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                                 LEARNING TO FLY
                  As recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
                 (From the 1991 Album INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN)

Words and Music by Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne
Transcribed by Heartbreaker1976 - brandonpace@yahoo.com

           F                    C                   Am                    G
      x x 3 2 1 1          x 3 2 0 1 0          x 0 2 2 1 0          3 2 0 0 0 3

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Q=120
  F     C          Am    G          F     C          Am    G
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
  | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |
  / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /

  Gtr II
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1--|
|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0-------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  F     C          Am    G          F     C          Am    G
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
  | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |
  / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /

  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|
|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


 Verse
  $
  F     C          Am    G          F     C          Am    G
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
  | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |
  / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /

  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|
|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


  F     C          Am    G          F     C          Am    G
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
  | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |
  / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /

  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|
|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


    F     C          Am    G          F     C          Am    G
    E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
    | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |
    / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /

    Gtrs II, III
    E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
||o-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1|
||--2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0-----------|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|


  F     C          Am    G          F     C          Am    G
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
  | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |
  / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /

  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|
|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


 Chorus
  F     C          Am    G          F     C          Am    G
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
  | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |
  / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /

  Gtr II
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|
|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W                E E E Q  Q   E   W                E E E Q  Q   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-1--------------|---1------1-----|-1--------------|---1------1-----|
|----------------|-2---2-0------4-|----------------|-2---2-0------4-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


                                                           To Coda
  F     C          Am    G          F     C          Am    G
  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
  | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |
  / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /

  E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-o||
|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0-------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|
| W                E E E Q  Q   E   W                E E E Q  Q   E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-1--------------|---1------1-----|-1--------------|---1------1-----o||
|----------------|-2---2-0------4-|----------------|-2---2-0------4--||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||


 Guitar Break
  G
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-|-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


 Guitar Solo
  F        C                 Am        G
   E  E  E  Q    E  E   E      E   E E Q  E E E
   |  |  |  |    |  |   |      |   | | |  | | |
   /  /  /  /    /  /   /      /   / / /  / / /

  Gtr II
   E  E  E  Q    E  E   E      E   E E Q  E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------1-------1---------|---1-----1-0--1-0-1-|
|--2--0-----0-------0---0--|-------0------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  E  E  E  Q   +Q     +E     +W
|-------12-12--(12)---(12)-|-(12)\--------------|
|----13--------------------|--------------------|
|-12-----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|


  F     C            Am      G
  E E E Q  E  E  E    E  E E Q  E E   E
  | | | |  |  |  |    |  | | |  | |   |
  / / / /  /  /  /    /  / / /  / /   /

  E E E Q  E  E  E    E  E E Q  E E   E
|------------------|--------------------|
|-----1----1-------|--1----1-0--1-0---1-|
|-2-0---0-----0--0-|-----0--------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
|     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E E E H    +E      +H         E Q   E
|-----8-8----(8)---|-(8)----------------|
|---8--------------|--------------7b9r7-|
|-9----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|


  F         C            Am        G
  E E   E   Q    E E E    E   E  E Q  E E E
  | |   |   |    | | |    |   |  | |  | | |
  / /   /   /    / / /    /   /  / /  / / /

  E E   E   Q    E E E    E   E  E Q  E E E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-------1--------1-----|--1------1-0--1-0-1-----|
|-2-0-------0------0-0-|------0-----------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|
| E S S Q.    Q.         +H  +E         E S S E
|-8--------------------|------------------------|
|---7-6----------------|------------------------|
|-------7b9r==5--------|-(5)-(5)--------0-5-5-5-|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|


                             D.S. al Coda
  F       C             Am     G
   E  E E Q     E E E   E  E E Q   E E E
   |  | | |     | | |   |  | | |   | | |
   /  / / /     / / /   /  / / /   / / /

   E  E E Q     E E E   E  E E Q   E E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-------1-------1-----|-1----1-0---1-0-1---|
|--2--0---0-------0-0-|----0---------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|
| +Q        Q     H     Q.       H       E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-(5)-----------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------5b7r==3---|--------------------|
|---------------------|-5--------3---------|


  &
  G
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-|-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


  F         C          Am        G
  S S S S E Q  E E E   S S S S E Q  E E E
  | | | | | |  | | |   | | | | | |  | | |
  / / / / / /  / / /   / / / / / /  / / /

  W                    W
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|


  F         C          Am        G
  S S S S E Q  E E E   S S S S E Q  E E E
  | | | | | |  | | |   | | | | | |  | | |
  / / / / / /  / / /   / / / / / /  / / /

  W                    W
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|


   Out-Chorus
    F     C          Am    G          F     C          Am    G
    E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
    | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |   | | | |  | | |
    / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /   / / / /  / / /

    E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E   6x
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1-|-----1----1-----|-1---1-0--1-0-1--o||
||--2-0---0----0-0-|---0------------|-2-0---0----0-0-|---0--------------||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||


                               H.=H
  F         C          Am        G          C
  Gtrs I, II
  S S S S E Q  E E E   S S S S E Q  E E E   W
  | | | | | |  | | |   | | | | | |  | | |   |
  / / / / / /  / / /   / / / / / /  / / /   /

  W                    W                    W
|--------------------|--------------------|------*|
|--------------------|--------------------|------*|
|--------------------|--------------------|------*|
|--------------------|--------------------|------*|
|--------------------|--------------------|------*|
|--------------------|--------------------|------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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