q. E Q +E E +H E Q E +Q +Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-1----/6-(6)-----|-6\-1--/8-(8)---8\-|-1--(1)S6-(6)----|-6\-1--/8-(8)--(8)S==|
Interlude
Q E E +Q Q E Q E +Q. E Q +E E +H E Q E +Q +Q
|-----------------|------------------||------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||o-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||o-----------------|--------------------|
|-1----/6-(6)-----|-6\-1--/8-(8)---8-||--1--(1)S6-(6)----|-6\-1--8-(8)--(8)S==|
4th Verse
Q E E +Q Q E Q E +Q. E W Q E E +H
|-----------------|-------------------||-10--------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------o||-----------|------10-(10)----|
|-----------------|------------------o||-----------|-----------------|
|-1----/6-(6)-----|-6\-1--8-(8)---8\--||-----------|-----------------|
Q. E +H Q E E +E E E E
|-/10----10-(10)----|-10----------------------|
|-------------------|-------10-(10)-10-10-10\-|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
Q E E +Q Q E E E E +Q E E
|----------------|------------------|
|-3--------------|------------------|
|------1-(1)-----|-1-----3-(3)----3-|
|----------------|---1--------------|
Chorus
Q E E +Q Q E E E E +Q E E Q +E E +H E Q E +Q +Q
|----------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------------|
|------1-(1)-----|-1-----3-(3)----3-||-----------------|---------------------|
|-1--------------|---1--------------||-1--(1)S6-(6)----|-6\-1--/8-(8)--(8)S==|
Q E E +Q Q E Q E +Q. E Q +E E +H E Q E +Q +Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-1----/6-(6)-----|-6\-1--/8-(8)---8\-|-1--(1)S6-(6)----|-6\-1--/8-(8)--(8)S==|
Breakdown
Q E E +Q Q E Q E +Q. E W
|-----------------|------------------||------|
|-----------------|------------------||------|
|-----------------|------------------||------|
|-1----/6-(6)-----|-6\-1--/8-(8)-----||------|
W W W
|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|------||
Out-Chorus
Q +E E +H E Q E +Q +Q
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||--1--(1)S6-(6)----|-6\-1--/8-(8)--(8)S=|
Q E E +Q Q E Q E +Q. E 4x
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-1----/6-(6)-----|-6\-1--/8-(8)---8\---||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
She's a good girl, loves her mama
Loves Jesus and America too
She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
Loves horses and her boyfriend too
It's a long day livin' in Reseda
There's a freeway runnin' through the yard
And I'm a bad boy, 'cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart
And I'm free, free fallin'
Yeah I'm free, free fallin'
All the vampires walkin' through the valley
Move west down Ventura Blvd.
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
All the good girls are home with broken hearts
And I'm free, free fallin'
Yeah I'm free, free fallin'
Free fallin', now I'm free fallin'
Now I'm,
Free fallin', now I'm free fallin'
I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
I'm gonna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for awhile
And I'm free, free fallin'
Yeah I'm free, free fallin'
Yeah I'm free, free fallin'
Oh! Free fallin'
Now I'm free
Oh!
Free fallin'