Tom Petty's cover of Thunderclap Newman's "something in the air". I learned this
song a couple months ago and by listening to the album I know it is about 100% correct.
Great song and easy. Enjoy
Standard tuning EADGBe
The song uses basic chords
D Em F#m E G
A B
e|---2----0------2------0------3----0-----2----|
B|---3----0------2------0------3----2-----4----|
G|---2----x------2------1------0----2-----4----|
D|---0----2------4------2------0----2-----4----|
A|--------2------4------2------2----0-----2----|
E|--------0------2------0------3---------------|
[Verse]
D
D
Call out the instigator
Em
Because there's something in the air
D
We've got to get together sooner or later
Em
Because the revolution's here
And you know it's right
Fill A- play this twice. this little piece can be a little bit tricky but it sounds good
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------3----------3-----------3-----------3------|
G|---2----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---|
D|-0----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------3-----------2------------3-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Fill 1
And you know that it's right
[Chorus]
Em
We have got to get it together
Em
We have got to get it together now
fill 1 2x
[Verse]
D
Run through the fields and houses
Em
Because there's something in the air
D
We've got to get together sooner or later
Em
Because the revolution's here
And you know it's right
Fill A 2x
And you know that it's right
[Chorus]
Em
We have got to get it together
D
We have got to get it together now
interlude/solo - it's the same thing again and again just in a different tone
figure 1
e|------------------------|
B|--------------------7---|
G|-7--7---------5h7---7---|
D|-7--7----5h7------------|
A|(5)(5)------------------|
E|------------------------|
Figure 2
------------------------|
--------------------5---|
-5--5---------3h5---5---|
-5--5----3h5------------|
(3)(3)------------------|
------------------------|
Figure 3
-------------------------|
--------------------3----|
-3--3---------1h3---3----|
-3--3----1h3-------------|
(1)(1)-------------------|
-------------------------|
Figure 4
-------------------------|
--------------------2----|
-2--2---------0h2---2----|
-2--2----0h2-------------|
(0)(0)-------------------|
-------------------------|
it looks long and confusing but its really simple. Here's the layout out the interlude/solo
Figure 1 2x
Figure 2 2x
Figure 1 2x
Figure 2 2x
Figure 3 2x
Figure 4 2x
Ends with G A B
From there the whole rest of the song changes key
[Verse]
E
E
Call out the instigator
F#m
Because there's something in the air
E
We've got to get together sooner or later
F#m
Because the revolution's here
E fill B
And you know it's right
Again it changes key so it changes the fill but its easy now
Fill B play twice
e|-----0------------0--------0----------0-----|
B|---0---0-------0----0----0----0----0----0---|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-2----------0--------------------0----------|
A|-----------------------4--------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
And you know that it's right
[Chorus]
F#m
We have got to get it together
E
We have got to get it together now
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