Mary Jane’s Last Dance | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: Am G | (Dsus2) D Am |
| Am7 G | (Dsus2) D Am :||
Verse 1
||: Am G | (Dsus2) D Am :||
She grew up in an Indiana town,
had a good-lookin’ mama who never was around.
But she grew up tall and she grew up right,
with them Indiana boys on an Indiana night.
Instrumental 1
| Am G | (Dsus2) D Am |
Woo oh-oh-ooh.
| Am7 G | (Dsus2) D Am |
Woo oh-oh-ooh.
Verse 2
||: Am G | (Dsus2) D Am :||
Well, she moved down here at the age of eighteen,
she blew the boys away, it was more than they’d seen.
I was introduced and we both started groovin’,
she said, “I dig you, baby, but I got to keep movin’.
Instrumental 2
| Am7 G | (Dsus2) D Am |
On, keep movin’ on
| Am G | (Dsus2) D Am |
Chorus 1
| Em | Em7 | A (A6) | A (A6) |
Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain.
| Em | Em7 | A (A6) | G |
I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m tired of this town again.
Instrumental 3
| Am G | (Dsus2) D Am |
Woo oh-oh-ooh.
| Am7 G | (Dsus2) D Am |
Woo oh-oh-ooh.
Verse 3
||: Am G | (Dsus2) D Am :||
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 goin’ down,
tired of myself, tired of this town.
Oh, my, my, oh, hell yes,
honey, put on that party dress.
Buy me a drink, sing me a song,
take me as I come ’cause I can’t stay long.
Chorus 1
| Em | Em7 | A (A6) | A (A6) |
Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain.
| Em | Em7 | A (A6) | G |
I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m tired of this town again.
Solo
||: Am G | (Dsus2) D Am |
| Am7 G | (Dsus2) D Am :||
Verse 4
||: Am G | (Dsus2) D Am :||
There’s pigeons down on Market Square,
she’s standin’ in her underwear.
Lookin’ down from a hotel room,
the nightfall will be comin’ soon.
Oh, my, my, oh, hell yes,
you’ve got to put on that party dress.
It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone,
I hit the last number, I walked to the road.
Chorus 1
| Em | Em7 | A (A6) | A (A6) |
Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain.
| Em | Em7 | A (A6) | G |
I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m tired of this town again.
Outro
||: Am G | (Dsus2) D Am |
| Am7 G | (Dsus2) D Am :|| to fade
Mary Jane’s Last Dance’s chords, progressions, and TAB
When Tom Petty released his Greatest Hits album, where we find Mary Jane’s Last Dance as the only new tune, it was 1993 and the Heartbreakers had briefly united.
As a band, this was their last big tune and incidentally one of my absolute favorites.
To play along with the original recording, you need to tune your guitar up 10 Hz from 440. Use my online guitar tuner to achieve this, and set it to 450 Hz. As the chords are simple open-position chords, you could just play along.
After a while, you’ll realize that there are actually two guitars and that Tom Petty and Mike Campbell are no rookies at crafting guitar parts.
Members get TAB for how I would suggest you combine what Tom and Mike play into one guitar part that works in a band.
Here’s a link to the complete lesson (members only): Mary Jane’s Last Dance chord analysis and TAB.
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