I Won't Back Down Chords

KeyC#m CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays423

I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty 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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