How To Play Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty Guitar Lesson

Learn how to play Mary Jane's Last Dance on guitar. A classic by Tom Petty and a fun one to strum on the guitar.

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00:00 Intro
02:02 Beginner Strum Patterns
03:55 Main Strum Pattern for Mary Jane's last dance
05:35 How to hammer on chords
08:08 How to add the Am7 chord
11:08 How to play the chorus for Mary Jane's last dance
12:41 Play through

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[rhynorton]

I love how you build on the strumming. For those of us with poor natural rhythm... it's very helpful.

[ianb]

Just wanted to let you know. I've been trying a bunch of tutorials for this song and this is the best by far. Thank you!

[stolzenbachimweb]

Great tutorial. Greetings from Germany.

[marknixon]

Keep playing Tom Pettys songs.
Love it.
Cheers Mark

[JohnLeech-zz]

You are so awesome! I enjoy watching you play and learning from you!! I have made huge gains in guitar because of you!!!

[moocha]

Awesome lesson, just started picking up the guitar at 36 your lessons have been really helpful. Much appreciated from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[funguyutube]

Your voice reminds me of Ray Manzara (spelling) of the Doors

[michelgranger]

Merci beaucoup pour cette leçon. Très belle pièce à apprendre.🥰👍

[blueser]

Great lesson! The live lesson of this tune was so much fun too. 👍🎸

[xs-b]

Having a terrible time getting my hammer-ons to ring out. Any suggestions?