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Too Good To Be True – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Too Good To Be True (1991)
(Tom Petty)
From: "Into the Great Wide Open"
The recording seems to be in between keys. It is probably F minor.
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capo 1st fret
key: Fm
play: Em
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CHORDS (capo 1st fret)
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
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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---------|----------------|----------------|
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capo 1st fret
[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]
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]
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]
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
[Outrlo]
| 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)