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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 23:39:11 +0000
From: EBarohn
Subject: CRD: "Jammin' Me" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Submitted by: Ruth Barohn
Subject: CRD: "Jammin' Me" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Written by: T.P., Bob Dylan, Mike Campbell
Album: Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)--1987--MCA Records
Intro and Chorus Pattern (Strumming):
A E A
e------||----------------------------------||
B- | -||--- | - | --- | --- | ------- | --||"||o||" are not same as "0"=
G- | -||o-- | - | --- | --- | ------- | -o|| ||o|| indicate repeat sign
D- | -||o-- | - | --- | --- | ------- | -o||
A- / (tie) / - / --- / --- / --- 0 - / (tie)
E- ---||------------------------ 0 -------||
D u D D D D
Verse Pattern (Strumming):
A D A E
| | | | | | | | "u" -- up strum
| | | | rest | | | | "d" -- down strum
/ / / / / / / /
u D u D u D u D
Intro: Intro Pattern (8X)
Verse: (using verse pattern)
A,A/D,D A,A/E,E
You got me in a corner
A,A/D,D A,A/E,E
You got me against the wall
A,A/D,D A,A/E,E
I got no where to go
A,A/D,D A,A/E,E
I got no where to fall
A,A/D,D A,A/E,E
Take back your insurance
A,A/D,D A,A/E,E
Baby nothin' is guaranteed
A,A/D,D A,A/E,E A,A/D,D(let ring)
Take back your acid rain Baby
A
Let your TV bleed
Chorus: (using chorus pattern)
A,E,E,E (4X) D,A,A,A (2X)
You're jammin' me You're jammin' me
A,E,E,E (2X)
Quit jammin' me
B (normal strumming)
Baby you can keep me painted in a corner
A (normal strumming) A,E,E,E
You can look away but it's not over
Verse 2:
Take back your angry slander
Take back your pension plan
Take back your ups and downs of
Your life in raisin-land
Take back Vanessa Redgrave
Take back Joe Piscopo
Take back Eddie Murphy
Give 'em all some place to go
Chorus
Release:
Bm G
Take back your Iranian torture
A F#m
And the apple in young Steve's eye
Bm G
Yeah take back your losing streak
D A,E,E,E(8X)
Check your front wheel drive
Verse 3:
Take back Pasadena
Take back El Salvador
Take back that country club
They're tryin' to build outside my door
Chorus
