Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
From: jcarson@texas.us.oracle.com (Jim Carson)
Subject: TAB: Love Is a Long Road (Tom Petty)
Followup-To: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Summary: LoveIsALongRoad.tab, Tom Petty "Full Moon Fever" album
Keywords: LoveIsALongRoad.tab
Reply-To: jcarson@oracle.com
Organization: Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 03:41:49 GMT
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After enjoying the many pieces posted, I have attempted to reproduce
Tom Petty's "Love is a Long Road" from his album Full Moon Fever.

There are six chords in the song (see below), the first four of which can be
played with very little finger movement (e.g. I usually rest my index finger
on the second fret):

Chords:  Bno3rd   Eno3rd  Dsus   A     D    G
           -x-     -x-    -3-   -0-   -2-  -3-
           -x-     -x-    -3-   -2-   -3-  -0-     
           -4-     -x-    -2-   -2-   -2-  -0-
           -4-     -2-    -0-   -2-   -0-  -0-
           -2-     -2-    -x-   -0-   -x-  -2-
           -2-     -0-    -x-   -x-   -x-  -3-

The song goes moderately fast, with a down-stroking action and begins with:

     Bno3rd           Dsus A          Eno3rd              Dsus A
  -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-+-x-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-+-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-+-x-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-
  -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-+-x-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-+-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-+-x-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-
  -4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-+-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-+-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-+-x-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
  -4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-+-4-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-+-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-+-2-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-
  -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-+-2-x-x-0-0-0-0-0-+-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-+-2-x-x-0-0-0-0-0-
  -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-+-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-+-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-+-0-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-

[Repeat the above four times.]

   Bno3rd  / / / /   /Dsus A /        Eno3rd   / / / /   /Dsus   A / / / 
  -x-------x-x-x-x-+-x-3---0-0-------+-x-------x-x-x-x-+-x-3-3---0-0-0-0-
  -x-------x-x-x-x-+-x-3---2-2-------+-x-------x-x-x-x-+-x-3-3---2-2-2-2-
  -4-------4-4-4-4-+-4-2---2-2-------+-x-------x-x-x-x-+-x-2-2---2-2-2-2-
  -4-------4-4-4-4-+-4-0---2-2-------+-2-------2-2-2-2-+-2-0-0---2-2-2-2-
  -2-------2-2-2-2-+-2-x---0-0-------+-2-------2-2-2-2-+-2-x-x---0-0-0-0-
  -2-------2-2-2-2-+-2-x---x-x-------+-0-------0-0-0-0-+-0-x-x---x-x-x-x-
      There was a    girl I knew---        She said she  cared about me

   Bno3rd  / / / /   /Dsus A /        Eno3rd   / / / /   /Dsus   A / / / 
  -x-------x-x-x-x-+-x-3---0-0-------+-x-------x-x-x-x-+-x-3-3---0-0-0-0-
  -x-------x-x-x-x-+-x-3---2-2-------+-x-------x-x-x-x-+-x-3-3---2-2-2-2-
  -4-------4-4-4-4-+-4-2---2-2-------+-x-------x-x-x-x-+-x-2-2---2-2-2-2-
  -4-------4-4-4-4-+-4-0---2-2-------+-2-------2-2-2-2-+-2-0-0---2-2-2-2-
  -2-------2-2-2-2-+-2-x---0-0-------+-2-------2-2-2-2-+-2-x-x---0-0-0-0-
  -2-------2-2-2-2-+-2-x---x-x-------+-0-------0-0-0-0-+-0-x-x---x-x-x-x-
      She tried to  make my world          the way she  thought it should be

 **********************************************************************  
Chorus:
   G         D / / + A / / /         + G         / / / + / D / / / A / 
     Yeah, we were    desperate then +     to have each other to hold. But

   Bno3rd      / / + Eno3rd      / / + Bno3rd     / /  + Eno3rd      /
     love       --------         is a  long, long road           Yeah

   Bno3rd      / / + Eno3rd      / / + /         / /   + Bno3rd
     love       --------         is a  long, long road   
 **********************************************************************  
[similar pattern for 2nd & 3rd stanzas]
   / Dsus/ A / / / + Bno3rd  / / / / + /Dsus A /       +Eno3rd   / / / /   
   / Dsus/ A / / / + Bno3rd  / / / / + /Dsus A /       +Eno3rd   / / / /   
   / Dsus/ A       +
   [chorus]

[For completeness, here are the additional stanzas, from the .crd
submission of jkr@ifi.uio.no]
 There were so many times
 I would wake up at noon
 With my head spinning 'round
 I would wait for the moon
 And give her one more chance
 To try and save my soul
 But love is a long, long road

 Yeah it was hard to give up
 Some things are hard to let go
 Somethings are never enough
 I guess I only can hope
 For maybe one more chance
 To try and save my soul
 But love is a long, long road
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-- 
Jim Carson (jcarson@oracle.com), Oracle Technical Support
"Anything posted here is not the official word of Oracle (obviously), but
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