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Into the Great Wide Open

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Version
studio
published by
nastya
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
The intro and first few bars of the verse:

Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6

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B|-0--------------------|

G|-0--------------------|

D|-2-----1-----0----2---|

A|-2-----2-----2----4---|

E|-0-----0-----0----0---|

[Intro]
Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 x2
[Verse]
Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6
Eddie waited till he finished high school
Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6
He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/G
He met a girl out there with a tattoo too
G F C G C G
The future was wide open
[Verse]
Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6
They moved into a place they both could afford
Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6
He found a nightclub he could work at the door
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/G
She had a guitar and she taught him some chords
G F C G C G G C G D
The sky was the limit
[Chorus]
G C D(sus4) G Em D Am
Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue
G C D(sus4) G F Em A
Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue
[Instrumental]
G C G G C G
[Solo]
Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 x2
[Verse]
Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6
The papers said Ed always played from the heart
Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6
He got an agent and a roadie named Bart
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/G
They made a record and it went in the charts
G F C G C G
The sky was the limit.
[Verse]
Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6
His leather jacket had chains that would jingle
Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6
They both met movie stars, partied and mingled
Am/F# Am/G Am Am/C
Their A&R man said "I don't hear a single."
G F C G C G G C G D
The future was wide open
[Chorus]
G C D(sus4) G Em D Am
Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue
G C D(sus4) G F Em A
Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue
G C D(sus4) G Em D Am
Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue
G C D(sus4) G F Em A
Into the great wide open, a rebel without a clue
[Outro]
G C G G C G