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Tom Petty's cover of Thunderclap Newman's "something in the air". I learned this
song a couple months ago and by listening to the album I know it is about 100% correct.
Great song and easy.  Enjoy

Standard tuning  EADGBe
The song uses basic chords
   D    Em    F#m     E      G    A     B
---2----0------2------0------3----0-----2----
---3----0------2------0------3----2-----4----
---2----x------2------1------0----2-----4----
---0----2------4------2------0----2-----4----
--------2------4------2------2----0-----2----
--------0------2------0------3---------------

D
D
Call out the instigator
                         Em
Because there's something in the air
                        D
We've got to get together sooner or later
                       Em
Because the revolution's here

And you know it's right
Fill A- play this twice. this little piece can be a little bit tricky but it sounds good
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------3----------3-----------3-----------3------
---2----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---
-0----------------------------------------------
-----------3-----------2------------3-----------
------------------------------------------------
Fill 1
And you know that it's right
Em
We have got to get it together
Em
We have got to get it together now
fill 1 2x
D
Run through the fields and houses
                          Em
Because there's something in the air
                        D
We've got to get together sooner or later
                     Em
Because the revolution's here

And you know it's right
Fill A 2x
And you know that it's right

Em
We have got to get it together
                                  D
We have got to get it together now

interlude/solo - it's the same thing again and again just in a different tone
figure 1
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--------------------7---
-7--7---------5h7---7---
-7--7----5h7------------
(5)(5)------------------
------------------------
Figure 2
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--------------------5---
-5--5---------3h5---5---
-5--5----3h5------------
(3)(3)------------------
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Figure 3
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--------------------3----
-3--3---------1h3---3----
-3--3----1h3-------------
(1)(1)-------------------
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Figure 4
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--------------------2----
-2--2---------0h2---2----
-2--2----0h2-------------
(0)(0)-------------------
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it looks long and confusing but its really simple.  Here's the layout out the interlude/solo
Figure 1 2x
Figure 2 2x
Figure 1 2x
Figure 2 2x
Figure 3 2x
Figure 4 2x
Ends with G  A  B
From there the whole rest of the song changes key
E
E
Call out the instigator
                         F#m
Because there's something in the air


                       E
We've got to get together sooner or later
                        F#m
Because the revolution's here
                       E fill B
And you know it's right

Again it changes key so it changes the fill but its easy now

Fill B play twice
-----0------------0--------0----------0-----
---0---0-------0----0----0----0----0----0--
--------------------------------------------
-2----------0--------------------0----------
-----------------------4--------------------
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And you know that it's right
F#m
We have got to get it together
                                 E
We have got to get it together now

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