I Need To Know by Tom Petty

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I NEED TO KNOW

As recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
(From the 1978 Album YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!)

Words and Music by Tom Petty

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Tom Petty - Electric Guitar w/ light dist.'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Mike Campbell - Electric Guitar w/ light dist.'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Mike Campbell - Electric Guitar w/ dist.'


 Intro
 Q=154
      E5                 Em
 4/4
 Gtr I
 H  Q E S S  +W      +H    +Q.   S S
|---------------|------------|----------------------|
|-----------0-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)------(0)-----8-8-|
|-----------9-9-|-(9)--------|-(9)------(9)-----9-9-|
|-----------9-9-|-(9)--------|-(9)------(9)-----9-9-|
|-----------7-7-|-(7)--------|-(7)------(7)-----7-7-|
|-----------0-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)------(0)-----0-0-|
|

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| Gtr II
| H  Q E S S  W      +Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|------------|----------------------|
|---------------|------------|----------------------|
|-----------9-9-|--9---------|-(9)--9----7--9-------|
|-----------9-9-|--9---------|-(9)--9----7--9-------|
|-----------7-7-|--7---------|-(7)------------------|
|---------------|------------|----------------------|


 E5         D5    E5
 W        E E Q  Q.  S S
|---------------|--------------------|
|-0-------------|-x-x----------0-0---|
|-9-------------|-x-x-7---7----9-9---|
|-9-------------|-x-x-7---7----9-9---|
|-7-------------|-x-x-5---5----7-7---|
|-0-------------|-x-x----------0-0---|
|
| Q E E E E Q  Q  E E Q.  S S
|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-----8---7----------|
|----9---7-9----|-----9---7----9-9---|
|----9---7-9----|-----7---7----9-9---|
|---------------|--------------7-7---|
|---------------|--------------------|


                            D5
 W        +W        W        E E Q  Q.  E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
|-0-------------|-(0)-------------|-0-------------|-x-x------------||
|-9-------------|-(9)-------------|-9-------------|-x-x-7---7----7-||
|-9-------------|-(9)-------------|-9-------------|-x-x-7---7----7-||
|-7-------------|-(7)-------------|-7-------------|-x-x-5---5----5-||
|-0-------------|-(0)-------------|-0-------------|-x-x------------||
|
| Q E E E E Q   Q  E E E E Q  Q E E E E Q  Q  E E H
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------7------||
|-9--9---7-9----|------9---7-9----|----9---7-9----|-----9---7------||
|-9--9---7-9----|------9---7-9----|----9---7-9----|-----7---7------||
|-7-------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------||


  1st & 2nd Verses
  D              E5        D5
                PM------------------------------|
  W     +H   Q Q   E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||-----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--7--------|-(7)-----7--7---|-9---9---9---9---|-7---7---7-7-7----|
||--7--------|-(7)-----7--7---|-9---9---9---9---|-7---7---7-7-7----|
||o-5--------|-(5)-----5--5---|-7---7---7---7---|-5---5---5-5-5-0--|
||-----------|----------------|---------------0-|------------------|
|
|  W     +Q  Q Q E E  Q  E E E E E E  E E E E Q  Q
||-----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-7--------|-(7)-----7------|-----------------|-x-x-8---7---7----|
||--7--------|-(7)--7-----7---|-9---9---7-9-x-x-|-x-x-9---7---7----|
||--7--------|-(7)------------|-9---9---7-9-x-x-|-x-x-7---7---7----|
||o-5--------|-(5)----------0-|-7---------------|---------5---5----|
||-----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|


 D             E5        D5
              PM------------------|
 W     +H   Q Q  E E E E E E E E  E E Q  Q Q
|----------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||
|----------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-7--------|-(7)----7--7--|-9---9---9---9---|-7-7-7---7--7--||
|-7--------|-(7)----7--7--|-9---9---9---9---|-7-7-7---7--7--||
|-5--------|-(5)----5--5--|-7---7---7---7---|-5-5-5---5--5--||
|----------|--------------|---------------0-|---------------||
|
| W     +H   Q Q  Q  E E E E E E  E E E E Q Q
|----------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-7--------|-(7)----7--7--|-----------------|-x-x-8---7--7--||
|-7--------|-(7)----7--7--|-9---9---7-9-x-x-|-x-x-9---7--7--||
|-7--------|-(7)----7--7--|-9---9---7-9-x-x-|-x-x-7---7--7--||
|-5--------|-(5)----5--5--|-7---------------|---------5--5--||
|----------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||


 Chorus
 $
 E5       D5       Csus2     C5D5
 Gtr I
 W       W       W       E Q.   +H
|--------------|--------------|-3------------|------------------|
|-0------------|--------------|-3------------|------------------|
|-9------------|-7------------|-5------------|-5s7------(7)-----|
|-9------------|-7------------|-5------------|-5s7------(7)-----|
|-7------------|-5------------|-3------------|-3s5------(5)-----|
|-0------------|--------------|--------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q Q  Q  E E Q  Q
|--------0-----|--------0-----|--------0-----|-----------0------|
|-----------0--|-----------0--|-----------0--|---------------0--|
|----9---------|----7---------|----5---------|------7-----------|
|------9-------|------7-------|------5-------|--------7---------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------|


 E5       D5       Csus2/G       C5
 W       W       W     +H.   E S S
|--------------|--------------|-3--------|-(3)------------|
|-0------------|--------------|-3--------|-(3)------------|
|-9------------|-7------------|-5--------|-(5)------5-5-5-|
|-9------------|-7------------|-5--------|-(5)------5-5-5-|
|-7------------|-5------------|-3--------|-(3)------3-3-3-|
|-0------------|--------------|-3--------|-(3)------------|
|
| Q E E Q Q  Q E E Q Q  W     +W
|--------0-----|--------0-----|-3--------|-(3)------------|
|-----------0--|-----------0--|-3--------|-(3)------------|
|----9---------|----7---------|-5--------|-(5)------------|
|------9-------|------7-------|-5--------|-(5)------------|
|--------------|--------------|-3--------|-(3)------------|
|--------------|--------------|-3--------|-(3)------------|


 D5           Csus2/G
 W     +W      W     +H.   Q
|----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)---------|
|----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)---------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-5--------|-(5)---------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-5--------|-(5)---------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-3--------|-(3)---------|
|----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)---------|
|
| W     +W      W     +W
|----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)---------|
|----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)---------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-5--------|-(5)---------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-5--------|-(5)---------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-3--------|-(3)---------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-3--------|-(3)---------|


           To Coda
 D5              E5        D5
                PM----------|   PM------|
 W     +E E E E E E Q  E E E E E E E E  E E Q  Q Q
|----------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-7--------|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-9---9---9-9-9---|-7-7-7---7--7--|
|-7--------|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-9---9---9-9-9-0-|-7-7-7---7--7--|
|-5--------|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-7---7---7-7-7---|-5-5-5---5--5--|
|----------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|
| W     +E E Q  Q  Q  Q  E E E E E E  Q  E E Q Q
|----------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------|------------------|-----------------|-----8---7-----|
|-7--------|-(7)-7-7---7---7--|-9---9---7-9-x-x-|-----9---7-----|
|-7--------|-(7)-7-7---7---7--|-9---9---7-9-x-x-|-----7---7-----|
|-5--------|-(5)-5-5---5---5--|-7---------------|---------------|
|-5--------|-(5)-5-5---5---5--|-----------------|---------------|


          1.         2.
 E5        D5         D5
 PM----------|   PM------------|
 E E E E E E E E  E E q  E E E E   E E Q  E E Q
|-----------------|------------------||-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||-------------------||
|-9---9---9-9-9---|-7-7-7---7-x-7-x--||-7-7-7---7-7--7----||
|-9---9---9-9-9---|-7-7-7---7-x-7-x--||-7-7-7---7-7--7----||
|-7---7---7-7-7---|-5-5-5---5-x-5-x-o||-5-5-5---5-5--5----||
|-----------------|------------------||-------------------||
|
| Q  E E E E E E  Q  E E H      Q  E E Q  +Q
|-----------------|------------------||-------------------||
|-----------------|---------7-------o||-----8---7---(7)\--||
|-9---9---7-9-x-x-|-----9---7--------||-----9---7---(7)\--||
|-9---9---7-9-x-x-|-----7---7--------||-----7---7---(7)\--||
|-7---------------|-----------------o||-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||-------------------||


 Guitar Solo
 A  D/F#  A       A7        E5
 Gtr III
 E E a E E a E E E a E  E E a E E E E E E  E  +E Q  E  +E E E
|-5-5-3s5-5-3s5-5-5-3s5-|-5-5-3s5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------------------------------|
|-5-5-3s5-5-3s5-5-5-3s5-|-5-5-3s5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------------5----|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-7b9==(7)-7r---7b9==(7)-7r-7b9==|
|-----------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| Q   E E  E E Q    E E  E E E E E E  Q    E E E   E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2-----3-----3-2-------|---8---8-8-8-8-8-x-|--------------------------------|
|-2-----2-----2-2-------|-------9-9-9-9-9-x-|----------9----9-----x--x--9----|
|-2-----4-----4-2-------|-------7-7-7-7-7-x-|-9--------9----9-----x--x--9----|
|-0---------------------|-------------------|-7--------7----7-----x--x--7----|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-0------------------------------|


               A  D/F# A       A7
 +E E Q   E E E +E  E E E E a E E E a E  E E a E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-5-5-5-5-3s5-5-5-3s5-|-5-5-3s5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-(5)-5--5------5-5-5------|-5-5-5-5-3s5-5-5-3s5-|-5-5-3s5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-(7)-7r-7b9====7-7-7r=(7)-|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| +Q   E  E E E Q    Q  E E  E E Q    E E  E E E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-2---3-----3-2-------|---8---8-8-8-8-8---|
|-(9)----9------9---9\-----|-2---2-----2-2-------|-------9-9-9-9-9---|
|-(9)----9------9---9\-----|-2---4-----4-2-------|-------7-7-7-7-7---|
|-(7)----7------7---7\-----|-0-------------------|-----------------0-|
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|


                       D.S. al Coda
 E5            B
 E  +E Q  E  +E Q  E  +E Q Q  E E  E E h.
|----------------------0--|----------0--0---0-5-|-5s7-7------||
|----------5---5-------0--|----------0--0---0-0-|-0----------||
|-7b9==(7)-7---7r==(7)----|-2b4==(2)----2r----6-|-6s8-8------||
|-------------------------|---------------------|------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------|------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------|------------||
|
| H      +Q    Q  W           W
|-------------------------|-7-------------------|-7----------||
|-------------------------|-7-------------------|-7----------||
|-9-----------(9)\--------|-8-------------------|-8----------||
|-9-----------(9)\--------|-9-------------------|-9----------||
|-7-----------(7)\--------|-9-------------------|-9----------||
|-0-----------------------|-7-------------------|-7----------||


 Outro
 &
 E5         D5        E5        D5
 Gtr I
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E Q  Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-9---9---x-x-x-x-|-9s7-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-7s9-9---x-x-x-x-|-9s7-x---x--7-7-|
|-9---9---x-x-x-x-|-9s7-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-7s9-9---x-x-x-x-|-9s7-x---x--7-7-|
|-7---7---x-x-x-x-|-7s5-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-5s7-7---x-x-x-x-|-7s5-x---x--5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q  E E E E Q   Q  E E Q  Q   Q  E E E E Q   Q  E E Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----8---7-------|-----------------|-----8---7------|
|-9---9---7-9-----|-----9---7-------|-9---9---7-9-----|-----9---7------|
|-9---9---7-9-----|-----7---7-------|-9---9---7-9-----|-----7---7------|
|-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|


  E5        D5        E5
 E E E E E E E E  E E Q  Q E E  E E E E E E E E  q Q H
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------*|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------*|
|-7s9-9---x-x-x-x-|-9s7-x---x--7-7-|-7s9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9----------*|
|-7s9-9---x-x-x-x-|-9s7-x---x--7-7-|-7s9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9----------*|
|-5s7-7---x-x-x-x-|-7s5-x---x--5-5-|-5s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7----------*|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------*|
|
| Q  E E E E Q   Q  E E Q Q   E E E E E E E E  q Q H
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------*|
|-----------------|-----8---7------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9----------*|
|-9---9---7-9-----|-----9---7------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9----------*|
|-9---9---7-9-----|-----7---7------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9----------*|
|-7---------------|----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7----------*|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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