I Won't Back Down Chords

KeyC#m CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays407

I Won't Back Down by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#m. It uses the chords C#m, B, E and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

  			  
     C#m   B    E          C#m   B    E 
Well I won't back down, no I won't back down 
        C#m      B         A               
You can stand me up at the gates of hell 
       C#m  B    E 
But I won't back down  
 
 
 
      C#m   B  E                C#m  B   E        
Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around 
         C#m       B          A             
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down 
        C#m B  E            C#m   B    E     A E 
Gonna stand my ground and I won't back down      
 
 
A E B   E A                  E     B    E 
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out 
A E B      C#m   B  E            C#m   B    E   
hey I will stand my ground and I won't back down   
 
 
Well I know what's right I got just one life 
In a world that keep on pushin' me around   
But I'll stand my ground and I won't back down 
 
 
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out 
Hey I will stand my ground and I won't back down  
And I won't back down 
No I wont't back down

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