Mary Jane’s Last Dance Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Mary Jane’s Last Dance chords and guitar lesson by Tom Petty.
This is such a fun song to play because it has some really cool embellishment that you can add throughout the song. In the gutiar lesson below, we are going to start simply and then build from there.
Once you get the groove, you can get this to sound a lot like the record.
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Mary Jane’s Last Dance Guitar Chords:
Mary Jane’s Last Dance Strumming Patterns:
Verse Strumming:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
DDD DD D
Chorus Strumming:
1 + 2 + a 3 e + 4 +
D D U DU DDD
Intro Option:
Mary Jane’s Last Dance Guitar Lesson:
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Mary Jane’s Last Dance Chord Chart:
INTRO: Am G Dsus2 Am (x4)
VERSE:
|Am G|
She grew up in an Indiana town
|Dsus2 Am|
Had a good-lookin' mama who never was around
|Am G|
But she grew up tall and she grew up right
|Dsus2 Am|
With them Indiana boys on an Indiana night
|Am G| |Dsus2 Am| (x2)
VERSE:
|Am G|
Well, she moved down here at the age of eighteen
|Dsus2 Am|
She blew the boys away, was more than they'd seen
|Am G|
I was introduced and we both started groovin'
|Dsus2 Am|
She said, "I dig you baby but I got to keep movin'"
|Am G| |Dsus2 Am| (x2)
CHORUS:
Em7
Last dance with Mary Jane
Em7 A A
One more time to kill the pain
Em7
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm
Em7 A G (strum & hold)
Tired of this town again
|Am G| |Dsus2 Am| (x2)
VERSE:
|Am G|
Well, I don't know, but I've been told
|Dsus2 Am|
You never slow down, you never grow old
| Am G|
I'm tired of screwing up, I'm tired of going down
|Dsus2 Am|
Tired of myself, tired of this town
VERSE:
|Am G|
Oh my my, oh hell yes
|Dsus2 Am|
Honey, put on that party dress
|Am G|
Buy me a drink, sing me a song,
|Dsus2 Am|
Take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long
CHORUS:
Em7
Last dance with Mary Jane
Em7 A A
One more time to kill the pain
Em7
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm
Em7 A G (strum & hold)
Tired of this town again
SOLO:
|Am G| |Dsus2 Am| (x4)
VERSE:
| Am G|
There's pigeons down on Market Square
|Dsus2 Am|
She's standin' in her underwear
|Am G|
Lookin' down from a hotel room
|Dsus2 Am|
Nightfall will be comin' soon
|Am G|
Oh my my, oh hell yes
| Dsus2 Am|
You got to put on that party dress
| Am G|
It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone
|Dsus2 Am|
I hit my last number and walked to the road
CHORUS:
Em7
Last dance with Mary Jane
Em7 A A
One more time to kill the pain
Em7
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm
Em7 A G (strum & hold)
Tired of this town again
|Am G| |Dsus2 Am| (repeat out)
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