Down South solo

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Down South – Tom Petty
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Written by: Tom Petty
From: “Highway Companion” (2006)

Here’s my reading of the solo. It’s not that difficult to play even though
it is high up on the fretboard. There’s a lot of delay on this simple
melody (sounds like there’s some sort of “reverse” effect, too?). I’m
not much of an electric guitar player, so my tip is: play around with your
delay until it comes close ...
Many of the notes are triplets, which are a little difficult to write in
this format. Playing along to Petty’s recording might help to get the
timing right.

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D D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|---------/12--12|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
(... and a little more)

D A D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|12h14-14-14-12-14--|------------17-17|
B|-------------------|15---------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|
triplets
G D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|17-15-15-15-17-14|----------14--15|
B|-----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|
triplets
G D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|15----19-19--17-17-|17-----------17-15|
B|-------------------|------------------|
G|-------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|
triplets
Bm A A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|14----14-14-----|----------------|----------------|
B|-----------17-15|17--------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
triplets