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Something In The Air

Tom Petty
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Call  out the instigator
 Because there's something  in the air
 We've got to get together  sooner or later
 Because the revolution's  here
 And you know it's right
 Fill A- play this twice. this little piece can be a little bit tricky but it sounds good
------3----------3-----------3-----------3------
---2----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---
 And you know that it's right
We  have got to get it together
We  have got to get it together now
 fill 1 2x
Run  through the fields and houses
 Because there's something in  the air
 We've got to get together  sooner or later
 Because the revolution's  here
 And you know it's right
 Fill  2x
 And you know that it's right
We  have got to get it together
 We have got to get it together now
 interlude/solo - it's the same thing again and again just in a different tone
 figure 1
-7--7---------5h7---7---
-7--7----5h7------------
(5)(5)------------------
-5--5---------3h5---5---
-5--5----3h5------------
(3)(3)------------------
-3--3---------1h3---3----
-3--3----1h3-------------
(1)(1)-------------------
-2--2---------0h2---2----
-2--2----0h2-------------
(0)(0)-------------------
 it looks long and confusing but its really simple. Here's the layout out the interlude/solo
 Figure 1 2x
 Figure 2 2x
 Figure 1 2x
 Figure 2 2x
 Figure 3 2x
 Figure 4 2x
 Ends with
 From there the whole rest of the song changes key
Call  out the instigator
 Because there's something  in the air
 We've got to get together  sooner or later
 Because the revolution's  here
   fill
 And you know it's right
 Again it changes key so it changes the fill but its easy now
Fill B play twice
-----0------------0--------0----------0-----
---0---0-------0----0----0----0----0----0--
-2----------0--------------------0----------
 And you know that it's right
We  have got to get it together
 We have got to get it together now

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Readable chord sheet for Something In The Air by Tom Petty

[D]C[D]all out the instigator
Because there's something[Em] in the air
We've got to get togethe[D]r sooner or later
Because the revolution'[Em]s here

And you know it's right
Fill A- play this twice. this little piece can be a little bit tricky but it sounds good

------3----------3-----------3-----------3------
---2----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---
And you know that it's right
[Em]We have got to get it together
[Em]We have got to get it together now
fill 1 2x
[D]Run through the fields and houses
Because there's something [Em]in the air
We've got to get togethe[D]r sooner or later
Because the revolutio[Em]n's here

And you know it's right
Fill [A] 2x
And you know that it's right

[Em]We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now[D]

interlude/solo - it's the same thing again and again just in a different tone
figure 1

-7--7---------5h7---7---
-7--7----5h7------------
(5)(5)------------------

-5--5---------3h5---5---
-5--5----3h5------------
(3)(3)------------------

-3--3---------1h3---3----
-3--3----1h3-------------
(1)(1)-------------------

-2--2---------0h2---2----
-2--2----0h2-------------
(0)(0)-------------------

it looks long and confusing but its really simple.  Here's the layout out the interlude/solo
Figure 1 2x
Figure 2 2x
Figure 1 2x
Figure 2 2x
Figure 3 2x
Figure 4 2x
Ends with [G]  [A]  [B]
From there the whole rest of the song changes key
[E]C[E]all out the instigator
Because there's something[F#m] in the air

We've got to get togeth[E]er sooner or later
Because the revolution's[F#m] here
                       [E] fill [B]
And you know it's right

Again it changes key so it changes the fill but its easy now

Fill B play twice
-----0------------0--------0----------0-----
---0---0-------0----0----0----0----0----0--

-2----------0--------------------0----------

And you know that it's right
[F#m]We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together no[E]w

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