Mary Jane’s Last Dance (Tom Petty)
Here’s a guitar lesson on how to play Mary Jane’s Last Dance by Tom Petty. I didn’t address the riffs in this song, as this video is targeted towards beginners. Instead, we focus mostly on the strumming aspect, which sounds pretty cool on its own anyways.
The chords are quite simple -- all open chords -- Am, G, D and back to Am. The chorus (didn’t get into that in the video) is Em7, A, Em7, A, G.
Leave a comment down below and let me know if you like the song and I’ll do another video for the riffs.
(UPDATE: I’ve now done a lesson for these riffs as well. Click here for Last Dance With Mary Jane riffs.)
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Jonathan,
I was unable to view the video. I believe the link did not work.
Hi John – I’ve changed some of the video settings, I hope now they will stream better. Let me know if the problem persists.
UNABLE TO VIEW MARY JANES LAST DANCE. BLANK BOX/SCREEN.
It should be fixed now… (it’s working here anyway) let me know if you still can’t see it.
Neat. I am an amatuer but play a little. I will work on that. Please do make a video for the riffs, thanks,
Hi Gary – I’ll add that to the list. You’ll probably see it come through in the next couple weeks.
Cheers
My video does not match the audio – way out of sync
Hi Blake – there must be some sort of file transfer error going on because its working fine on this end – perhaps try it directly on YouTube? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmrzRt7h5hk)
thank you this is a good way to practice my stumming
Hi Jonathan
i’ve got the same problem as John and David, blank box/screen.
I love the way this site’s got to teach us guitar. I know abit of guitar I can rock at chords and strumm but my trouble is that i’ve been learning strumming by pick from my tutor instead of hands and fingers and that could be a pitty cuz i dnt feel the music it doesn sound that much nict the way i wanna play.
thanks
Hi Hoda,
Please try refreshing your browser, or else try viewing the video here on YouTube instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmrzRt7h5hk
Regarding the strumming – you’ll see a strumming lesson coming up soon, hopefully that will help explain some things, also regarding the pick. Cheers!
Jon,
Too cool bro. I agree with the person who would like to check out the riffs on this as well. Thanks again!
Jack
Loved it. Looking forward to the riffs.
You are getting more proficient with showing the hands so that is nice for us newbies.
Bob
Thanks Bob – yeah this is a work in progress. Learning curve for me too!
cool strumming and chord progression Jonathon,hope the riffs are as easy,cheers
Great song, thank for showing it to us. Your tips really help.
Hi John you do an awesom job on thease videos! i am having a hard to picking and strumming at the same time will this come with time? lol thanks kirk
Hi Kirk, yes, picking and strumming will come in time (with practice!). It’s like everything else with guitar – learning your first chords for instance… seems hard at the beginning, but you keep at it, and soon it becomes second nature.
cool sound. got that down. still working on scales
Great lesson,I loved it. I love anything with just afew chords,it really works for me! Thanx looking forward to riffs toooooo!!!
Been working on accuracy of strumming strings for a while without looking. Actually practice it in the dark. Really helps to keep concentration on fret board fingering.
Playing in the dark! Now that’s a cool tip. Come to think of it.. I remember doing that too!
Thanks! Great video lesson for a cool tune that should help me with practicing my strumming. I do a pretty good Tom Petty vocal impersonation too, must be my big nose, LOL!
GREAT Lesson!!!!
Hey, I sound COOL on my guitar! Just a beginner, But I found this easy to follow, and didn’t take me long to actually sound pretty good! Thanks for the how-to! I’d love to learn some of the riffs!
Hi Jim, thanks!
I’ve done a lesson on the riffs since this one was done – you can see that one here: http://www.guitartipsweekly.com/440/guitar-riffs-for-last-dance-with-mary-jane/