Free Fallin’ Chords + Lyrics (capo 1)
Intro
||: E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 :||
Verse 1
||: E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 :||
She’s a good girl, loves her mama.
Loves Jesus, and America too.
She’s a good girl, is crazy about Elvis.
Loves horses, and her boyfriend too.
Instrumental 1
| E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 |
Verse 2
||: E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 :||
And it’s a long day, livin’ in Reseda.
There’s a freeway, runnin’ through the yard.
And I’m a bad boy, ’cause I don’t even miss her.
I’m a bad boy, for breakin’ her heart.
Chorus 1
||: E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 :||
And I’m free.
Free fallin’.
Yeah I’m free.
Free fallin’.
Verse 3
||: E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 :||
And all the vampires, walkin’ through the valley.
Move west down, Ventura Boulevard.
And all the bad boys, are standin’ in the shadows.
And the good girls, are home with broken hearts.
Chorus 2
||: E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 :||
And I’m free.
I’m free fallin’.
Yeah I’m free.
Free fallin’.
Instrumental 2
| E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 |
Bridge 1
||: E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 :||
Free fallin, now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m.
| E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 |
Free fallin’ now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m.
Verse 4
||: E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 :||
I wanna glide down (oh-ah), over Mulholland.
I wanna write her (oh-ah), name in the sky.
I’m gonna free fall (oh-ah), out into nothin’.
Gonna leave this (oh-ah), world for awhile.
Chorus 3
||: E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 :||
And I’m free (free fallin’ now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m).
Free fallin’ (free fallin’ now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m).
Yeah, I’m free (free fallin’ now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m).
Free fallin’ (free fallin’ now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m).
Breakdown
||: E5 A5 | A5 E5 B5 :||
Free fallin’ now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m.
Outro
||: E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 :||
Yeah, I’m free.
Free fallin’.
Oh! (free fallin’ now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m).
Free fallin’ (free fallin’ now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m).
And I’m free (free fallin’ now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m).
Oh! Free fallin’ (free fallin’ now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m).
(Free fallin’ now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m.)
Free fallin’ (free fallin’ now I’m, free fallin’ now I’m).
Free Fallin’ chords and progressions
For the chords to sound right, Tom Petty‘s smash hit Free Fallin’ needs two guitars. The first is played using a capo on fret 1, playing these chords:
||: E Asus2 | Asus2 E B5 :||
The second guitar is played using a capo on fret 3, playing these chords:
||: D G5 | G5 D Asus4 :||
The capo changes the chord shapes, which makes the two guitars sound bigger. However, Tom and Mike don’t just play the same chords using different chord shapes, they also use different extensions.
The Asus2 played with a capo on fret 1 is a G5 with a capo on fret 3, effectively letting only one guitar add the color.
The final chord of the loop does this again, but now the other way around, guitar 1 plays a B5, and guitar 2 an Asus4 – genius!
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Free Fallin’ was the opening track of Tom Petty’s debut album!
After spending more than a decade with his Heartbreakers, Tom Petty released his debut solo album, Full Moon Fever in 1989.
With three big tunes in I Won’t Back Down, Runnin’ Down a Dream, and Free Fallin’, it was an instant classic.
Free Fallin’ went to #1 in the U.S. and the top 5 in a further three countries. The album sold 5 million copies in the U.S. alone.
This must have been a hint to the old band members who quickly reformed and released Into The Great Wide Open a couple of years later, making the late ’80s/early ’90s Tom Petty’s golden era.
Between ’89 and ’93 he released the aforementioned Free Fallin’, I Won’t Back Down, and Into The Great Wide Open, but also Mary Jane’s Last Dance, End Of The Line, Learning To Fly, and one of my personal favorites, Makin’ Some Noise.
These tunes made Tom Petty one of the most respected artists and songwriters of all time.
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