Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Something In The Air (Guitar)
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Chords
Tom Petty's cover of Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air".
The song uses basic chords
D Em F#m E G A B
e|---2----0------2------0------3----0-----2----|
B|---3----0------2------0------3----2-----4----|
G|---2----x------2------1------0----2-----4----|
D|---0----2------4------2------0----2-----4----|
A|--------2------4------2------2----0-----2----|
E|--------0------2------0------3---------------|[Verse]
D
D Call out the instigator Em Because there's something in the air D We've got to get together sooner or later Em Because the revolution's here
And you know it's right
Fill A - play this twice. This little piece can be a little bit tricky but it sounds good. e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----| G|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--| D|-0-----------------------------------------------| A|-------------3-----------2-----------3-----------| E|-------------------------------------------------|
Fill 1
And you know that it's right
[Chorus]
Em We have got to get it together Em We have got to get it together now
Fill 1 2x
[Verse]
D Run through the fields and houses Em Because there's something in the air D We've got to get together sooner or later Em Because the revolution's here
And you know it's right
Fill A 2x
And you know that it's right[Chorus]
Em We have got to get it together D We have got to get it together now [Interlude/Solo] - it's the same thing again and again just in a different tone Figure 1 e|------------------------| B|--------------------7---| G|-7--7---------5h7---7---| D|-7--7----5h7------------| A|(5)(5)------------------| E|------------------------| Figure 2 e|------------------------| B|--------------------5---| G|-5--5---------3h5---5---| D|-5--5----3h5------------| A|(3)(3)------------------| E|------------------------| Figure 3 e|-------------------------| B|--------------------3----| G|-3--3---------1h3---3----| D|-3--3----1h3-------------| A|(1)(1)-------------------| E|-------------------------| Figure 4 e|-------------------------| B|--------------------2----| G|-2--2---------0h2---2----| D|-2--2----0h2-------------| A|(0)(0)-------------------| E|-------------------------|
It looks long and confusing but it's really simple. Here's the layout out the interlude/solo:
Figure 1 2x
Figure 2 2x
Figure 1 2x
Figure 2 2x
Figure 3 2x
Figure 4 2x
Ends with G A B From there the whole rest of the song changes key.
[Verse]
E
E Call out the instigator F#m Because there's something in the air E We've got to get together sooner or later F#m Because the revolution's here E fill B And you know it's right
Again it changes key so it changes the fill but it's easy now.
Fill B play twice e|-----0------------0--------0----------0-----| B|---0---0-------0----0----0----0----0----0---| G|--------------------------------------------| D|-2----------0--------------------0----------| A|-----------------------4--------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| And you know that it's right
[Chorus]
F#m We have got to get it together E We have got to get it together now