I Won't Back Down
Tom Petty (w/Jeff Lynne, 1989)


     Palm muted chords   (or short down strums)
4/4 | d d d d d d d d |
      1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


Intro
| [Em] [D] | [G]   | [Em] [D] | [G]          

Well, I | [Em] ...won't [D] back | [G] down
No, I | [Em] ...won't [D] back | [G] down
You can | [Em] stand me [D] up at the | [C] gates of hell
But I | [Em] ...won't [D] back | [G] down

No, I | [Em] ...stand [D] my | [G] ground
Won't be | [Em] ...turned [D] a- | [G] round
And I | [Em] keep this | [D] world from | [C] draggin' me down
Gonna | [Em] ...stand [D] my | [G] ground
And I | [Em] ...won't [D] back | [G] down (I [C↓] won't [G↓] back)

Chorus
| [C] He- [G]-ey | [D] baby [G]... |
| [C] there ain't no ea- [G] sy way | [D] out (I won't [G] back) |
| [C] He- [G]-ey   | [D] I...  will | [Em] stand [D] my | [G] ground
And I | [Em] won't [D] back | [G] down

Well, I | [Em] know [D] what's | [G] right
And I got | [Em] just [D] one | [G] life
In a | [Em] world that [D] keeps on | [C] pushin' me around
But I | [Em] stand [D] my | [G] ground
And I | [Em] won't [D] back | [G] down (I [C↓] won't [G↓] back)

Chorus
| [C] He- [G]-ey | [D] baby [G]... |
| [C] there ain't no ea- [G] sy way | [D] out (I won't [G] back) |
| [C] He- [G]-ey   | [D] I...  will | [Em] stand [D] my | [G] ground
And I | [Em] won't [D] back | [G] down

Solo
| [Em] [D] | [G]   | [Em] [D] | [G]   |   
| [Em] [D] | [C]   | [Em] [D] | [G]   |   
| [Em] [D] | [G] (I [C↓] won't [G↓] back)      

Chorus
| [C] He- [G]-ey | [D] baby [G]... |
| [C] there ain't no ea- [G] sy way | [D] out (I won't [G] back) |
| [C] He- [G]-ey   | [D] I...  will | [Em] stand [D] my | [G] ground
And I | [Em] won't [D] back | [G] down (I [C↓] won't [G↓] back)

Chorus
| [C] He- [G]-ey | [D] baby [G]... |
| [C] there ain't no ea- [G] sy way | [D] out (I won't [G] back) |
| [C] He- [G]-ey   | [D] I...  will | [Em] stand [D] my | [G] ground
And I | [Em] won't [D] back | [G] down
No I | [Em] won't [D] back | [G↓] down

#Play along with original in this key.

#Last Updated 05/11/20 JJ
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