Into The Great Wide Open Chords
by Tom Petty
Into The Great Wide Open by Tom Petty is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Em7, Em6, Am, C/G, Am/F#, G, Fadd9, C, D, Dsus4 and Asus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em Em Em7 Em6
e---0---0---0---------
b---0----0---0---0---- The chord names are probably a bit
g---0----0---0---0---- dodgy but - hey. If you play this
d---2----1---0---2---- on an acoustic 12 string (like TP's
a---2----2---2---4---- nice Martin one ...) it sounds ok.
e---0----0---0---0----
Em Em Em7 Em6
Eddie waited till he finished high school
Em Em Em7 Em6
He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
Am C/G Am/F# C/G
He met a girl out there with a tattoo too
G Fadd9 C G C G
The future was wide open.
Em Em Em7 Em6
They moved into a place they both could afford
Em Em Em7 Em6
He found a nightclub he could work at the door
Am C/G Am/F# C/G
She had a guitar and she taught him some chords
G Fadd9 C G C G G C G D
The sky was the limit.
G C Dsus4 G Em D Am
Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue
G C Dsus4 G Fadd9 Em Asus2 G C G C G
Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue.
SOLO (bh= bend half step, bw= bend whole step, s= slide, v=vibrato, pb= pre-bend)
e----------12---------------------------------12--------------------
b-------12-----15s17vv----15pbwr---12---15bw-------10h12vv----------
g-14bh--------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------------
a-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
|let ring..|
e---------------------0---------------------------------------------
b--3h5vv-----------3------------------------------------------------
g------------2s4-------------4s2po-0-----2vv-po-0-------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------2-------------
a-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
The papers said Ed always played from the heart
He got an agent and a roadie named Bart
They made a record and it went in the charts
The sky was the limit.
His leather jacket had chains that would jingle
They both met movie stars, partied and mingled.
Their A&R man said "I don't hear a single."
The future was wide open.
Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue.
Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue.
final flourish: G C G G C G.
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