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Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Each chord gets two beats unless otherwise noted.
Intro: / Am - G - / D - Am - / x4
Am G
She grew up in an Indiana town
D Am
Had a good lookin' Mama who never was around
Am G
But she grew up tall and she grew up right
D Am
With them Indiana boys on an Indiana night
/ Am - G - / D - Am - / x2
Am G
Well, she moved down here at the age of 18
D Am
She blew the boys away - It was more than they'd seen
Am G
I was introduced and we both started groovin'
D Am
She said I dig you baby, but I got to keep movin'
Am G D Am
on keep movin' on
/ Am - G - / D - Am - /
Chorus:
Em (2)
Last dance with Mary Jane
A (2)
One more time to kill the pain
Em (2)
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm
A (1) G (hold 1)
Tired of this town again
/ Am - G - / D - Am - / x2
Am G
Well I don't know but I've been told
D Am
You never slow down you never grow old
Am G
I'm tired of screwing up tired of going down
D Am
Tired of myself tired of this town
Am G
Oh my my Oh hell yes
D Am
Honey put on that party dress
Am G
Buy me a drink and sing me a song
D Am
Take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long
Chorus
/ Am - G - / D - Am - / x4
Am G
There's pigeons down on Market Square
D Am
She's standing in her underwear
Am G
Looking down from a hotel room
D Am
The nightfall will be coming soon
Am G
Oh my my Oh hell yes
D Am
You got to put on that party dress
Am G
It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone
D Am
I hit my last number and walked to the road
Chorus
/ Am - G - / D - Am - / x8
End on last Am
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
God, I love this song. The rhythm guitars are playing a groove I call the Neil Young Bounce Mute — it probably has other names, but that's mine. It involves hitting a couple of bass notes while palm muting, then strumming the treble strings without the mute, so you end up bouncing your palm on and off the strings throughout the pattern. Neil Young uses this groove constantly — almost every song on Harvest.