Walls Circus chords by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Walls By Tom Petty


 F  Dm  A#  C  Gm =20
E-x E-x E-1 E-3 E-x-|
A-3 A-0 A-3 A-5 A-0-|
D-5 D-2 D-3 D-5 D-0-|
G-5 G-2 G-2 G-4 G-2-|
B-5 B-1 B-1 B-3 B-3-|
E-x E-0 E-1 E-3 E-1-|

(The Numbers are the number of frets up from the capo.)

F            Dm
Some days are diamonds
            A#
Some days are rocks
            C=20
Some doors are open

Some roads are blocked.

Sundowns are golden
Then fade away
And if I never do nothin'
I'll get you back someday.

Chorus-
A#            F =20
Cause you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
      Gm     Dm
And I can't hold out forever
C        F
Even walls fall down

And all 'round your island
There's a barricade
It keeps out the danger
The holes and the pain.

And sometimes you're happy
And sometimes you cry
Half of me is ocean=20
Half of me is sky.

(Repeat Chorus and verse chords)

And some things are over
And some things go on
And part of me you carry
And part of me is gone

(Repeat chorus twice)=20

At the beginning of the song when the band kicks in play this:

    A+-------2--|
    D+-0-1-0----|  =20

Then proceed with the chords. The solo that Mike Campbell plays in the m=
iddle of the=20
song goes like this:

  e+-----------------------------------3=973------------------|
  A+------------------3----------3-2-0------0-2-3-------------|
  D+-5-3-2-0-2--5-3-2----5-3-2-0------------------0-2-----=20-|
  G+--------------------------------------------------0-5-----|
                              ^ ^
      There are actually 3 notes being played at the same time here=
. But I=20
haven=92t figured out what they are yet.     =20

The ending is played like this:

    G+-----0-------0---|
    B+-1---------1-----|
    E+---0---0-1-----1-|

Just play that over and over and end on the F chord.

David Richter


Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 10:54:25 -0500
From: Craig Pettit


This is taken from the band's performance on SNL last year

CAPO 4

The chords for this song are:

 C  F  Am  G
E-0 E-1 E-0 E-3-|
A-1 A-1 A-1 A-3-|
D-0 D-2 D-2 D-0-|
G-2 G-3 G-2 G-0-|
B-3 B-3 B-0 B-2-|
E-x E-x E-x E-3

*All chords written here with reference to the capo on the 4th
fret

*(Play these chords in the same way for all verses)

CAPO 4

Verse 1:

C
Some days are diamonds

F
Some days are rock

Am
Some doors are open

G
Some roads are blocked


Sundowns are golden
Then fade away
And if I never do nothin'
I'll get you back some day


Chorus:

G(carry from verse)F    C
'Cause you got a heart so big

   F    C
It could crush this town

     Am    G
And I can't hold out forever

   F     C
Even walls fall down


Verse 2:

And all 'round your island
There's a barricade
It keeps out the danger
The holes and the pain

And sometimes you're happy
And sometimes you cry
Half of me is ocean
Half of me is sky

Chorus

Solo: Play verse chords (Solo will be posted at a later date)

Verse 3:

And some things are over
And some things go on
And part of me you carry
And part of me is gone

Chorus 2 times to end