Biography:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was a rock band formed in 1976 from Gainesville, Florida, USA and led by Tom Petty.
Petty was supported by his band, The Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career. He has occasionally released solo work, as was the case with his 2006 album Highway Companion on which he performed most of the backing instrumentation himself. However, members of The Heartbreakers have played on each of his solo albums and the band has always backed him when touring in support of those albums.
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Other songs:
- A Thing About You
- A Woman In Love
- All You Can Carry
- Alright For Now
- American Dream Plan B
- American Girl
- Babys A Rock N Roller
- Between Two Worlds
- Billy The Kid
- Breakdown
- California
- Century City
- Change Of Heart
- Christmas All Over Again
- Dont Pull Me Over
- Echo
- Even The Losers
- Fault Lines
- For Real
- Free Fallin
- Full Grown Boy
- Hometown Blues
- I Got A Woman
- I Need You
- I Wont Back Down
- Im Crying
- Insider
- Into The Great Wide Open
- Itll All Work Out
- Keep A Little Soul
- Keeping Me Alive
- License To Kill
- Like A Diamond
- Louisiana Rain
- Makin Some Noise
- Mary Janes Last Dance
- Mystery Man
- No More
- Playing Dumb
- Red River
- Refugee
- Restless
- Rhino Skin
- Room At The Top
- Sins Of My Youth
- So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star
- Something Big
- Stop Draggin My Heart Around
- Straight Into Darkness
- Swingin
- The Criminal Kind
- The Trip To Pirates Cove
- The Waiting
- This Ones For Me
- Too Good To Be True
- U Get Me High
- Walls Circus
- Walls No 3
- We Stand A Chance
- What Are You Doin In My Life
- You And I Will Meet Again
- You And Me
- You Get Me High
- You Tell Me
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[Intro]
| G | D | G Gsus4 | G |
[Verse 1]
G Em
Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth
D G
He can do as he pleases
G Em | D A | D |
And if things don't change soon, he will
C G
Cause man has invented his doom
G D C
First step was touching the moon
Em D C Em D C
Now there's a woman on my block
Em D C Em D C
She just sit there as the night grow still
G D | G Gsus4 | G |
She say, who gonna take away his license to kill
[Verse 2]
G Em
Now, they take him and they teach him
D G
And they groom him for life
G Em | D A | D |
And they set him on a path where he's bound to get ill
C G
Then they bury him with stars
G D C
Sell his body like they do used cars
Em D C Em D C
Now there's a woman on my block
Em D C Em D C
She just sits there facin' the hill
G D | G Gsus4 | G |
She says, who gonna take away his license to kill
[Verse 3]
G Em
Now, he's hell-bent for destruction
D G
He's afraid and confused
G Em | D A | D |
And his brain has been mismanaged with great skill
C G
All he believes are his eyes
G D C
And his eyes they just tell him lies
Em D C Em D C
But there's a woman on my block
Em D C Em D C
She just sits there in a cold chill
G D | G Gsus4 | G |
She says, who gonna take away his license to kill
[Middle 8]
Em
May be noisemaker, spirit maker
G
Heartbreaker, backbreaker
C G
Leave no stone unturned
Em
You may be an actor in a plot
G
That might be all that you got
Am [ D ]
Till your error you clearly learn
[Interlude]
| D | Dsus4 | D | Dsus4 |
| D | Dsus4 | D | D
(break)
[Verse 4]
G Em D G
Now he worships at an altar by a stagnant pool
G Em | D A | D |
And when he sees his reflection he's fulfilled
C G
Oh, man is opposed to fair play
G D C
He wants it all and he wants it his way
Em D C Em D C
Now, there's a woman on my block
Em D C Em D C
She just sits there as night grows still
G D | G Gsus4 | G |
She says, who gonna take away his license to kill
[Solo]
| G | Em | D | G |
| G | Em | D A | D |
| C | G | G D | C |
| Em D C | Em D C |
| Em D C | Em D C |
| G D | G |
| Em D C | Em D C |
| Em D C | Em D C |
| G D | G Gsus4 | G
[Coda]
G Dsus4 G
Yeah who gonna take away ... his license to kill
| G | D | G Gsus4 | G |
[Verse 1]
G Em
Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth
D G
He can do as he pleases
G Em | D A | D |
And if things don't change soon, he will
C G
Cause man has invented his doom
G D C
First step was touching the moon
Em D C Em D C
Now there's a woman on my block
Em D C Em D C
She just sit there as the night grow still
G D | G Gsus4 | G |
She say, who gonna take away his license to kill
[Verse 2]
G Em
Now, they take him and they teach him
D G
And they groom him for life
G Em | D A | D |
And they set him on a path where he's bound to get ill
C G
Then they bury him with stars
G D C
Sell his body like they do used cars
Em D C Em D C
Now there's a woman on my block
Em D C Em D C
She just sits there facin' the hill
G D | G Gsus4 | G |
She says, who gonna take away his license to kill
[Verse 3]
G Em
Now, he's hell-bent for destruction
D G
He's afraid and confused
G Em | D A | D |
And his brain has been mismanaged with great skill
C G
All he believes are his eyes
G D C
And his eyes they just tell him lies
Em D C Em D C
But there's a woman on my block
Em D C Em D C
She just sits there in a cold chill
G D | G Gsus4 | G |
She says, who gonna take away his license to kill
[Middle 8]
Em
May be noisemaker, spirit maker
G
Heartbreaker, backbreaker
C G
Leave no stone unturned
Em
You may be an actor in a plot
G
That might be all that you got
Am [ D ]
Till your error you clearly learn
[Interlude]
| D | Dsus4 | D | Dsus4 |
| D | Dsus4 | D | D
(break)
[Verse 4]
G Em D G
Now he worships at an altar by a stagnant pool
G Em | D A | D |
And when he sees his reflection he's fulfilled
C G
Oh, man is opposed to fair play
G D C
He wants it all and he wants it his way
Em D C Em D C
Now, there's a woman on my block
Em D C Em D C
She just sits there as night grows still
G D | G Gsus4 | G |
She says, who gonna take away his license to kill
[Solo]
| G | Em | D | G |
| G | Em | D A | D |
| C | G | G D | C |
| Em D C | Em D C |
| Em D C | Em D C |
| G D | G |
| Em D C | Em D C |
| Em D C | Em D C |
| G D | G Gsus4 | G
[Coda]
G Dsus4 G
Yeah who gonna take away ... his license to kill
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