Artist: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Album: The Last DJ
Song: Can't Stop the Sun
My guitar teacher helped me figure this out. I think its all right but there is probably
some mistakes. Listen to the song to figure out the rythym to everything.
Riff 1:
Guitar 1 (finger picking)
E|----------0-------------0-------------0-------------0----
B|---------------------------------------------------------
G|------0-------------0-------------0-------------0--------
D|----2-------2-----2-------2-----2-------2-----2-------2--
A|---------------------------------------------------------
E|-0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0------ x4, x2 2nd time, 3rd time
Guitar 2
e|----------0-------------0-------------0-------------0----
b|-3-------------2-------------1-------------0-------------
g|---------------------------------------------------------
d|---------------------------------------------------------
a|---------------------------------------------------------
e|--------------------------------------------------------- x4, x2 2nd time, 3rd time
Guitar 1 (finger picking)
E|----------0--------------0------------------
B|------3--------------1-----------------1----
G|----2--------2-----2-------2-------0--------
D|---------------------------------1-------1--
A|-2------2-------0------0------0------0------
E|-------------------------------------------- x1
Guitar 2 (ad lib)
e|-0--------------0---------------------------
b|-3--------------1-------------1-------------
g|-2--------------2-------------0-------------
d|-3--------------2-------------1-------------
a|-2--------------0-------------0-------------
e|-------------------------------------------- x1
Riff 2:
(ad lib)
G C G C Am Bm7
E|-3----0----3----0----0----2----
B|-3----1----3----1----1----3----
G|-0----0----0----0----2----2----
D|-0----2----0----2----2----4----
A|-2----3----2----3----0----2----
E|-3---------3-------------------
Repeat Riff 1, Riff 2
Riff 3:
(ad lib)
E|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------------------
B|-----0-------0-------1-------1-------3-------3-------------------
G|-----0-------0-------2-------2---2-2-----2-2---------0-------2---
D|-2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----0-0-----0-0-------0---0---1---1-
A|-2-2-----2-2-----0-0-----0-0-------------------------------------
E|-0-0-----0-0-------------------------------------3-------2-------
| x2 | only 1st time |
E|-----0-------0-------0-------0-----------------------------------
B|-----0-------0-------1-------1-------3-------3-------3-------3---
G|-----0-------0-------2-------2-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-
D|-2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----0-------------------------------
A|-2-2-----2-2-----0-0-----0-0-------------3-------2-------0-------
E|-0-0-----0-0-----------------------------------------------------
Repeat Riff 1, Riff 2
Riff 4:
(slide between the chords)
E|-0---000-0---000-0---000-0---000- -0---000-0---000-
B|-0---000-0---000-0---000-0---000- -0---000-0---000-
G|-1---111-4---444-6---666-4---444- -3---333-2---222-
D|-2---222-5---555-7---777-5---555- -4---444-3---333-
A|-2---222-5---555-7---777-5---555- -4---444-3---333-
E|-0---000-0---000-0---000-0---000- x3 -0---000-0---000-
This riff plays until the end with soloing using the Em pentonic scale.
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