Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 15:20:49 +0000
From: EBarohn
Subject: TAB:Here Comes My Girl by TOM PETTY and the HEARTBREAKERS
Written by: T.P. & Mike Campbebell/Album: Damn The Torpedoes–MCA
(1979)
The main progression for the INTRO and VERSE of the song goes like
this––
Use a 1st finger barre at 2nd fret, move (not slide) it up to 4th fret.
When you play it with the song, you`ll get the feel of it:
A B/A Amaj7 B/A
E-------------------|--------------|-------------------|-------------------
B-2-----------------|-4-----4--5--7|-5-----------------|-4-----------------
G-2-----------------|-4-----4------|-6-----------------|-4-----------------
D-2-----------------|-4-----4------|-7-----------------|-4-----------------
A-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0|-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0
E-------------------|--------------|-------------------|-------------------
VERSE 1:
A
You know, sometimes, I don`t know why
B/A Amaj7 B/A
But this whole town just seems so hopeless
A B/A
I ain`t really sure but it seems I remember the good times
Amaj7 B/A
Were just a little bit more in focus
A B/A
But when she puts her arms around me
Amaj7 B/A
I can somehow rise above it
A B/A
Yeah man when I got that little girl standing right by my side
Amaj7 B/A
You know I can tell the whole wide world to shove it
CHORUS:
E A E A
Hey here comes my girl Here comes my girl
Fm B (normal B chord)
Yeah and she looks so right She is all I need tonight
VERSE 2:Every now and then I get down to the end of a day
I`ll just have to stop, ask myself, What`ve I done?
It just seems so useless to have to work so hard
And nothin` ever really seem to come from it
And then she looks me in the eye, says, We gonna last forever,
And man, you know I can`t begin to doubt it
No, because this feels so good and so free and so right
I know we ain`t never goin` change our minds about it
CHORUS and then BREAK (see bottom)
VERSE 3:Yeah every time it seems there ain`t nothin` left no more
I find myself havin` to reach out and grab hold of somethin`
Yeah, I just catch myself wanderin`, waitin`, worryin`
About some silly little things that don`t add up to nothin`
And then she looks me in the eye, says, We gonna last forever,
And man, you know I can`t begin to doubt it
No, because this feels so good and so free and so right
I know we ain`t never goin` change our minds about it
CHORUS then END
(the ending is just the first and last measures of the VERSE: A to B/A)
BREAK: This break repeats three times, and the fourth time just
continues the same vamp on the E and A strings, to VERSE 3.
F5 The numbers
E-------------------------------------0-| o on this
B------------------------0^2^0--------2-| F5: | | | | | | chord diagram
G-------------------------------3-----3-| T | | | 1 | (and E9 below)
D----------------------------------4--4-| | | | 2 | | represent the
A-4--4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4---------------4-| | 3 4 | | | finger used.
E-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2---------------2-| T means
Thumb.
The `^` means hammer on the first time, and pull off the second time.
When pulling off, sort of flick the B string so it rings clearly.
Also, the E in the CHORUS can be played with an E9 in the middle:
E E9 E o o
| | Use the E9: | | | 1 | |
| / / / / / / | down/down/up/up/down/up | 2 3 | | 4
| | strum. | | | | | |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
ENJOY!
If I was sad, well, I`m happy now
