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- Life Is A Highway »
I am learning this song by request. It is pretty repetetive.
Just listen to the recording for timing.
Life Is A Highway
Words and music by Tom Petty
Standard Tuning
PM palm muting
Intro/Chorus (w/ distortion, x2 as each)
e[--------------------------------------------------------
B[--------------------------------------------------------
G[--------------------------------------------------------
D[-7--5--3--3-----3--2-----------3--2--5--5---3--2--5--5--
A[-5--3--1--1-----1--0--3--3-----1--0--3--3---1--0--3--3--
E[----------------------1--1------------------------------
Verse (w/ distortion) Play this twice And this once (Pre-chorus)
e[-----------------------------------]-----------------------
B[-----------------------------------]-----------------------
G[-----------------------------------]-----------------------
D[-----------------------------------]-7----5----3-----------
A[-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------]-5----3----1----5------
E[-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---]----------------3------
PM....................................................
Chorus
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Bridge (w/ distortion, x2)
e[----------------------
B[----------------------
G[----------------------
D[------3----7----5-----
A[-5----1----5----3-----
E[-3--------------------
PM...............
Play the chorus twice after this, methinks
Pre-chorus
There's a brief rest after the pre-chorus. Then continue playing the chorus an
additional three or four times
Done.
Song Structure:
Intro
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Bridge
Interlude
Prechorus
Chorus
Peace.
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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i wud give da w Wanna Be |
#1 by i wud give da world 2 frankie if it was mine! at Oct 1, 2007 at 8:37 PM EST |
| The original is Tom Cochrane. Tom Petty never sang this song but many people assumed he wrote this as he is far better known than Tom Cochrane | |
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Dean Rhythm Player |
#2 by Dean M at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:44 PM EST |
| Okay, this song so reminds me of when I was little and living at my old apartment building, next door to this slutty ugly trashbag who wouldn't stop playing this song. But I love it anyhow! Anyways, I think this song is pretty straight forward. Its about two lovers, free lovers, who once had some bad times but now there in love again. As for imagrey and allusion, theres not so much of that. But I suppose it reminds one of the praries, the straight country roads that go on for long distances. Now, if you anything about Tom Cochrane, he was born in the Friendly Manitoba, Canada and then relocated to Ontario. So he's got a definite country roads feeling. So I urge you to think of this song in the praries, it paints a great picture. | |
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brent Rhythm Player |
#3 by brent west at Oct 6, 2007 at 8:57 PM EST |
| actually, u probably hav heard the original, i just wanted to hear the tom petty version and it popped up almost 100 times on limewire, only for it to turn out to be the original | |
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GonnaKill Average |
#4 by GonnaKill YOU at Oct 7, 2007 at 12:04 PM EST |
| Is it just me or did someone else notice a possible Rush reference? The line "Sometimes you turn your back to the wind" seems to be a possible nod to the line "I turn my back to the wind, before I start off again" from Rush's Time Stand Still, from five years earlier. Besides both groups being from the Toronto area of Canada, they have a mutual respect for each other and a friendly relationship. Tom Cochrane was the man who inducted Rush into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. And I know that Tom likes to put messages in his songs. | |
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CJ Wanna Be |
#5 by CJ West at Oct 7, 2007 at 1:28 PM EST |
| A def. guilty pleasure. But a pretty good one. | |
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David Average |
#6 by David Tims at Oct 11, 2007 at 9:37 AM EST |
| wow! never heard the original?? is that possible?!?!! | |
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brad Average |
#7 by brad everett at Oct 11, 2007 at 7:19 PM EST |
| The first time i heard this song it was done by Chris Ledoux then I heard it by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. I still havent heard the original. | |
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jessie Wanna Be |
#8 by jessie sinanan at Oct 13, 2007 at 6:11 PM EST |
| CRAP! this sux! | |
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Emdizzy foshizz Lead Player |
#9 by Emdizzy foshizzy at Oct 15, 2007 at 5:12 PM EST |
| Great Hamonica Solo - better than Outkast's Rosa Parks | |
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SLIPKNOT FUCING Rhythm Player |
#10 by SLIPKNOT FUCING RULES!!!! v at Oct 15, 2007 at 11:19 PM EST |
| Catchy. I love it. Makes you tap your feet and nod your head. Great song for the highway, obviously. Very uppity, about loving life and wanting it to never end. Makes me feel good. | |
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bogex Rhythm Player |
#11 by bogex luna at Oct 17, 2007 at 5:19 AM EST |
| This song is, well, nice. It's radio friendly pop rock. I like it, but it's a bit of a guilty pleasure. | |
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