Chords with lyrics
Won't Back Down by Mat Kearney
Album: Nothing Left To Lose (2006)
Standard Tuning
(place capo on first fret to make C#2 simpler,
and just ignore the capo for the rest of the chords)
Chords Used:
(if using capo on 1, all 1's = 0's)
Verse:
F#F# C#2 G#m7* D#sus4D#sus4
E MajorE|--2---1(0)---4-----4(3)-|
BB|--2---4(3)---4-----4(3)-|
G+G|--3---1(0)---4-----3(2)-|
D MajorD|--4---3(2)---5-----1(0)-|
A augmentedA|--4---4(3)---5-----X----|
E MajorE|--2---X------4-----X----|
PreChorus: Chorus:
BMaj7Bmaj7 D#mD#m C#C# F#2 BB
E MajorE|--2-- --2(1)--1(0)--| E MajorE|--6---7--|
BB|--4-- --4(3)--2(1)--| BB|--9---7--|
G+G|--3-- --3(2)--1(0)--| G+G|--6---8--|
D MajorD|--4-- --1(0)--3(2)--| D MajorD|--8---9--|
A augmentedA|--2-- --X-----4(3)--| A augmentedA|--9---9--|
E MajorE|--X-- --X-----X-----| E MajorE|--X---7--|
Other Chords:
F#sus2F#sus2 F#5F#5 C#5/F F#sus2/F F#5/D#
E MajorE|---9----X---X(X)----9(8)------X--|
BB|---9----X---X(X)----9(8)------X--|
G+G|--11----X---6(5)---11(10)----11--|
D MajorD|--11----4---6(5)---11(10)----11--|
A augmentedA|---9----4---4(3)----9(8)------9--|
E MajorE|---X----2---1(0)----1(0)-----11--|
________________________________________________________
|***G#m7 doesn't have a very easily playable chord form|
|when it comes to the way this song is played, so |
|if you take off the 7th note it's just G# minorG#m and sounds |
|close enough, but if your determined to play it right,|
|here's the form: |
|E MajorE|--4-- --7-- |
|BB|--7-- --7-- |
|G+G|--4-- or--8-- |
|D MajorD|--4-- --6-- |
|A augmentedA|--6-- --0-- |
|E MajorE|--4--___--X--_______________________________________|
[Verse]
F#F# C#2
You woke the morning up
G#m7G#m7
running off the darkest night
D#sus4D#sus4
the longest fight i've seen
F#F# C#2
Here goes a chance i know
G#m7G#m7
cashing in on all my chips
D#sus4D#sus4
let all my ships come fly
[Pre-Chorus]
BMaj7Bmaj7 D#mD#m C#2
these days, a little bit longer that the last
BMaj7Bmaj7 D#mD#m C#2
and all of your ways, a little bit stronger than the past
BMaj7Bmaj7 D#mD#m C#2
and your light, found my bottle in the night
D#mD#m C#C# D#mD#m C#2
and gave me second life, you kept me in this fight,
[Chorus]
F#2 C#2
and I won't back down
F#2 BB
I won't turn around and around
F#2 C#2
and I won't back down
BB
doesn't matter what comes crashing down
D#mD#m C#2
I'm still gonna stand my solid ground
[Pre-verse chords]
F#sus2F#sus2 F#F# F#sus2F#sus2 F#5F#5
[Verse]
F#F# C#2
you found me once and for all
G#m7G#m7
i laid it down in the sinking ground
D#sus4D#sus4
the hopeless undertow
F#F# C#2
singing out the gentle sound
G#m7G#m7
rattling through my smoking screens
D#sus4D#sus4
my broken dreams last night
[Repeat Pre-Chorus]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Bridge/Outro]
C#5/F F#F#
I sing Hallelujah, rip through my veins
F#sus2/F
I heard the hammer drop
F#5/D#
my blood in the rain
C#5/F F#F#
Hallelujah, came like a train
F#sus2/F
when all is lost
F#5/D#
all is left to gain
[Repeat Chorus till end]