Saving Grace Guitar Tab

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intro/verse
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chorus
A                    D
you keep runnin' for another place
D
to find that saving grace

Source: GuitarMasta.net
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Niko Average	#1 by Niko Booth at Oct 1, 2007 at 10:04 AM EST
	Sure, the music is a rip off of ZZ Top's "La Grange", but he's earned the right from other bands taking from him. That said, great song, proving that Petty is still a great musician.

No Picture Jay the Hellrac Average	#2 by Jay the Hellracer... at Oct 13, 2007 at 5:17 AM EST
	I can't put my finger on it, but there is a religious theme going on here. I think "my father's two room mansion" describes a small town church, no? Could this song painting religion in present day america?

No Picture Aleksandar Average	#3 by Aleksandar Radošević at Oct 15, 2007 at 5:00 PM EST
	good song, but its a rip off of George Thorogood early stuff

No Picture Corey Average	#4 by Corey La Plante at Oct 18, 2007 at 10:52 PM EST
	I’m passing sleeping cities Fading by degrees Not believing all I see to be so (fading by degrees: civilization is passing him by, global warming, the cities are not all they seem, they will pass away) I’m flyin’ over backyards Country homes and ranches Watching life between the branches below (he must be on an airplane, to be flying over backyards, he has a bird's eye view of what seems to be the South- country homes and ranches..?) And it’s hard to say Who you are these days But you run on anyway Don’t you baby? (i sense he says we're all but a chaff in the wind, do we really know who we are, or whats going on? but we live life to our ability anyway...we seem fragile, cause we need that saving grace as well) You keep running for another place To find that saving grace (we look to the outside to save us, like our environment or someone else can save us- thats a bit about the concept of grace in christianity but not all) I’m moving on alone over ground that no one owns Past statues that atone for my sins There’s a guard on every door And a drink on every floor Overflowing with a thousand amens (he seems to be looking for grace in another place- possibly a place where its hypocritical, drinks on every floor but amens??) And it’s hard to say Who you are these days But you run on anyway Don’t you baby? You keep running for another place To find that saving grace Don’t you baby? You’re rolling up the carpet Of your father’s two-room mansion No headroom for expansion no more And there’s a corner of the floor They’re telling you is yours You’re confident but not really sure (i wonder why this family is so cramped in this house? could he be talking about a catostrophe to make them lived cramped and desperately?) And it’s hard to say Who you are these days But you run on anyway Don’t you baby? You keep running for another place To find that saving grace Don’t you baby? I still dont know whose viewpoint he's talking about, like whose really singing this song, i know I'm not near correct but i wanted to give my take on it when I listen to song I can enjoy it too!

No Picture Abe Lead Player	#5 by Abe Watson at Oct 20, 2007 at 3:34 PM EST
	Haha, I KNEW I knew that music. Anyway, good song. Tom Petty is one of the greatest, but he was FRIGHTENING on Jay Leno..