Tom Petty – Turn This Car Around (Guitar)

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The guitar does a hammer-on from E to E7sus4 throughout the song. Strumming pattern changes in the bridge and there are no hammer-ons.
[Verse] pattern
  E(sus4) E7sus4  E(sus4) E7sus4   C       Cadd9   C       Cadd9
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
e|--------------------------------|--------3-----3---------3-----3-|
B|--------2h3-------------2h3-----|--------3-----3---------3-----3-|
G|--------2---------------2-------|0---0---0-----0-0---0---0-----0-|
D|--------2---------------2-------|--------------------------------|
A|2---2-----------2---2-----------|3---3-----------3---3-----------|
E|0---0-----------0---0-----------|--------------------------------|

  D       Dsus4   D       Dsus4    E(sus4) E7sus4  E(sus4) E7sus4
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
e|--------3-----3---------3-----3-|--------------------------------|
B|--------3-----3---------3-----3-|--------2h3-------------2h3-----|
G|2---2---2-----2-2---2---2-----2-|--------2---------------2-------|
D|0---0-----------0---0-----------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|2---2-----------2---2-----------|
E|--------------------------------|0---0-----------0---0-----------|

Cadd9  x-3-x-0-3-3
Asus2  x-0-2-2-0-0
F#11   2-4-4-3-0-0
[Intro] | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 | % | % | % | [Verse 1]
Esus4  E7sus4    Esus4 E7sus4
Save a dream for me

C          Cadd9      C Cadd9
Words hang in the air

    D      Dsus4         D Dsus4 | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
Her demons take the dare
[Verse 2]
 Esus4    E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4
Above the lonely feather

C       Cadd9         C Cadd9
circles to the ground

    D           Dsus4        D Dsus4 | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
The house don't make a sound
[Chorus]
G D                     | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
    Turn this car around

G D                     | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
    Turn this car around

G D                     | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
    I'm goin' back
[Verse 3]
Esus4     E7sus4   Esus4 E7sus4 |
Green and gray and auburn

C       Cadd9    C Cadd9
Gliding down the sky

    D     Dsus4    D Dsus4 | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
The devil winks an eye
[Verse 4]
  Esus4  E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
A figure in the doorway

C       Cadd9   C Cadd9
Shouldering the blame

     D         Dsus4 D Dsus4 | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
This ain't without a name
[Chorus]
G D                      | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
    Turn this car around

G D                      | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
    Turn this car around
G D [Bridge]
               | E  | D  Asus2 |
I'm goin' back

               | E  | D  Asus2 |
I'm goin' back

| C#m G# | Asus2 E |
 Yeah!

| F#11 | F#11 |
 Hey!
| Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 | % | [Verse 5]
    Esus4    E7sus4    Esus4 E7sus4
The king and queen are loaded

C       Cadd9       C Cadd9
Falling off to sleep

    D        Dsus4   D  Dsus4 | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
The ground begins to creep
[Verse 6]
Esus4   E7sus4   Esus4 E7sus4
Rockets in the tail lights

C          Cadd9     C Cadd9
Red burns into night

    D   Dsus4  D Dsus4  | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
Rolling out of sight
[Chorus]
G D                      | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
    Turn this car around

G D                      | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
    Turn this car around

G D                      | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 | % |
    I'm goin' back
[Solo] | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 | C Cadd9 C Cadd9 | | D Dsus4 D Dsus4 | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 | | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 | C Cadd9 C Cadd9 | | D Dsus4 D Dsus4 | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 | [Chorus]
G D                      | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
    Turn this car around

G D                      | Esus4 E7sus4 Esus4 E7sus4 |
    Turn this car around

G D
    I'm goin' back ~