You Got Lucky Chords
by Tom Petty
You Got Lucky by Tom Petty is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Dm, G, F and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro synth: Am Dm G
Am Dm G
E -5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3-|
B -5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-6--6--6--6--3--3--3--3-|
G -5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-7--7--7--7--4--4--4--4-|
D -7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|-------------5--5--5--5-|
A ------------------------|------------------------|
E ------------------------|------------------------|
VERSE 1
(Intro chords)
You better watch what you say
You better watch what you do to me
Don't get carried away
Girl, if you can do better than me
Am
Go
F
Yeah, go
But remember
C Am
Good love is hard to find
C Am
Good love is hard to find
F
You got lucky, babe
G
You got lucky, babe
(Intro chords)
When I found you
(Intro chords)
VERSE 2
(continue with intro chords)
You put a hand on my cheek
And then you turn your eyes away
If you don't feel complete
If I don't take you all of the way
Am
Then go,
F
Yeah, go,
But remember
C Am
Good love is hard to find
C Am
Good love is hard to find
F
You got lucky, babe
G
You got lucky, babe
(Intro chords)
When I found you
Guitar solo:
Am Dm G Am Dm G
E --------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G --------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D ------5--7----------------------------|------5--7-----------------------|
A -7~---------7~---5--3--5~---3-2--3--5-|-7~---------7~---5--3--2--0------|
E --------------------------------------|----------------------------3~~--|
The (~) means to sustain the note, the (~~) means to sustain and keep it
warply tremoloed.
PRE-CHORUS
Am
Yeah go,
F
Just, go,
But remember
C Am
Good love is hard to find
C Am
Good love is hard to find
F
You got lucky, babe
G
You got lucky, babe
(Intro chords)
When I found you
final solo (REPEAT AS NEEDED AND FADE)
Am Dm G Am Dm G
E ------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B ------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G ------------------------------------|----------------5--7--7b-----|
D ------5--7--------------------------|------5--7-------------------|
A -7~---------7~---5--3--5~-----------|-7~---------7~---------------|
E ------------------------------------|-----------------------------|