Dont Back Down Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays441

Dont Back Down by Bruce Springsteen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, F# and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			B 
WHEN THE NIGHT WIND RUSTLES FAR AWAY 
        F#                                B 
ROLLING DOWN THE CONNA VALLEY THROUGH THE COTTONWOOD TREES 

AND THE RIVER IS RISEN WITH LAST YEAR'S RAIN 
  F#                          B 
I AWAKE IN THE DARKNESS AND I CALL YOUR NAME 

           E 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           F# 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN 

B 
I LIE AWAKE AND I KNOW SLEEP WON'T COME SOON 
               F#                                           B 
SO I WATCH THE HEADLIGHTS CRAWL UP AND DOWN THE WALL OF THE LONESOME ROOM 

I THINK OF THAT CLUB BY THE RIVER WE DANCED ON AND ON 
          F#                                      B 
SWORE OUR LOVE WOULD LAST FOREVER AND YOU LAUGHED ON AND ON 

           E 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           F# 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN    

     E                                          B 
YEAH I WANNA WEEP BUT I'M BROKEN INSIDE AND THE TEARS WON'T RUN 
                                                             F# 
I WANT TO SLEEP BUT THERE AIN'T NO DREAM AND THE SLEEP WON'T COME 

B         B   E   B   E    B    F#   B 
WHOA 

B 
LAST NIGHT I STOOD ON BLACK MOUNTAIN AND LOOKED OUT TO THE SEA 
          E                                  B 
WHERE THE WATERS OF MYSTERY RIVER GO RUSHING ENDLESSLY 
B     E                                  B 
DON'T THROW AWAY THE LOVE WE KEPT FOR SO LONG, LONG, LONG 
        F#                                 B 
WHEN WE COME BACK LOOKING DARLING IT'LL BE GONE, GONE, GONE 

           E 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           F# 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN   

                E 
BABY DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 

DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           F# 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN   

                E 
BABY DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           F# 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN 
    	

Chord diagrams

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