SONG INFO

Don’t Do Me Like That

• Thieves Lead Vocals: Lucas Allen
• Release Date: Monday, November 5, 1979 (46 years ago)
• Original Key: D major
• Notes: G F C D / Ch: G F Em C D / Br: G7 C7 / Cm D
• Trivia:
  • The Fort Worth Star Telegram rated it to be the 4th best single of 1979
  • Petty strongly considered giving the song to The J. Geils Band because he thought it had their sound
  • the band’s only Top 10 hit!
  • Petty wrote the song and recorded a demo version with his previous band Mudcrutch in 1974
• Performers: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Writers:
  • Tom Petty
• Producers:
  • Jimmy Iovine
• Record Label:
  • Backstreet Records

ALBUM INFO

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LYRICS

CHORDS

[Intro]
G Fmaj9 C D G Fmaj9 C D
 
[Verse]
 G
I was talkin' with a friend of mine,
Fmaj9
Said a woman had hurt his pride. 
C
Told him that she loved him so,
    D
And turned around and let him go.
G
Then he said, "You better watch your step
Fmaj9
Or you're gonna get hurt yourself.
C
Someone's gonna tell you lies, 
D
Cut you down to size."
 
[Chorus]
          G                      Fmaj9
        Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that.
 
Em                         C           D
What if I loved you, baby? Don't do me like that.
 
G                      Fmaj9
Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that.
 
Em
Someday I might need you, baby.
 
C           D
Don't do me like that.
 
[Verse]
         G
         Listen, honey, can you see? 
Fmaj9
Baby, it would bury me
C
If you were in the public eye
D
Givin' someone else a try.
G
And you know you better watch your step
Fmaj9
Or you're gonna get hurt yourself.
C
Someone's gonna tell you lies,
D
Cut you down to size.
 
[Chorus]
          G                      Fmaj9
          Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that.
 
Em                          C           D
What if I love you baby? Don't, don't, don't don't! 
G                      Fmaj9
Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that.
Em                               C           D
What if I need you baby? Don't do me like that.
 
[Bridge]
                G7
         Cause somewhere deep down inside, 
C7                       G7                C7
Someone is sayin', "Love doesn't last that long."
G7
I got this feelin' inside,
C7
Night and day . 
Cm                            D
And now I can't take it no more.
 
[Verse]
         G
         Listen, honey, can you see? 
Fmaj9
Baby, it would bury me
C
If you were in the public eye
D
Givin' someone else a try.
G
And you know you better watch your step
Fmaj9
Or you're gonna get hurt yourself.
C
Someone's gonna tell you lies,
D
Cut you down to size.
 
[Chorus]
          G                      Fmaj9
          Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that.
Em                          C           D
What if I loved you baby? Don't, don't, don't don't! 
G                      Fmaj9
Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that.
Em                               C           D
I just might need you, honey. Don't do me like that.
G                      Fmaj9
Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that.
Em                C              D
Baby, baby, baby, don't, don't, don't, don't!
G                      Fmaj9
Don't do me like that. Don't do me like that.
Em                C              D
Baby, baby, baby...
 
(Fade out)

LINKS

SETLIST

1. 1 Breakdown bp 🔁
2. 2 Honey Bee jw
3. 3 American Girl 🔺 bp 🔁
4. 4 Don’t Do Me Like That la 🔁
5. 5 Listen to Her Heart bp 🔁
6. 6 You Wreck Me jw 🔁
7. 7 Here Comes My Girl 📚 🔺 bp
8. 8 Have Love Will Travel 📚 bp jw
9. 9 Cabin Down Below 📚 bp
10. 10 Yer So Bad bp 🔁
11. 11 Into the Great Wide Open bp 🔁
12. 12 You Don’t Know How It Feels la 🔁
13. 13 Saving Grace bp
14. 14 Learning to Fly bp 🔁
15. 15 Runnin’ Down a Dream bp 🔁
16. 16 Room at the Top la
17. 17 The Waiting 🔺 bp 🔁
18. 18 Makin’ Some Noise 📚 jw
19. 19 I Should Have Known It 📚 bp
20. 20 Handle With Care 📚 bp jw la 🔁
21. — Lisa joins 21 Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around 📚 bp
22. 22 Insider bp ❌ * Mostly acoustic / with Lisa
23. ** ACOUSTIC SET ** 23 A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) 📚 🔺 bp (acoustic – light band)
24. 24 Crawling Back to You bp
25. 25 Wildflowers 📚 la 🔁
26. band returns in pieces during: 26 Free Fallin’ 📚 🔺 bp 🔁
27. 27 I Won’t Back Down jw 🔁
28. 28 Walls bp
29. 29 Don’t Come Around Here 📚 bp 🔁
30. 30 Change of Heart 🔺 bp
31. 31 It’s Good to Be King la
32. 32 Mary Jane’s Last Dance bp 🔁
33. 33 End of the Line 📚 bp jw la
34. 34 Love Is a Long Road 📚 🔺 bp
35. 35 Built to Last 🔺 bp
36. 36 Trailer 📚 jw
37. 37 Rebels bp
38. 38 Refugee 🔺 bp 🔁
39. 39 Something In the Air 📚 🔺 jw
40. 40 I Need to Know 📚 🔺 bp
41. 41 Time to Move On bp
42. 42 A Higher Place 📚 jw
43. 43 King’s Highway la ❌
44. 44 You Got Lucky bp