Too Good To Be True

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Too Good To Be True (1991)
(Tom Petty)
From: "Into the Great Wide Open"
The recording seems to be in between keys. It is probably F minor.

capo 1st fret
key: Fm
play: Em

CHORDS (capo 1st fret)
          E-A-D-G-B-e
E7sus4    0-2-2-2-3-0
Em        0-2-2-0-0-0
Em/G      3-x-2-0-0-0
Em/A      x-0-2-0-0-0
Cadd9     x-3-2-0-3-0

MAIN PATTERN (intro/verse, capo 1st fret)
 Em    Em/G      Em/A  Em/G         Em    Em/G      Em/A  Em/G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

capo 1st fret

Intro

E7sus4 (backwards fade in)
| Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
| Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |

Verse

Em Em/G      Em/A Em/G    | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Her imagina - tion ran wild
Em Em/G               Em/A  Em/G  | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Could this really hap - pen to me?
Em Em/G              Em/A Em/G    | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    She could barely hold back the tears

Chorus

      D               Am
It was too good to be true
      D               Am
It was too good to be true
          D           Am   G/B  Cadd9
It was too good to be true-ue

Interlude

| Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |

Verse

Em Em/G             Em/A  Em/G  | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Everything that she'd waited for
Em Em/G             Em/A  Em/G   | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Everything that she'd dared to dream
Em Em/G          Em/A  Em/G   | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Suddenly was out - side her door

Chorus

      D               Am
It was too good to be true
      D               Am
It was too good to be true
          D           Am   G/B  Cadd9
It was too good to be true-ue

Interlude

| Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
EDD LE 8
      D              Cadd9
There was no talk of giving in
    D                Cadd9
And just as hope was wearing thin
    D               | Cadd9 | % | % |
Her eyes were like a child again
              [ Em ]
Too good to be true

Interlude

| Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |

Verse

Em Em/G            Em/A  Em/G    | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Morning on the out - skirts of town
Em Em/G            Em/A   Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    Sitting in the traf - fic   alone
Em Em/G                    Em/A  Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
    You don't know what it means to be free

Chorus

      D               Am
It was too good to be true
      D               Am
It was too good to be true
          D           Am   G/B | Cadd9 | % | % | % |
It was too good to be true-ue
              [ Em ]
Too good to be true

Interlude

| Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
| Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |

Break

E7sus4

Outrlo

| Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
| Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G | Em Em/G | Em/A Em/G |
(repeat and fade)