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Straight Into Darkness

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[Intro]
  G   F9   Am7   GRepeated
[Verse]
GThere was a F9little girl, Am7I used to Gknow her
GI still F9think about her, Am7time to F9time
GThere was a F9moment when I Am7really loGved her
GThen one F9day the feeling Am7just dieF9d
[Chorus]
 C(C,Cadd4,C,C9, Cto be precise)                     G  Am  
                                We went straight into darkness
 COut Gover the Amline
CYeah Gstraight into Amdarkness
   C  GOver the Amline
[Verse 2]
GI remember fF9lying out to Am7LondonG  
GI remember tF9he feeling at Am7the timeG  
GOut the wF9indow of the Am7747G  
GMan there F9was nothing, Am7only black sGky
[2ndChorus]
 CWe went Gstraight into Amdarkness
  COut Gover the Amline
  CYeah  Gstraight into Amdarkness
         C  GInto the AmnightD  
[Middle eight]
Give it Gup to me I Cneed it, Dbabe
Girl I Gknow a good thing when CI see it
Baby Gwrong or right CI mean it Dnow
Then back to verse as above
[Outro]

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32OOO3

Major chord - Happy, bright sound

✕ Mute Open Press

Skill · find home

G mixolydian

This chord is home. When a line ends, land here.

Straight Into Darkness

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Straight Into Darkness

by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Cadd4

[Intro]

G F9 Am7 G

Repeated

[Verse]

G F9 Am7 G

There was a little girl, I used to know her

G F9 Am7 F9

I still think about her, time to time

G F9 Am7 G

There was a moment when I really loved her

G F9 Am7 F9

Then one day the feeling just died

[Chorus]

C C Cadd4 C C9 C G Am

(,,,, to be precise)

We went straight into darkness

C G Am

Out over the line

C G Am

Yeah straight into darkness

C G Am

Over the line

[Verse 2]

G F9 Am7 G

I remember flying out to London

G F9 Am7 G

I remember the feeling at the time

G F9 Am7 G

Out the window of the 747

G F9 Am7 G

Man there was nothing, only black sky

[2ndChorus]

C G Am

We went straight into darkness

C G Am

Out over the line

C G Am

Yeah straight into darkness

C G Am D

Into the night

[Middle eight]

G C D

Give it up to me I need it, babe

G C

Girl I know a good thing when I see it

G C D

Baby wrong or right I mean it now

Then back to verse as above

[Outro]

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