Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Too Good To Be True (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Tom Petty From: "Into the Great Wide Open" (1991) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard The studio recording is sped up to Fm; in concert the song is played in Em. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo 1st fret key: Fm play: Em ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
E7sus4    0-2-2-2-3-0
Em        0-2-2-0-0-0
Em/G      3-x-2-0-0-0
Em/A      x-0-2-0-0-0
Cadd9     x-3-2-0-3-0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAIN PATTERN (intro/verse, capo 1st fret)
[Em   [Em/G     [Em/A [Em/G        [Em   [Em/G     [Em/A [Em/G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|----------------|----------------|
B|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|----------------|----------------|
G|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|----------------|----------------|
D|2-----2---------|2-----2---------|----------------%----------------|
A|2-----x---------|0-----x---------|----------------|----------------|
E|0-----3---------|------3---------|----------------|----------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro]
E7sus4 
(backwards fade in)
| Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | [Verse 1]
Em Em/G      Em/A Em/G    | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Her imagina - tion ran wild

Em Em/G               Em/A  Em/G  | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Could this really hap - pen to me?

Em Em/G              Em/A Em/G    | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    She could barely hold back the tears
[Chorus]
      D               Am
It was too good to be true

      D               Am
It was too good to be true

          D           Am   G/B  Cadd9
It was too good to be true-ue
[Interlude] | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | [Verse 2]
Em Em/G             Em/A  Em/G  | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Everything that she'd waited for

Em Em/G             Em/A  Em/G   | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Everything that she'd dared to dream

Em Em/G          Em/A  Em/G   | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Suddenly was out - side her door
[Chorus]
      D               Am
It was too good to be true

      D               Am
It was too good to be true

          D           Am   G/B  Cadd9
It was too good to be true-ue
[Interlude] | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | [Middle 8]
      D              Cadd9
There was no talk of giving in

    D                Cadd9
And just as hope was wearing thin

    D               | Cadd9 | % | % |
Her eyes were like a child again

              [ Em ]
Too good to be true
[Interlude] | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | [Verse 3]
Em Em/G            Em/A  Em/G    | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Morning on the out - skirts of town

Em Em/G            Em/A   Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Sitting in the traf - fic   alone

Em Em/G                    Em/A  Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    You don't know what it means to be free
[Chorus]
      D               Am
It was too good to be true

      D               Am
It was too good to be true

          D           Am   G/B | Cadd9 | % | % | % |
It was too good to be true-ue

              [ Em ]
Too good to be true
[Interlude] | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | [Break] E7sus4 [Outro] | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
| Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
(repeat and fade)