Free Fallin' is the opening track from Tom Petty's 1989 solo album, Full Moon Fever. The song topped Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart the week ending August 26, 1989 and spent 33 weeks on the chart, making it Petty's longest charting track. The single peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January, The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne. The duo wrote and recorded the single in two days, making it the first song completed for Full Moon Fever.Read more on Last.fm.

Full Moon Fever

F    Bb     Bb      F    C
She's a good  girl, loves  her   mama.
      F   Bb       Bb    F    C
Loves Je  sus, and America    too.
       F    Bb     Bb      F    C
Shes a good  girl, crazy 'bout  Elvis
      F   Bb            Bb   F     C
Loves hor  ses, and her boy friend too, yeah yeah.
 
 
Interlude: F   Bb   Bb   F     C
 
 
       F    Bb   Bb      F    C
It's a long  day living in    Reseda.
          F    Bb   Bb       F          C
There's a free  way runnin' through the yard.
      F    Bb            Bb     F    C
I'm a bad   boy 'cause I don't even  miss her.
      F    Bb       Bb        F    C
I'm a bad   boy for breakin' her   heart.
 
 
        F    Bb   Bb   F     C
And I'm free,
     F       Bb       Bb   F     C
Free fallin', fallin'
        F    Bb   Bb   F     C
And I'm free,
     F       Bb       Bb   F     C
Free fallin', fallin'
 
 
        F    Bb     Bb       F          C
All the vam   pires walkin' through the valley.
          F    Bb       Bb    F    C
They move west  down Ventura Boule vard.
            F    Bb        Bb        F      C
And all the bad   boys are standing in  the shadows.
        F    Bb         Bb         F     C
And the good  girls are home with broken hearts.
 
 
        F    Bb   Bb   F     C
And I'm free,
     F       Bb       Bb   F     C
Free fallin', fallin'
        F    Bb   Bb   F     C
And I'm free,
     F       Bb       Bb   F     C
Free fallin', fallin'
 
 
F    Bb           Bb  F    C
Free  fallin' now.   Free  fallin', now
F    Bb           Bb  F    C
Free  fallin' now.   Free  fallin', now
F    Bb           Bb  F    C
Free  fallin' now.   Free  fallin', now
F    Bb           Bb  F    C
Free  fallin' now.   Free  fallin', now
 
 
        F    Bb    Bb    F   C
I wanna glide down over Mul  holland.
        F    Bb        Bb    F      C
I wanna write her, her name in  the sky.
        F    Bb    Bb   F    C
I wanna free  fall out into  nothin'.
              F    Bb          Bb     F    C
Oh, I'm gonna leave this, this world for a while.
 
 
        F    Bb   Bb   F     C
Now I'm free,
     F       Bb       Bb   F     C
Free fallin', fallin'
        F    Bb   Bb   F     C
Now I'm free,
     F       Bb       Bb   F     C
Free fallin', fallin'
 
 
        F    Bb   Bb   F     C
And I'm free,
     F       Bb       Bb   F     C
Free fallin', fallin'
        F    Bb   Bb   F     C
Now I'm free,
     F       Bb       Bb   F     C
Free fallin', fallin'
 
 
  F       Bb       Bb   F     C
Free fallin', fallin'
  F       Bb       Bb   F     C
Free fallin', fallin'
  F       Bb       Bb   F     C
Free fallin', fallin'

INTRO
E/A2   A2/E/B2 (x2)

        E    A2  A2  E   B2
she's a good girl, loves her mama
      E  A2    A2 E  B2
loves Je-sus and America too
        E    A2  A2  E   B2
she's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis 
      E   A2        A2  E      B2
loves hors-es and her boy - friend too

(intro again 1x)

       E    A2  A2   E    B2
it's a long day   livin' in Reseda
          E    A2  A2  E           B2
there's a free-way runnin' through the yard
          E   A2        A2   E    B2
and i'm a bad boy, cause i don't even miss her
      E   A2    A2     E   B2
i'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart


CHORUS 
        E-A2 A2-E-B2
now i'm free                  
     E-A2 A2-E-B2
free fall-in'
       E-A2 A2-E-B2
ya i'm free                  
     E-A2 A2-E-B2
free fall-in'

        E        A2      A2          B2
all the vampires walkin' through the valley 
     E    A2   A2      B2
move west down Ventura Boulevard
        E        A2  A2              B2
all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
        E          A2       A2          B2 
and the good girls are home with broken hearts


CHORUS 
        E-A2 A2-E-B2
now i'm free                  
     E-A2 A2-E-B2
free fall-in'
       E-A2 A2-E-B2
ya i'm free                  
     E-A2 A2-E-B2
free fall-in'

E     A2      A2       B2
(free fallin, now I'm, free fallin)

        E     A2   A2   B2
i wanna glide down over Mulholland   
        E     A2  A2          B2
i wanna write her name in the sky
      E    A2   A2       B2
gonna free fall out into nothin'
      E     A2   A2          B2
gonna leave this world for a while

        E-A2 A2-E-B2
and i'm free 
(free fallin, now I'm, free fallin)
        E-A2 A2-E-B2                 
free fall-in'
(free fallin, now I'm, free fallin)
        E-A2 A2-E-B2
ya i'm free
(free fallin, now I'm, free fallin)                  
        E-A2 A2-E-B2
free fall-in'
(free fallin, now I'm, free fallin)

Free Fallin'

Intro : [G]>let ring[C]>let ring[C-C/B]>let ring[D]>let ring  x2



1st verse :
        G    C     C  -  C/B - D
She's a good girl, loves her   mama
      G  C       C&#8211; C/B- D
Loves Jesus and America  too
        G    C     C  -   C/B- D
She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis
      G  C           C &#8211; C/B - C
Loves horses and her boyfriend too


[G][C][C-C/B][D]


2nd Verse :
       G    C   C -    C/B -  D
It's a long day living in   Reseda
          G   C   C &#8211;     C/B    -    D
There's a freeway running through the yard
          G   C           C -   C/B - C
And I'm a bad boy cause I don't even  miss her
      G   C       C &#8211; C/B -    D
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart



Chorus :
        G   C C - C/B - D
And I'm free,           
      G     C C - C/B - D
free falling
         G   C C - C/B - D
Yeah I'm free,
      G     C C - C/B - D
free falling



3rd Verse :
        G  C     C -     C/B -       C
All the vampires walking through the valley
     G    C    C &#8211; C/B &#8211;      C
Move west down Ventura   Boulevard
            G   C        C -      C/B -  C
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
        G    C     C -      C/B -       C
All the good girls are home with broken hearts





Chorus :
        G   C C - C/B - D
And I'm free,           
      G     C C - C/B - D
free falling
         G   C C - C/B - D
Yeah I'm free,
      G     C C - C/B - D
free falling



[G][C][C-C/B][D]



Bridge :
G     C                  C - C/B - D
 Free fallin', now I'm a,  free    fallin', now I'm a

[G][C][C-C/B][D]

G     C                  C - C/B - D
 Free fallin', now I'm a,  free    fallin', now I'm a



4th verse :
        G     C    C- C/ - D
I wanna glide down over Mulholland
        G     C   C - C/B -    D
I wanna write her name in the sky
      G    C    C - C/B- D
Gonna free fall out into nothing
      G     C    C -   C/B - D
Gonna leave this world for a while...



Chorus :
        G   C C - C/B - D
And I'm free,           
      G     C C - C/B - D
free falling
         G   C C - C/B - D
Yeah I'm free,
      G     C C - C/B - D
free falling
        G   C C - C/B - D
And I'm free,           
      G     C C - C/B - D
free falling
         G   C C - C/B - D
Yeah I'm free,
      G     C C - C/B - D
free falling


Ending :
G     C                  C - C/B - D
 Free fallin', now I'm a,  free    fallin', now I'm a
G     C                  C - C/B - D
 Free fallin', now I'm a,  free    fallin', now I'm a

[G][C][C-C/B][D]>let ring

Tuning: Standard


Whole Song:
G-C-C-G-D

Have fun with that!
         -CaptainUke

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
A|--4--1--3--6---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------9-9-9-9---4-4-4-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I------------------------------------------|
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G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

School Friends

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

E|--------------|---------0----|-3-------0----|--------------|
A|-1---1---1----|-1---1--------|--------------|-1-------1----|
C|-0------------|-0---0--------|--------------|-0------------|
G|--------------|--------------|-2------------|--------------|

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A|-0------------|-0---0---1----|-0------------|--------------|
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