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Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty
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00:00 Song Demo
01:14 Lesson Intro
02:21 Chords
05:02 Swing/shuffle rhythm
07:02 Intro riff/strum
14:18 Develop strumming expression!
15:56 Verse/Chorus strum
20:51 Lesson Outro

[INTRO]

|Am  G6  |Dsus Am  | (x4)

 

[VERSE 1]

Am                G6

She grew up in an Indiana town

     Dsus2                 Am

Had a good-lookin' mama who never was around

        Am                   G6

But she grew up tall and she grew up right

          Dsus2              Am

With them Indiana boys on an Indiana night

 

|Am  G6  |Dsus Am  | (x2) 

 

[VERSE 2]

          Am                     G6

Well, she moved down here at the age of eighteen

   Dsus2                   Am

She blew the boys away, was more than they'd seen

Am                      G6

I was introduced and we both started groovin'

   Dsus2                       Am

She said, "I really dig you baby but I got to keep movin'"

 

Am  G6   Dsus2           Am

...on,     keep movin' on

Am  G6   Dsus2   Am

 

[CHORUS]

Em

Last dance with Mary Jane

Em                          A

One more time to kill the pain

Em 

I feel summer creepin' in and I'm

Em                    A    G6

Tired of this town again

 

|Am  G6  |Dsus Am  | (x2) 

 

[VERSE 3]

     Am                G6

Well, I don't know, but I've been told

   Dsus2                Am

You never slow down, you never grow old

   Am                        G6

I'm tired of screwing up, I'm tired of going down

Dsus2            Am

Tired of myself, tired of this town

 

Am        G6

Oh my my, oh hell yes

Dsus2              Am

Honey, put on that party dress

Am              G6

Buy me a drink, sing me a song,

Dsus2                      Am

Take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long

 

[CHORUS]

Em 

Last dance with Mary Jane

Em                          A

One more time to kill the pain

Em 

I feel summer creepin' in and I'm

Em                   A     G6

Tired of this town again

 

[SOLO]

|Am  G6  |Dsus Am  | (x4) 

 

[VERSE 4]

        Am              G6

There's pigeons down on Market Square

Dsus2                 Am

She's standin' in her underwear

Am                  G6

Lookin' down from a hotel room

Dsus2             Am

Nightfall will be comin' soon

 

Am        G6

Oh my my, oh hell yes

   Dsus2              Am

You got to put on that party dress

       Am                     G6

It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone

 Dsus2                  Am

I hit my last number and walked to the road

 

[CHORUS]

Em 

Last dance with Mary Jane

Em                          A

One more time to kill the pain

Em 

I feel summer creepin' in and I'm

Em                   A     G6

Tired of this town again

 

|Am  G6  |Dsus Am  |