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I Should Have Known It - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
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Tabbed by: Jon Capus
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Drop D
Intro/Verse Riff
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------3p0---------------------0~--|
D|-----------------3-----------------------3-------|
A|-1b-3-1b-3-----1---1------1b-3-1b-3----1---1-----|
E|-----------5~-----------------------5~-----------|
Alternate Verse Riff
e|-/7-7-7-7-6-6-5-5--------------------|
B|-/7-7-7-7-6-6-5-5---x-x-17\----------|
G|-/7-7-7-7-6-6-5-5---x-x-15\----------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Prechorus
e|-2~~----2~~--------------------------------------------------|
B|-3~~----3~~--------------------------------------------------|
G|-2~~----2~~-----------5---------------3p0--------------------|Listen to the song for the timing,
D|-0~~----0~~-----3-5---3-5---3-5-----------3-3p0--------------| as later on the chords are used
A|-0~~----0~~-----1-3-----3---1-3-----------------3-1--1b-3----| a few times
E|-0~~----0~~-----------------------------------------------5--|extra; same goes for the fill
as well.
e|--------------|
B|-/7~~---/7~~--| It sounds like this is played with the D chords
G|-/7~~---/7~~--| but I may be wrong.
D|--------------|
Main Riff Variation (For Slide Solo)
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|---------------------3p0------|
A|-------------------------3p0--|
E|-3b-5-3b-5-0~--3h4h5----------|
Outro Chords
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|------------5-5-5-3-5------|
D|-5--3--5----5-5-5-3-5------|
A|-5--3--5----3-3-3-1-3------|
E|-5--3--5-------------------|
I can't be bothered to figure out the solos, but this is fairly accurate and should
help anyone that wants to play this awesome song! ...Or help someone transcribe the solos.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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