Mary Jane's Last Dance
Words & Music:
Tom Petty
This is fully transcribed
in the April 2006 issue of Guitar One.
Am G
D Am [2x] G Am G D Am [1st vox note = C]
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She grew up in an Indiana
town. Had a good-lookin' mama who
never was around.
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G
But she grew up tall and she
grew up right.
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Am
With them Indiana boys on them
Indiana nights.
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D Am [2x]
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'
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G D
Am
She said, I dig you baby but I
got to keep movin' on---, keep movin' on.
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D Am [2x]
CHORUS:
Em7
A Asus2 A
Asus2 A
Last dance with Mary Jane; one
more time to kill the pain.
Em7
A Asus2 A
G
I feel summer creepin' in and
I'm tired of this town again
Well I don't know, but I've
been told you never slow down, you never grow old.
I'm tired of screwing up, I'm
tired of goin' down.
I'm tired of myself, I'm 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:
There's pigeons down on Market
Square. She's standin' in her
underwear.
Lookin' down from a hotel
room. 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.
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