Rebels Chords
by Tom Petty
Rebels by Tom Petty is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C G Am F
C Am
Honey don't walk out I`m too drunk to follow
C Am
You know you won't feel this way tomorrow
F G
Well - maybe I'm a little rough around the edges
F G
Inside a little hollow
F G
I get faced with somethings sometimes
F G Am
That are so hard to swallow - Hey !
Chorus:
C
I was born a rebel
Am C
Down in Dixie on a Sunday morning
F G
Yeah - with one foot in the grave
F G
And one foot on the pedal
Am
I was born a rebel.
Well she picked me up in the morning
And she payed out my ticket
Yeah she screamed in the car
And threw me out in the thicket
Well - I never would've dreamed
That her heart was so wicked
Oh - but I keep coming back
'Cos it's so hard to kick it.
(Chorus)
Even before my father's fathers
They called us all rebels
Burned our cornfields
And left our cities level
I can still see the eyes
Of those blue bellied devils
When I'm walking round tonight
Through the concrete and metal.
I can post chords for stacks more Tom Petty if anyones interested -
most of them though (including this !) are normally fairly simple
to get the general feel.
Shaun.