I Wont Back Down Tab
by Tom Petty43,051 views, added to favorites 156 times
Key: | G |
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Capo: | no capo |
Author Unregistered. Last edit on Feb 11, 2014
(Moderately fast)
Intro
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ....
E |----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------| (x2)
D |9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A |7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |--------------3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
P.M.----------------------------- (i.e. palm muting)
Verse
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A |7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |--------------3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
P.M.-----------------------------------------------------------------
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A |7-7-7-7-5-5-5-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |----------------|----------------|--------------3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
P.M.-----------------------------------------------------------------
Play through the above 8 bars twice then..
Chorus
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|--------5-----5-|--5-5-5-5-----7-|--7-7-7-7-----5-|
D |9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|--5-5-5-5-5---7-|--7-7-7-7-5---5-|
A |7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-3-5---3-|--3-3-3-3-5---5-|--5-5-5-5-5---3-|
E |--------------3-|3-3-3-3---3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|
P.M.------------------| ^ ^ ^
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |--5-5-5-5-----7-|--7-7-7-7-----5-|--5-5-5-5-----7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D |--5-5-5-5-5---7-|--7-7-7-7-5---5-|--5-5-5-5-5---7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A |--3-3-3-3-5---5-|--5-5-5-5-5---3-|--3-3-3-3-5---5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------------|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A |7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |--------------3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
P.M.-----------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus 2 (the repeated one just before the Outro)
This is basically just the first 8 bars of the chorus repeated twice.
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|--------5-----5-|--5-5-5-5-----7-|--7-7-7-7-----5-|
D |9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|--5-5-5-5-5---7-|--7-7-7-7-5---5-|
A |7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-3-5---3-|--3-3-3-3-5---5-|--5-5-5-5-5---3-|
E |--------------3-|3-3-3-3---3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|
P.M.------------------| ^ ^ ^
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |--5-5-5-5-----7-|--7-7-7-7-----5-|--5-5-5-5-----7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D |--5-5-5-5-5---7-|--7-7-7-7-5---5-|--5-5-5-5-5---7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A |--3-3-3-3-5---5-|--5-5-5-5-5---3-|--3-3-3-3-5---5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------------|
Play the above 8 bars through twice.
Outro
Play the intro riff then..
E |----------------|
B |----------------|
G |----------------|
D |9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|
A |7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
E |--------------3-|
P.M.----------|^ (let ring)
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2 comments

Thank you! This is a great tab :)
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you done better than the other people they done something weird in the e,b,g and d strings
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