Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Have Love Will Travel (Guitar)

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One of the better songs on "The Last DJ." I don't have any of the soloing, but the bulk of the song is here. And the chord placements will match the timing with the lyrics, which is always nice, I think. A quick word on the four chord progression that is played right before and during the bridge -- you can play it as open chords, but I like to play it like this:
e|---3/5--5/7--7--5---|
B|---5/7--7/8--8--7---|
G|---5/7--7/9--9--7---|
D|---5/7--7/9--9--7---|
A|---3/5--5/7--7--5---|
E|--------------------|
It just sounds more like the recording to me, especially with the slides. Also, you can mess around by picking the verse chords a bit. The most frequent example of this in the song sounds something like this:
    G       D       Em      C
e-------3-------2-------0-------0----|
B-------3-------3-------0-------1----|
G-------0-------2-------0-------0----|
D-------0-----0---------2-----2------|
A-----2---------------2-----3--------|
E---3-------2-------0----------------|
You can kind of make up your own stuff though, or just play the chords. It all sounds good. Here's the full song.
G                 D                    Em      C
  You never had a chance, did you babe?

G         D               Em      C
  So good looking, so insecure

G             D               Em       C
  And now you say you can't remember

G                    D             Em      C D Em D
  When the lines you drew began to blur

D                         G       C D Em D
  And when all of this is over

D                          G
  Should I lose you in the smoke

    Am          Em
  I want you to know

  C            D      C D Em D
  You were the one

          C       G                  C    G
  And may my love travel... with you everywhere

            C       G                  Am G
  Baby, may my love travel... with you always
(mini solo backed by D)
G                D                   Em    C
  Maggie's still tryin' to rope a tornado

G                  D                     Em            C
  Joe's in the backyard tryin' to keep things simple

G                D              Em       C
  And the lonely DJ's diggin' a ditch

G           D                        Em      C D Em D
  Tryin' to keep the flames from the temple

D                      G         C D Em D
  Oh, and if perhaps I lose you

D                       G
  In the smoke down the road.

    Am          Em
  I want you to know

  C            D      C D Em D
  You were the one.

          C       G                  C    G
  And may my love travel... with you everywhere

            C       G                  Am G
  Yeah, may my love travel... with you always
(mini solo backed by D) (guitar solo)
G             D                   Em          C
  How about a cheer for all those bad girls?

G             D                            Em     C
  And all the boys that play that rock and roll.

G             D              Em      C
  They love it like you love Jesus.

G                  D              Em     C D Em D
  It does the same thing to their souls

D                         G       C D Em D
  And when all of this is over

D                          G
  Should I lose you in the smoke

    Am          Em
  I want you to know

  C            D      C D Em D
  You were the one

          C       G                  C    G
  And may my love travel... with you everywhere

            C       G                  Am G
  Yeah, may my love travel... with you always

            C       G                  C    G
  Baby, may my love travel... with you everywhere

            C       G                  Am G
  Yeah, may my love travel... with you always
Am G Am G And fin. Enjoy. If you post this anywhere, give me credit.