Chords for How to Play "I Need To Know" by Tom Petty on Guitar

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_ I need to know, I [D] need to know.
Oh man, what an awesome song.
Tom Petty bringing the truth out.
Super easy [E] chords.
We're [D] on E, go into D, and you add [E] a cool riff. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] Oh man, super easy, [D] just E and D, [E] that's it.
Good job Tom Petty.
Song done, song done.
No, I'm just kidding.
All right guys, I need to know the full part of the song.
So here you go.
So we're in E, and we're going to start.
_ Two, three, four, one. _ _
_ _ So this is seven, nine, nine.
And then we go just these middle strings.
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ Nine, nine.
_ [D] _ Go into seven, [Em] and then back to nine.
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ But I'm already in the bar chord form,
so I'm just going to go.
_ _ Already holding these [D] down.
_ [E] _ Isn't that easy? _ _
Okay, _ and then when we go to [D] the D chord,
_ _ there's [C] this really cool [G] riff like this.
_ [D] _ _ _ So here's the D, the bass part of the D,
which is five, seven, seven, seven.
And I'm just going to change fingers right here. _
_ [G] _ _ _ And we'll do nine, seven, eight.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ You can do hammer on, pull off. _
I'm teaching you a little Keith Richards.
_ [Gbm] Little parts, [E] these are his secrets.
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[E] Oh man, Tom Petty, I see where you're getting at. You're influenced.
So anyway, so I need to know, it's going to start on an E.
So, _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] okay, so we're in E, and he's going one, two, three, four,
riff, _ _ riff, _ [D] then D.
_ [E] That riff on D is the last bar of it.
So E, _ _ riff, _ _ riff, [D] then the D, and then the riff [G] comes on the D.
[D] _ _
And then that is the intro.
So it's just E, E, E, D.
Okay?
And now we move to the verse, which is D.
_ _ _ Talk on the street, says you might go [E] solo.
_ Oh man, he's so mad.
What is he talking about?
I think I know what he's talking about.
[D] But I'll let you guys figure out what he's talking about.
Okay.
_ So he's on D.
Talk on the street, says you might go solo.
[E] Back to E, then [D] D, [Bm] then the riff.
_ So the verse is D, D, then you go E, riff, D, riff.
So that's kind of what we're doing is we're always [Gm] ending like when he's
talking with this E riff, and then we go to the D riff.
[E] So the E riff, _ [D] then we go D riff.
[G] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] Okay, so _ _ the verse [D] is D.
Talk on the street, said you might go [E] solo.
E, riff, [D] then the D riff.
Doing that for the whole verse.
Can you repeat it?
If you may have noticed on the back [E] door, E, [B] riff, [D] then D.
You need to [E] know.
This brings us to our chorus, which is just E _ to [D] D.
We're just sliding these down.
There's [E] power chords.
So 7-9-9 _ [D] to D, which is 5-7-7.
[Em] Then C, [C] _ _
3-5-5.
And don't worry if you hit the open E's.
It kind of sounds cool.
_ _ [D] _ _ Then we're going back up to D.
_ _ Then back [E] up to E.
_ Then back [D] to D.
So the six [E] chords, okay?
So I need to know.
[D] Need to know. _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ Better safe so [E] I need to know.
[D] I need to know.
So those are our six chords.
We're just going up and down, and then back halfway.
And then we go on C.
[C] _ _ Don't know how [D] long.
[Cm] And we're going to hold that [D] out, and then we move up to D.
_ I can't hold _ on.
Then [C] we're going back to C, making me wait.
_ _ [D] And you're leading me on back to the D.
_ [E] I need to know [B] riff.
[D] Then the D riff.
[E] Then the E riff.
[D] Then the D riff.
_ _ Okay?
So that's a lot in the chorus, but it's pretty simple
if you look at it.
You're just going down and up and down and then back.
Okay, cool.
So let's do that [E] again so it's easy for you guys. One, two.
Starting E, _ _ [D] D, _ [C] then the C.
[D] _ _
E, [E] back to E, [D] then the D.
And I'm going to [C] pause on C. _ _ _ _
Back [D] to D. _ _ _ _
[C] If you're going to C _ again, [D] then we're back to the D
because I'm doing my sweet riffs [E] right here.
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ _ Need to know.
Pretty easy.
Turn for distortion.
I mean, man, he's kind of pissed off on this song.
Can I say that word?
I don't know.
But anyway, [D] _ [E] _ Tom Petty.
Hey, man, you know if it's the truth, it's rock and roll.
So do it.
Do it, brother.
[D] But it's [C] E, [D] D, C, [E] E, E.
[Em] Can't go wrong.
Those are the only chords of the songs.
Sweet riffs. _
_ [E] Hope you guys learned something with some cool riffs.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ And that's it.
So be inspired, write your own stuff,
and we'll see you guys later.
I need to know.
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_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] What's up, guys?
[E] Tom's from the Band Radius.
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