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A Face In The Crowd

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A Face In The Crowd chords for the acoustic guitar **
Tom Petty 1989 (Tom Petty / Jeff Lynne)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Face_in_the_Crowd_(Tom_Petty_song)
Em   C4x
* e|-------|
B|-----3-|
G|---0---|
D|-4-----|
A|-------|
E|-------|
CBefore all of Emthis,
ever went Cdown
In another Emplace,
another Ctown
D*
You were just,
a face in the Amcrowd
D*
You were just,
Am*
a face in the crowd
Bm*
Out in the street
Am*
walking around
A face in the Emcrowd
COut of a Emdream,
out of the Csky
Into my Emheart,
into my Clife
D*
And you were just,
Am*
a face in the crowd
D*
You were just,
Am*
a face in the crowd
Bm*
Out in the street,
Am*
thinking out loud
A face in the Emcrowd
Break
C   D2x
Em*
Out of a dream,
C*
out of the sky
Em*
Into my heart,
C*
into my life
D*
You were just,
Am*
a face in the crowd
D*
You were just,
Am*
a face in the crowd
Bm*
Out in the street
Am*
walking around
Em*
A face in the crowd
C*
A face in the crowd
Em*
A face in the crowd
C*
A face in the crowd
** Alternate:
Capo II
C= Bb  
Em= Dm  
D= C  
Am= Gm  
Bm= Am  
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The story behind the song

"A Face in the Crowd" was co-written and recorded by Tom Petty, appearing on his first solo album, Full Moon Fever, released in 1989. The song was released as a single in February 1990. It tells the story of a narrator falling in love with someone who was once just another person in a crowd.

AI-written from these sources:A Face in the Crowd (Tom Petty song) — Wikipedia ↗Tom Petty — Wikipedia ↗MusicBrainz ↗

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