Chords for How to Play "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty on Guitar

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What's up guys, it's Thomas from the band Radius and we are not backing down.
I won't back down.
Man, this song is [E] awesome.
Three chords, okay.
We're doing E minor, _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ really just power chords, _ but E _ minor, [A] _ [D] _ _ D, _ [Bb]
and [G] G.
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[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [E] I'm just doing power chords, 7-9-9, _ [D] then 5-7-7, [G] and now I'm going to low string, _ 3-5-5, 1-G.
_ _ _ [Ab] [E] Okay, so, _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _
and this happens through the [E] whole verse.
_ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [E] Okay, so what I'm doing, I'm doing four of them on E, 1-2-3-4, _ then I slide down two
frets to the D and I'm going to hit it three [D] times, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and then [G] on the fourth time I'm going
to slide quick to G, and then I play that for a full measure eight times.
[E] So _ _ what [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
I kind of do is jump on the [E] G, so E, _ _ [D] D, _ [G] _ G.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ I won't back [G] _
down.
_ _ [E] No, I _ [D]
won't [Gm] back _ down. _ _
_ [E] Just don't let [D] me up.
[Gm] _
_ [C] Okay, so then right here he doesn't go to G, he just goes to C.
_ So you're going to keep
it [D] all [E] here. _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ And you're not going to jump [C] the C like we were jumping the [E] G, you're just going to do
it four [D] times each.
_ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ And _ [D] _ _ he climbs up on the eighth [C] time.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] He up at [C] the gates of hell, [D] [E] and I _
_ [D] won't [E] back [Gm] down.
Jump, _ back to that riff.
[G] _ [Dbm] And I _
_ [D] _ won't [G] back down.
Okay, so let's go through that again, that's just the verse.
[E] So, the E, _ [D] _
D, [E] _ [Gm] _ _ jump to that G, okay?
[Em] We're going to repeat it.
_ [A] _ [Dm] _ _
[E] _ [Gm] _ _ Okay, this time we're going to go to the [E] C, but don't jump it.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Hit the D, [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] back, [G] jump to the G. _ _ _ _
[E] I _ _ [D] won't [Em] back [G] down.
And then he does this right before the chorus.
He's on G, so he's going, _ one, two, three, [C] four.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ Okay, [G] so he's on the G, _ _ _ then he goes up to the C, which is the same [C] formation, _ _ just three,
five, five on the A string. _ _
Then [G] he goes back to the [C] G, and then back to the C.
[G] So he's like, _ _ I won't [C] back down.
_ _ Okay, so it's going to take a little practice, [G] but _ _ _ I won't [E] back [C] _ _
down.
_ _ [G] I'll [D] be _ brave and _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ loose.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
_ Okay, so the chorus is [C] _
C, _ _ _ _ [G] [D] G, _ D, _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ G, [C] _ C.
And we're just going to keep repeating that.
[G] G, [D] _ E, _ _ _ _ [Em] _ G, _
[C] C, _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
G, [D] D, _ okay? _
[C] _ _ So the C is three, five, five _ on the A [G] string.
The G is three, five, five, but on the low E.
And [D] then the D is three, five, five on the A string. _ _
So you just need to know [C] D, [G] C, _ G.
[C] And basically he's going from _ _ C, [G] and _ it's easier to look on the guitar where you're like,
oh, okay, he's going here, and then he goes back to G, and then here, [Dm] back to G, and here.
[E] So, I won't [C] back, C, _ _ _ [Dm] G.
And [C] you're going to jump on that D, so C. _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [G] Jump, [C] jump. _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ And then he's just going to stay on the D this last time, _ _ _ _ and slide up to the main [E] riff. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
And jump right there on the G.
[E] _ _ [A] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ And that's basically the whole song.
I do want to teach you the cool guitar part at the very beginning. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ So remember that.
_ [Bb] _ Believe that's gone.
_ [B] _
_ _ _ _ He's up on the tenth fret of the B string.
He's going to slide up to the twelfth fret.
Give it a little vibrato. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ And here [A] we [B] go. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Oh, man.
_ _ _ That's it. _
_ _ _ _ So sweet. _
_ It's _ _ _ like butter.
_ _ And what he's doing is on the [Gm] and of three.
One, two, three. _ _ _ _ _ _
He's on the twelfth fret [B] where we started. _
Two, three, four, [Gm] one. _
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_ Okay?
_ [A] And he's sliding down to the tenth fret, [Bb] _ _ _ _ and then he's [G] hitting _ [A] eighth fret twice.
And [E] it's just a _ G _ [Gm] riff.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ And that is it.
So, man, practice your bar chords, because this is a bar chord song.
And I guess you could do it all open once.
It would be pretty tough to change, but _ [D] if _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] you want to do open, [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ I guess it works.
[Em] You _ _
[D] _ _ have [C] to see this [Em] time.
And I _ [D] walk [G] back down.
_ _ And [Em] then let's just do the chorus.
[D] _ _ _ [G] Walk back down.
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] Baby, _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ baby, baby.
[G] Baby, [D] baby, _ _ _ baby.
[G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] Baby, baby, _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] baby.
Just a lot of chord changes doing that.
So I think [D] bar chords [E] are a little easier.
But do what you [Dm] like.
It's just music.
There are no rules.
_ All right, guys.
We'll see you later, and _ we'll walk back down.
[E] _
_ _ _ [D] _ Peace.
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