Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Here Comes My Girl (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
As recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
(From the 1979 Album DAMN THE TORPEDOES)
Words and Music by Tom Petty & Mike Campbell
Transcribed by Slowhand
A5 B/A Aadd9 E
x 0 2 2 x x x 0 4 4 4 0 x 0 7 6 5 7 0 2 2 1 0 0
F#m B F# F#5
2 4 4 2 2 2 x 2 4 4 4 x 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 4 4 x x x
A
5 7 7 6 5 5
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Tom Petty - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Mike Campbell - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Mike Campbell - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=106
B/A A5
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
W H Q E E H.. E
| | |
x / o
Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.) W W W |----------|-------------||--------------| |----------|-------------||o-------------| |----------|-------------||--------------| |----------|-------------||--------------| |----------|-------------||o-------------| |----------|-------------||--------------|
B/A Aadd9 B/A
H.. E W W
| | | |
/ o / /
|--3--|
H Q Q Q W W |-------------------|-----------|--------|| |--------16-17-19---|-17--------|-16----o|| |--------16-16-16---|-16--------|-16-----|| |-------------------|-----------|--------|| |-------------------|-----------|-------o|| |-------------------|-----------|--------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
A5 B/A
H.. E H.. E
| | | |
/ o / o
|------3------|
W H Q Q Q ||----------------------|----------------------------| ||o---------------------|---------16---17-------19---| ||----------------------|---------16---16-------16---| ||----------------------|----------------------------| ||o---------------------|----------------------------| ||----------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III (Clean El. Gtr.) | PM------------------------------------------------ | Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E ||----------------------|----------------------------| ||o---------------------|----------------------------| ||----------------------|----------------------------| ||----------------------|----------------------------| ||o-0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|-0-----0--0-0----(0)-0----0-| ||----------------------|----------------------------|
Aadd9 B/A
W W
| |
/ /
W W |----------------------|-----------------------| |-17-------------------|-16--------------------| |-16-------------------|-16--------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------|
| Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |--0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|--0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0--| |----------------------|-----------------------|
A5 B/A
H.. E H.. E
| | | |
/ o / o
|------3------|
W H Q Q Q |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|---------16---17-------19---| |---------------------|---------16---16-------16---| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------ | Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |-0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|-0-----0--0-0----(0)-0----0-| |---------------------|----------------------------|
Aadd9 B/A
W W
| |
/ /
W W |----------------------|-----------------------| |-17-------------------|-16--------------------| |-16-------------------|-16--------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------|
| Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |--0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|--0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0--| |----------------------|-----------------------|
A5 B/A
H.. E H.. E
| | | |
/ o / o
|------3------|
W H Q Q Q |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|---------16---17-------19---| |---------------------|---------16---16-------16---| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------ | Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |-0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|-0-----0--0-0----(0)-0----0-| |---------------------|----------------------------|
Aadd9 B/A
W W
| |
/ /
W W |----------------------|-----------------------|| |-17-------------------|-16--------------------|| |-16-------------------|-16--------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------||
|
|-------------------------------------------|
| Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |----------------------|-----------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------|| |----------------------|-----------------------|| |--0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|--0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0--|| |----------------------|-----------------------||
A5 B/A
H.. E H.. E
| | | |
/ o / o
|------3------|
W H Q Q Q |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|---------16---17-------19---| |---------------------|---------16---16-------16---| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------ | Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |-0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|-0-----0--0-0----(0)-0----0-| |---------------------|----------------------------|
Aadd9 B/A
W W
| |
/ /
W W |----------------------|-----------------------| |-17-------------------|-16--------------------| |-16-------------------|-16--------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------|
| Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |--0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|--0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0--| |----------------------|-----------------------|
Chorus
E A
W W
| |
/ /
Q S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|---------------5-----------0-|---------5---0-(0)-----5-----2-|
|-------0h9p7p0-5h7p0-9p7p0---|-------0h2-2-------2p0h2-2p0---|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
| E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E |---2-----4-----5-----4-----2-|-------0-----0-------0-----0---| |-----5-----5-----5-----5-----|-----2-----2-------2-----2-----| |-------4-----4-----4-----4---|---4-----4------4------4-----4-| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E A
W W
| |
/ /
Q S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|---------------5-----------0-|---------5---0-(0)-----5-----2----|
|-------0h9p7p0-5h7p0-9p7p0---|-------0h2-2-------2p0h2-2p0------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
| E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E |---2-----4-----5-----4-----2-|-------0-----0-------0-----0------| |-----5-----5-----5-----5-----|-----2-----2-------2-----2--------| |-------4-----4-----4-----4---|---4-----4------4------4-----4----| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
To Coda
F#m B
W W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
Q S E S +E S S +S E. W W W |---------9-(9)-----------9--|----------|----------|--------|| |----9h10-------9h10-(10)----|----------|----------|-------o|| |----------------------------|----------|----------|--------|| |----------------------------|----------|----------|--------|| |----------------------------|----------|----------|-------o|| |----------------------------|----------|----------|--------||
Bridge
F#5
E E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W H S S S S +E E |---------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------|-----------0h2p0-------------| |---------------------------|-----------------3-(3)-------| |---------------------------|-------------------------4---| |---------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III | PM------------------------------------------------------- | Q E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E |---------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------------| |-2-----2-0-2-0-2---2---0---|-2-----2-0-2-0-2----2----0---|
E E E S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
W |-0--------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------|
|
|-----------------------|
| Q E S S S S E E E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-2-----2-0-2-0-2---2---0----|E E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H S S S S +E E W |-----------------------------|-0-------------------------| |-----------0h2p0-------------|---------------------------| |-----------------3-(3)-------|---------------------------| |-------------------------4---|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------------- | Q E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-2-----2-0-2-0-2----2----0---|-2-----2-0-2-0-2---2---0---|
E E E S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
H S S S S +E E |------------------------------| |-----------0h2p0--------------| |-----------------3-(3)--------| |-------------------------4----| |------------------------------| |------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------|
| Q E S S S S E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-2-----2-0-2-0-2----2----0----|D.S. al Coda
E E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W E S S E S S S S S S S S E |-0-------------------------|---0-----0---0-----0-----0----|| |---------------------------|-----0-----0---2p0---2p0------|| |---------------------------|-3-----3----------------------|| |---------------------------|------------------------------|| |---------------------------|------------------------------|| |---------------------------|------------------------------||
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------|
| Q E S S S S E E E Q E S S S S E E E |---------------------------|------------------------------|| |---------------------------|------------------------------|| |---------------------------|------------------------------|| |---------------------------|------------------------------|| |---------------------------|------------------------------|| |-2-----2-0-2-0-2---2---0---|-2-------2-0-2-0-2---2---0----||
Outro
&
A5 B/A
H.. E H.. E
| | | |
/ o / o
|-----3-----|
W H Q Q Q |---------------------|---------0---0-------0---| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III | PM--------------------------------------------- | Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |-0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|-0-----0-0-0---(0)-0---0-| |---------------------|-------------------------|
Aadd9 B/A
W W
| |
/ /
H +Q. E Q E E +H |-0-------(0)---------4-|-4----2-2---(2)-----------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------|
|
|------------------------------------------------|
| Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-0-----0--0--0-(0)-0-0-|-0--------0--0--0-(0)-0-0-| |-----------------------|--------------------------|
A5 B/A
H.. E H.. E
| | | |
/ o / o
|-----3-----|
W +H Q Q Q |---------------------|----------0---0-------0---| |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------| |-0-------------------|-(0)----------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------- | Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------------| |-0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|--0-----0-0-0---(0)-0---0-| |---------------------|--------------------------|
Aadd9 B/A
W W
| |
/ /
H +Q. E W |-0-------(0)---------0-|-0--------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------|
| Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-0-----0--0--0-(0)-0-0-|-0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0--| |-----------------------|----------------------|
A5 B/A
H.. E H.. E
| | | |
/ o / o
S S S S E E +S S S S S E. W |-----------0-------------------0----|-2-------------------| |-2h==4p2p0---0---(0)-2h4p2p=0-------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------------- | Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |-0-------------0--0----0---(0)-0--0-|-0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0-| |------------------------------------|---------------------|
Aadd9 B/A
W W
| |
/ /
S S S S E E +S S S S S E. E. S +E E +H |----------0-------------------0----|-2---4-(4)-2---(2)--------------| |-2h=4p2p0---0---(0)-2h4p2p=0-------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-0------------0--0----0---(0)-0--0-|-0-----------0--0--0-(0)-0-0----| |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A5 B/A
H.. E H.. E
| | | |
/ o / o
S S S S E E +S S S S S E. W |-----------0-------------------0----|-2-------------------| |-2h==4p2p0---0---(0)-2h4p2p=0-------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------------- | Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------| |-0-------------0--0----0---(0)-0--0-|-0-----0-0-0-(0)-0-0-| |------------------------------------|---------------------|
Aadd9 B/A
W W
| |
/ /
|--3--|
S S S S E E +S S S S S E. Q Q Q H |----------0-------------------0----|-2---2-2---2-----------| |-2h=4p2p0---0---(0)-2h4p2p=0-------|-----------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
| Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------| |-0------------0--0----0---(0)-0--0-|-0-------0-0-0-(0)-0-0-| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------|
A5 B/A
H.. E H.. E
| | | |
/ o / o
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-2p==0---4p0---2p0---4p0----2p=0---4p|=0-----5p0---4p0---2p0---4p=0----5p0-| |-------0-----0-----0-----0-------0---|-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-0---------------0-0---0---(0)-0-0---|-0---------------0-0---0---(0)-0-0---| |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Aadd9
W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----4p0---5p0---7p0---5p0-----7p0------| |-0-------0-----0-----0------0------0----| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------|
| Q.. S E E +S S E |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |-0---------------0-0---0---(0)-0-0------| |----------------------------------------|
B/A A5
W H.. E
| | |
/ / o
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-9p=0---7p0---9p0---11p0----9p=0---7p|=0-----9p0---11p0---9p0---7p=0----9p0-| |------0-----0-----0------0-------0---|-----0-----0------0-----0-------0-----| |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E +S S E |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-0--------------0-0----0---(0)-0-0---|-0----------------0-0---0---(0)-0-0---| |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B/A
H.. E
| |
/ o
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----11p0---9p0---11p0---9p0-----11p0------| |-0--------0-----0------0------0-------0----| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|
|
|------------------------------------|
| Q.. S E E +S S E |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-0-----------------0-0---0---(0)--0-0------| |-------------------------------------------|
Aadd9
W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-12p=0---11p0---12p0---14p0---12p=0---11p| |-------0------0------0------0-------0----| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------- | Q.. S E E +S S E |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |--0----------------0-0----0---(0)-0-0----| |-----------------------------------------|
B/A
W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-0-----12p0---14p0---12p0---14p=0----16p0--*| |-----0------0------0------0--------0-------*| |-------------------------------------------*| |-------------------------------------------*| |-------------------------------------------*| |-------------------------------------------*|
|
|-------------------------------------|
| Q.. S E E +S S E |-------------------------------------------*| |-------------------------------------------*| |-------------------------------------------*| |-------------------------------------------*| |-0-----------------0--0---0----(0)-0--0----*| |-------------------------------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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