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Learning To Fly
Tom Petty
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00:00 Song Demo
00:59 Lesson Intro
01:28 Chords
04:13 Strumming Pattern
08:28 Learn Strumming Expression!
09:23 Alternative strumming pattern
10:25 Lesson Outro

It's not WHAT you strum...

...But HOW you strum it!

Not sure what to strum for these songs?

How do you come up with strumming patterns?

Fed up strumming D DU UDU all the time?

You need to LEVEL UP YOUR STRUMMING!

[INTRO]

 

| F  C   | Am  G   |

| F  C   | Am  G   |

 

 

[VERSE 1]

 

       F      C   Am G

Well I started out

       F    C    Am G

Down a dirty road

F       C  Am G

Started out

F   C    Am G

All alone

 

        F       C    Am G

And the sun went down

    F           C    Am G

As I crossed the hill

        F       C  Am G

And the town lit up

   F         C     Am G

The world got still

 

 

[CHORUS]

 

   F           C   Am G

I'm learning to fly

   F           C     Am G

But I ain't got wings

F      C   Am G

Coming down 

       F      C     Am G

Is the hardest thing

 

 

[VERSE 3]

 

         F        C   Am G

Well the good old days

   F   C      Am G

May not return

        F           C   Am G

And the rocks might melt

        F      C    Am G

And the sea may burn

 

 

[CHORUS]

 

   F           C   Am G

I'm learning to fly

   F           C     Am G

But I ain't got wings

F      C   Am G

Coming down 

       F      C     Am G

Is the hardest thing

 

 

[SOLO]

 

| F  C   | Am  G   |

| F  C   | Am  G   |

 

 

[VERSE 4]

 

    F        C    Am G

Well some say life

    F        C    Am G

Will beat you down

F          C    Am G

Break your heart

F          G    Am G

Steal your crown

 

 

[VERSE 5]

 

    F       C   Am G

So I started out

   F         C     Am G

For God knows where

 F          C    Am G

I guess I'll know 

    F     G     Am G

When I get there

 

 

[CHORUS]

 

   F           C   Am G

I'm learning to fly

 F        C      Am G

Around the clouds

F         C Am G

What goes up

F         C   Am G

Must come down

 

 

 

[BRIDGE]

 

| G       | G      |

| F  C   | Am  G   |

| F  C   | Am  G   |

 

 

[CHORUS]

 

   F           C   Am G

I'm learning to fly

   F           C     Am G

But I ain't got wings

F      C   Am G

Coming down 

       F      C     Am G

Is the hardest thing

   F           C   Am G

I'm learning to fly

 F        C      Am G

Around the clouds

F         C Am G

What goes up

F         C   Am G

Must come down

   F           C   Am G   F C Am G

I'm learning to fly

   F           C   Am G   F C Am G

I'm learning to fly

 

 

(end the song on C