Song: Mary Jane’s Last Dance
Artist: Tom Petty
Tabbed By: Guitar Guy

This song is in 2/4 time.  
/=strum

Strumming Pattern:

Verse:
Am     G     D     Am  
/ /   / /   / /    / /  

Chorus:
Em                 A6                                          
/ / / / / / / /    / / / / / / / / /  

Em                 A6       G             
/ / / / / / / /   / / / /   / (let ring for 4 counts)

Lyrics and chord timing:

Note: The song begins with just the guitar playing the verse chords twice. Listen to the song to get the up strum parts etc.

Am                       G
She grew up in an Indiana town

D                                               
She had a good looking mama  

Am
Who never was around

But she grew up tall
She grew up right
With them Indiana boys 
On an Indiana night

(Harmonica part)

She came down here at the age of 18
She blew the boys away - was more than they'd seen
We were introduced and we both started groovin'
She said I dig you baby - But I gotta keep movin' - on - keep movin' on

Chorus:
Em		                             A6
Last dance with Mary Jane - One more time to kill the pain

Em	                                         A6    G
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm tired of this town again

(Harmonica part)

Well I don't know - but I've been told
You never slow down - you never grow old
I'm tired of screwing up - tired of going down
Tired of myself - tired of this town
Oh my my - Oh hell yes  - Honey put on that party dress
Buy me a drink and play me a song
Take me as I came - cause I can't stay long

Chorus

Guitar solo:

E|-------------------|--------------------|
A|--5----------------|--5-----------------|
D|-----7--5-----5--7-|-----7--5-----5-----|  x2 
G|-----------7-------|-----------7-----7--|
B|-------------------|--------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|
 
The next part in the guitar solo I havn’t figured out yet. It goes a bit higher. If you listen to the song you might be able to get it. 

There's pigeons down on Market Square
She's standing there in her underwear
Looking out of a hotel room
The nightfall will be coming soon
Oh my my - Oh hell yes - You gotta put on that party dress
It was cold when I woke up alone
I played my last nickel and walked to the road

Chorus


Note:  If you don’t play the harmonica, the harmonica part is something like this on guitar:  

E|-------------------|------------------------|
A|--5----------------|--5---------------------|
D|-----7--5--4-------|-----7--5--4--5--4—-----|  Play this as many times as needed
G|--------------7----|--------------------5--7|
B|-------------------|------------------------|
E|-------------------|------------------------|


That’s it. This is a very easy song to play with a band. If you don’t have anybody to jam with, go to www.midi-tab.com and and look up Tom Petty. There is the drum and bas tracks for this song and many more that you can play along with. If you figure out the rest of the guitar solo, please e-mail it to me:
[email protected] Enjoy!

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