FREE FALLIN' (capo 3)
Original Tempo: 80bpm
Here is a a beginner friendly video of Free Fallin' by Tom Petty which includes all open chords as well as strumming patterns for the verses and chorus's. Below are chord diagrams, strumming patterns, chords and lyrics with timestamps designed to accompany the video. Don't forget to put a capo on fret 3 if you want to match the key of the song.
CHORDS
STRUMMING PATTERN
INTRO/VERSES
CHORUS'S
CHORDS & LYRICS
INTRO (0:00)
D G |G D ASUS4 | (x2)
VERSE 1 (0:11)
D G D ASUS4
She's a good girl, loves her mamma
D G D ASUS4
Loves Jesus and America too
D G D ASUS4
She's a good girl, crazy bout Elvis
D G D ASUS4
Loves horses and her boyfriend too, yeah, yeah
INTRO 2 (0:33)
D G |G D ASUS4 |
VERSE 2 (0:39)
D G ASUS4
It's a long day livin' in Reseda
D G D ASUS4
There's a freeway running through the yard
D G D ASUS4
I'm a bad boy 'cause I don't even miss her
D G D ASUS4
I'm a bad boy for breaking her heart
CHORUS 1 (1:01)
D G D A
And I'm free
D G D A
Free fallin', fallin'
D G D A
And I'm free
D G D A
Free fallin', fallin'
VERSE 3 (1:24)
D G D ASUS4
All the vampires walkin' through the valley
D G D ASUS4
They move west down Ventura Boulevard
D G D ASUS4
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
D G D ASUS4
And the good girls are home with broken hearts
CHORUS 2 (1:47)
D G D A
And I'm free
D G D A
Free fallin', fallin'
D G D A
And I'm free
D G D A
Free fallin', fallin'
BRIDGE (2:10)
D G
Free fallin', now I'm
D ASUS4
Free fallin', now I'm
D G
Free fallin', now I'm
D ASUS4
Free fallin', now I'm
VERSE 4 (2:33)
D G D ASUS4
I wanna glide down over Mulholland
D G D ASUS4
I wanna write her, her name in the sky
D G D ASUS4
I wanna free fall out into nothin'
D G D ASUS4
Oh, I'm gonna leave this, this world for a while
CHORUS 3 (2:55)
D G D A
And I'm free
D G D A
Free fallin', fallin'
D G D A
And I'm free
D G D A
Free fallin', fallin'
And I'm free
Free fallin', fallin'
Now I'm free
Free fallin', fallin'
Free fallin', fallin'
Free fallin', fallin'
Free fallin', fallin', yeah, yeah