SONG INFO

I Need to Know

• Thieves Lead Vocals: Brandon Pfeiffer
• Release Date: Thursday, June 1, 1978 (48 years ago)
• Original Key: A major
• Trivia:
  • first single from their second album You’re Gonna Get It!
  • Stevie Nicks (of Fleetwood Mac) has been performing “I Need to Know” live in her solo concerts since 1981
  • Poison recorded a cover of the song for their 2007 album Poison’d!.
  • This song is part of the soundtrack in Rock Band 3 video game
• Performers: Tom Petty
• Writers:
  • Tom Petty
• Producers:
  • Denny Cordell
  • Noah Shark
  • Tom Petty
• Record Label:
  • Shelter Records
• Recording Studio:
  • Shelter Studios (Hollywood, CA)

ALBUM INFO

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LYRICS

CHORDS

VERSE:
D
Well the talk on the street

                         *RIFF 1, D, RIFF 2
Says you might go solo
                       E --7-7-7--5--7-7-7-|
                       B --9-7-9--7--8-8-7-|
                       G --9-7-9--7--7-7-7-|
                       D --9-7-9--7--9-9-7-|
                       A --7-7-7--5--7-7-7-|
                       E --7-7-7--5--7-7-7-|
D
A good friend of mine
                                  *RIFF 1, D, RIFF 2
Saw you leavin' by your back door

CHORUS:
E
I need to know, (I need to know)
            D
I need to know, (I need to know)
         C
If you think you're gonna leave
          D
Then you better say so
           E
I need to know, (I need to know)
           D
I need to know, (I need to know)
          C
'Cause I don't know how long
D
I can hold on
            C
If you're makin' me wait,
            D
If you're leadin' me on
           RIFF 1, D, RIFF 2
I need to know, (I need to know)
           RIFF 1, D, RIFF 2
I need to know, (I need to know)








VERSE:
D
Who would've thought that
                         *RIFF 1, D, RIFF 2
You'd fall for his line
D
All of a sudden
                      *RIFF 1, D, RIFF 2
It's me on the outside

CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL:  A  E  A  E  B
CHORUS:
E
I need to know, (I need to know)
            D
I need to know, (I need to know)
         C
If you think you're gonna leave
          D
Then you better say so
           E
I need to know, (I need to know)
           D
I need to know, (I need to know)
          C
'Cause I don't know how long
D
I can hold on
            C
If you're makin' me wait,
            D
If you're leadin' me on
           *RIFF 1, D, RIFF 2
I need to know, (I need to know)
           *RIFF 1, D, RIFF 2
I need to know, (I need to know)
   *RIFF 1, D, RIFF 2
I need to know

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