The intro and first few bars of the verse:
 
   Em  EmMaj7 Em7  Em6
e|-0--------------------|
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
[Strophe]
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
[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
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
[Instrumentale]
G C G   G C G
[Solo]
Em   EmMaj7   Em7   Em6   x2
[Strophe]
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.
[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
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