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Petty, Tom Wildflowers Guitar Tab

This is my first tab, but this song is too easy and too many people are tabbing in
so here's the right way to play it...

Capo on 5th fret

Strum this(part 1) from the start, 6 times...
F C G C
e:|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
B:|1---------------|1---------------|0---------------|1---------------|
G:|0h2-------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
D:|0h3-------------|0h2-------------|0---------------|0h2-------------|
A:|----------------|0h3-------------|0h2-------------|0h3-------------|
E:|----------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|
You belong among the wildflowers
You belong in a boat out at sea
Sail away kill off the hours
You belong somewhere you feel free...

after 'free' strum this (part 2), holding the chord for a couple of bars...
C
e:|3---3---3---3---|
B:|1---1---1---1---|
G:|0---0---0---0---|
D:|0---0---0---0h2-|
A:|3---3---3---3---|
E:|----------------|

Play part 1 again for 'Run away, find you a lover'

Then a slight change... (part 3)

F C G G
e:|3---------------|3---------------|3----3---3---3--|3----3---3---3----|
B:|1---------------|1---------------|0----0---0---1p0|0----0---0---1p0--|
G:|0h2-------------|0---------------|0----0---0---0--|0----0---0---0----|
D:|0h3-------------|0h2-------------|0----0---0---0--|0----0---0---0----|
A:|----------------|0h3-------------|0h2--2---2---2--|2----2---2---2----|
E:|----------------|----------------|3----3---3---3--|3----3---3---3----|
Go away somewhere all bright and new

Play part 1 again for 'I have seen no other, who compares with you'
and again for 'you belong among the wildflowers'

Play part 3 for 'you belong in a boat out at sea'

Part 1 - 'you belong with your love on your arm'
and again for 'you belong somewhere you feel free'

Then part 2 again

Then pay this (part 4) all the way through twice while keeping the strumming rhythm...

F C G G
e:|3-------3-------|3--------3------|3----3---3---3--|3----3---3---3----|
B:|1-------1-------|1--------1------|0----0---0---1p0|0----0---0---1p0--|
G:|2-------0-------|0--------0------|0----0---0---0--|0----0---0---0----|
D:|3-------2-------|2--------0------|0----0---0---0--|0----0---0---0----|
A:|----------------|3--------0------|2----2---2---2--|2----2---2---2----|
E:|----------------|---------2------|3----3---3---3--|3----3---3---3----|

F C G G
e:|3---------------|3---------------|3----3---3---3--|3----3---3---3----|
B:|1---------------|1---------------|0----0---0---1p0|0----0---0---1p0--|
G:|2---------------|0---------------|0----0---0---0--|0----0---0---0----|
D:|3---------------|2---------------|0----0---0---0--|0----0---0---0----|
A:|----------------|3---------------|2----2---2---2--|2----2---2---2----|
E:|----------------|----------------|3----3---3---3--|3----3---3---3----|

Repeat the above for the rest of the song, it's that easy!!

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/p/petty,_tom/366238.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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Braxton
Lead Player
#1 by Braxton Overby at Oct 1, 2007 at 10:18 PM EST
I heard, from a very trusteful source, that this was tom petty's country murdur ballad. Alot of country songs contain material that is discuised as a love song but is actually the thoughts of a man who wants to kill his wife. Thats just what I have heard, you can disagree but check it out first.
 
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Jimmy
Rhythm Player
#2 by Jimmy at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:16 PM EST
I heard, from a very trusteful source, that this was tom petty's country murdur ballad. Alot of country songs contain material that is discuised as a love song but is actually the thoughts of a man who wants to kill his wife. Thats just what I have heard, you can disagree but check it out first.
 
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David
Rhythm Player
#3 by David Bradley at Oct 3, 2007 at 4:26 PM EST
this song makes me feel like a hippie. *shrug*
 
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Dan
Professional Badass
#4 by Dan Hudspith at Oct 5, 2007 at 4:37 AM EST
after my uncle died this song would make me cry... it reminds me of how we want someone to come back even if they were suffering but then listening to the song you realize its better this way
 
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bob
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#5 by bob bob at Oct 7, 2007 at 3:07 AM EST
this song is so beautiful. i remember laying in a bed when i was vacationing in france and just listening to it, and crying, and crying. it's about freedom. we need to be free.
 
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Katie
Wanna Be
#6 by Katie St. Michel at Oct 10, 2007 at 10:54 PM EST
beautiful song to listen to while eating some shrooms
 
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Tyler
Wanna Be
#7 by Tyler Swagar at Oct 11, 2007 at 8:46 AM EST
This is my theme song. I absolutley adore this entire album, the first four tracks are just incredible. It is an inspirational song.
 
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floyd
Lead Player
#8 by floyd lloyd at Oct 12, 2007 at 2:19 PM EST
My boyfriend made a cd for me and put this song on it. I didn't know who sang this song at the time but it made me cry and songs don't usually make me cry. "You belong somewhere you feel free." It's about finding yourself and stepping away from what holds you down.
 
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Håvard
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#9 by Håvard Banne at Oct 17, 2007 at 5:13 AM EST
This song really hits me. It's just so beautiful.
 
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Nick
Average
#10 by Nick Vanderstelt at Oct 18, 2007 at 10:13 AM EST
In a way the entire album really is a themed album about moving on, waking up and realizing there's more to life then just moping around. This song and the last song on the CD go well together. This is really a well put together CD with a few songs threw in there just for fun (honeybee, Cabin Down Below.) I really like how he put "Crawling back to you." right before "Wake up time." it's like he put them togethere to make a story about himself. How he keeps wanting to crawl back to his ex-wife but then realizes it's time to wake up. The album really was made in a way for himself....and for him to get out his feelings on situations.
 
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Colleen
Average
#11 by Colleen Shmeltin at Oct 20, 2007 at 12:55 AM EST
emma.lee has it exactly right...freedom. a great song for clearing your mind. u have to do whatever makes u feel free
 
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Jared
Wanna Be
#12 by Jared van Eck at Oct 20, 2007 at 10:48 AM EST
the title track to clearly his best album
 
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Patrick
Wanna Be
#13 by Patrick Wade at Oct 21, 2007 at 9:54 PM EST
Petty wrote this album following his divorce. I take it to be a kind of reconciliation with his ex-wife who he really did love but realizes that it wasn't meant to be. He is bascially telling her he never has found another person who compares to her, and that she needs to move on, go find a lover, but please stay close to him in her heart. Its basically just a love song to someone who he knows he will never be able to be in a relationship with, but he wants her to be happy and free. I think this is a beautiful song and i feel this way about past loves. It won't work out with us but you are a wonderful person and I will always love you, is basically what he is saying.