Tom Petty - Learning to fly

Artist: Tom Petty Song: Learning to Fly Transcribed by : Matt Teeter (matst103@pitt.edu) Note: These guys are disgustingly exceptional guitarists and there may be a 3rd guitar thrown in there I am missing but here goes. Guitar 1 is Tom's acoustic 12 string this repeats throughout the entire song F C Am G something e--1-- --0-- --0-- --3-- b--1-- --1-- --1-- --0-- g--2-- --0-- --2-- --0-- d--3-- --2-- --2-- --0-- a--3-- --3-- --0-- --X-- e--X-- --X-- --X-- --X-- For the buildup to the solo as well as the little breakdown thing close to the end (at 2:48) Tom just hangs on the G chord the strumming for the breakdown is FFFFF C AAAAA G FFFFF C AAAAA G The C's and G's are only strummed once Guitar 2 is an electric on clean channel with really heavy echo/chorus effect of some sort During the Intro and verse it plays this: F C Am G E-------------------------------- B------1---1-----1---1--0--1-0-1- G-2-0----0---0-0---0------------- D-------------------------------- A-------------------------------- E-------------------------------- During the chorus it is much louder and changes to this: F C Am G E---------------------------- B---1~~~~~~~~~~~----1-----0~~ G-0-------------------2-0---- D----------------(2)--------- A---------------------------- E---------------------------- the note in () is NOT played in the song, but either way sounds fine any corrections, feel free to email me at matst103@pitt.edu