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Won't Back Down by Mat Kearney
Album: Nothing Left To Lose (2006)
Standard Tuning
(place capo on first fret to make C#2 simpler,
and just ignore the capo for the rest of the chords)
Chords Used:
(if using capo on 1, all 1's = 0's)
Verse:
F# C#2 Abm7* Ebsus4
E|--2---1(0)---4-----4(3)-|
B|--2---4(3)---4-----4(3)-|
G|--3---1(0)---4-----3(2)-|
D|--4---3(2)---5-----1(0)-|
A|--4---4(3)---5-----X----|
E|--2---X------4-----X----|
PreChorus: Chorus:
Bmaj7 Ebm C# F#2 B
E|--2-- --2(1)--1(0)--| E|--6---7--|
B|--4-- --4(3)--2(1)--| B|--9---7--|
G|--3-- --3(2)--1(0)--| G|--6---8--|
D|--4-- --1(0)--3(2)--| D|--8---9--|
A|--2-- --X-----4(3)--| A|--9---9--|
E|--X-- --X-----X-----| E|--X---7--|
Other Chords:
F#sus2 F#5 C#5/F F#sus2/F F#5/Eb
E|---9----X---X(X)----9(8)------X--|
B|---9----X---X(X)----9(8)------X--|
G|--11----X---6(5)---11(10)----11--|
D|--11----4---6(5)---11(10)----11--|
A|---9----4---4(3)----9(8)------9--|
E|---X----2---1(0)----1(0)-----11--|
________________________________________________________
|***G#m7 doesn't have a very easily playable chord form|
|when it comes to the way this song is played, so |
|if you take off the 7th note it's just G#m and sounds |
|close enough, but if your determined to play it right,|
|here's the form: |
|E|--4-- --7-- |
|B|--7-- --7-- |
|G|--4-- or--8-- |
|D|--4-- --6-- |
|A|--6-- --0-- |
|E|--4--___--X--_______________________________________|
[Verse]
F# C#2
You woke the morning up
Abm7
running off the darkest night
Ebsus4
the longest fight i’ve seen
F# C#2
Here goes a chance i know
Abm7
cashing in on all my chips
Ebsus4
let all my ships come fly
[Pre-Chorus]
Bmaj7 Ebm C#2
these days, a little bit longer that the last
Bmaj7 Ebm C#2
and all of your ways, a little bit stronger than the past
Bmaj7 Ebm C#2
and your light, found my bottle in the night
Ebm C# Ebm C#2
and gave me second life, you kept me in this fight,
[Chorus]
F#2 C#2
and I won’t back down
F#2 B
I won’t turn around and around
F#2 C#2
and I won’t back down
B
doesn’t matter what comes crashing down
Ebm C#2
I’m still gonna stand my solid ground
[Pre-verse chords]
F#sus2 F# F#sus2 F#5
[Verse]
F# C#2
you found me once and for all
Abm7
i laid it down in the sinking ground
Ebsus4
the hopeless undertow
F# C#2
singing out the gentle sound
Abm7
rattling through my smoking screens
Ebsus4
my broken dreams last night
[Repeat Pre-Chorus]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Bridge/Outro]
C#5/F F#
I sing Hallelujah, rip through my veins
F#sus2/F
I heard the hammer drop
F#5/Eb
my blood in the rain
C#5/F F#
Hallelujah, came like a train
F#sus2/F
when all is lost
F#5/Eb
all is left to gain
[Repeat Chorus till end]
