Don’t Come Around Here
SONG INFO
Don’t Come Around Here
- Thieves Lead Vocals: Brandon Pfeiffer
- Release Date: Thursday, February 28, 1985 (41 years ago)
- Original Key: G major
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Trivia:
- co-written by Petty with Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics
- inspiration was a romantic encounter that writer/producer David A. Stewart of Eurythmics on the night he met Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac
- Stevie Nicks had broken up with Joe Walsh of the Eagles the night before and when Joe showed up she threw him out saying “Don’t come around here no more”
- According to Nicks, the song was originally written for her album Rock a Little, but she declined it after Petty performed the vocals for her, feeling she could not do the song justice.
- one of only a few Petty tracks to feature female backing vocals (Stephanie Spruill, Marilyn Martin, Sharon Celani) (the last two were from Stevie Nicks’ band)
- Performers: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Writers:
- Dave Stewart
- Tom Petty
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Producers:
- Dave Stewart
- Jimmy Iovine
- Tom Petty
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Record Label:
- MCA Records
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Recording Studio:
- Sound City Studios
ALBUM INFO
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LYRICS
Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Whatever you're looking for Hey! Don't come around here no more I've given up, stop I've given up, stop Ah, ah, ah, ooh-ooh I've given up, stop, on waiting any longer I've given up, on this love getting stronger Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more I don't feel you any more You darken my door Whatever you're looking for Hey! Don't come around here no more I've given up, stop I've given up, stop Ah, ah, ah, ooh-ooh I've given up, stop, you tangle my emotions I've given up, honey please, admit it's over Hey! Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Don't come around here no more Hey! Don't come around here no more Stop walking down my street Don't come around here no more Who did you expect to meet? Don't come around here no more Whatever you're looking for Hey! Don't come around here no more Hey! Honey please (Honey please) Don't come around here no more Whatever you're looking for Don't come around here no more
CHORDS
CAPO III for original key
[Chorus]
D G A G
Don't come around here no more
D G A G
Don't come around here no more
D G A G
Whatever you're looking for (hey!)
D G A G
Don't come around here no more
[Refrain]
A Em F#m G D
I've given up, (Stop)
A Em F#m G
I've given up, (Stop) Ahh, aah, ahh,
D A
aah, ahh
A Em F#m
I've given up, (Stop). On waiting any
G D A
longer
A Em F#m
I've given up, on this love getting
G A D
stronger
[Chorus]
D G A G
Don't come around here no more
D G A G
Don't come around here no more
D G A G
Don't come around here no more
D G A G
Don't come around here no more
[Verse]
D G A G
I don't feel you anymore
D G A G
You darken my door
D G A G
Whatever you're looking for (hey!)
D G A G
Don't come around here no more
[Refrain]
A Em F#m G D
I've given up, (Stop)
A Em F#m G
I've given up, (Stop) Ahh, aah, ahh,
D A
aah, ahh
A Em F#m
I've given up, (Stop). You tangle my
G D A
emotions
A Em F#m G
I've given up, honey please admit it's
A D
over
[Chorus]
D G A G
Don't come around here no more
D G A G
Don't come around here no more
D G A G
Don't come around here no more
D G A G
Don't come around here no more
[Verse]
D G A G D
Stop walking down my street (Don't
G A G
come around here no more)
D G A G D
Who do you expect to meet? (Don't
G A G
come around here no more)
D G A G
Whatever you're looking for (hey!)
D G A G
Don't come around here no more (hey!)
D G A G
[Outro]
D G A G
Ohh, ooooh, ooohhhh oh, ohh, oooh..
D G
I'm free, don't come around here no
A G
moooooooore
D G A G
…what ever you're
looking for
D G A G
Oh, ooh, oh ooh
LINKS
References:
SETLIST
- 1 American Girl 🔺 bp 🔁
- 2 The Waiting 🔺 bp 🔁
- 3 Refugee 🔺 bp 🔁
- 4 You Don’t Know How It Feels la 🔁
- 5 Listen to Her Heart bp 🔁
- 6 Love Is a Long Road 📚 🔺 bp
- 7 I Won’t Back Down jw 🔁
- 8 Free Fallin’ 📚 🔺 bp 🔁
- 9 You Wreck Me jw 🔁
- 10 Yer So Bad bp 🔁
- 11 Into the Great Wide Open bp 🔁
- 12 Here Comes My Girl 📚 🔺 bp
- 13 Something In the Air 📚 🔺 jw
- 14 Runnin’ Down a Dream bp 🔁
- 15 I Should Have Known It 📚 bp
- 16 Breakdown bp 🔁
- * straight into… 17 You Got Lucky bp
- * straight into… 18 Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around 📚 bp
- 19 The Last DJ 📚 bp
- 20 Change of Heart 🔺 bp
- 21 It’s Good to Be King la
- * straight into… 22 Saving Grace bp
- 23 Makin’ Some Noise 📚 jw
- 24 Don’t Come Around Here 📚 bp 🔁
- 25 Walls bp
- 26 Don’t Do Me Like That la 🔁
- 27 Honey Bee jw
- 28 Learning to Fly bp 🔁
- 29 Handle With Care 📚 bp jw la 🔁
- 30 Mary Jane’s Last Dance bp 🔁
- 31 Built to Last 🔺 bp
- 32 Have Love Will Travel 📚 bp jw
- 33 Even the Losers 📚 🔺 bp
- 34 A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) 📚 🔺 bp
- 35 Two Gunslingers bp
- 36 Crawling Back to You bp
- 37 Wildflowers 📚 la 🔁
- 38 Room at the Top la
- 39 Cabin Down Below 📚 bp
- 40 Something Big 📚 bp
- 41 Trailer 📚 jw
- 42 End of the Line 📚 bp jw la