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Free Falling

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The original recording features at least three acoustic rhythm guitars, all doing something different. This chord chart tries to capture the spirit of the song with one guitar.

Play this progression throughout except for Interlude II:

/ D - (Dsus4) - / - (D) (Asus4) - /

Chords in parentheses are anticipated.

Capo 3

|Strum Guide |

|Slow strum |Fast strum |

|D Dsus4 D Asus4 |D Dsus4 D Asus4 |

|D D D D D |D DUD D DUD D DUD DUD D DUD D DU |

|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

| | |

|Power chord strum | |

|D5 G5 D5 A5 | |

|D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D | |

|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | |

|Chord Guide |

| 132 | 134 | 123 | 134 |

|D: xx0232 |Dsus4: xx0232 |Asus4: x02230 |D5: x577xx |

| 134 | 134 | | |

|G5: 355xxx |A5: 577xxx | | |

Intro: Progression x2 (w/slow strum)

Verse 1 (slow strum):

She's a good girl, loves her mama

Loves Jesus and America too

She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis

Loves horses and her boyfriend too

Verse 2 (fast strum):

It's a long day living in Reseda

There's a freeway runnin' through the yard

And I'm a bad boy cause I don't even miss her

I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart

Chorus (fast strum):

And I'm free, free fallin'

Yeah I'm free, free fallin'

Verse 3 (slow strum):

All the vampires walkin' through the valley

Move west down Ventura Boulevard

And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows

All the good girls are home with broken hearts

Chorus

Interlude (fast strum):

/ D - (Dsus4) - / - (D) (Asus4) - /

/ D - (Dsus4) - / - (D) (Asus4) - /

Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a

/ D - (Dsus4) - / - (D) (Asus4) - /

/ D - (Dsus4) - / - (D) (Asus4) - /

Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a

Verse 4 (slow strum):

I wanna glide down over Mulholland

I wanna write her name in the sky

Gonna free fall out into nothin'

Gonna leave this world for a while

Chorus

Interlude II (power chord strum):

/ D5 - (G5) - / - (D5) (A5) - /

/ D5 - (G5) - / - (D5) (A5) - /

Yeah, I'm

/ D5 - (G5) - / - (D5) (A5) - /

free, free fallin'

/ D5 - (G5) - / - (D5) (A5) - /

Yeah, I'm

/ D5 - (G5) - / - (D5) (A5) - /

free, free fallin'

/ D5 - (G5) - / - (D5) (A5) - /

End on D

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