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Won't Back Down chords by Mat Kearney

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:
   Chord diagramF#F#  C#2   G#m7* Chord diagramD#sus4D#sus4
Chord diagramE MajorE|--2---1(0)---4-----4(3)-|
Chord diagramBB|--2---4(3)---4-----4(3)-|
Chord diagramG+G|--3---1(0)---4-----3(2)-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--4---3(2)---5-----1(0)-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--4---4(3)---5-----X----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--2---X------4-----X----|

PreChorus:               Chorus:
   Chord diagramBMaj7Bmaj7  Chord diagramD#mD#m   Chord diagramC#C#          F#2  Chord diagramBB
Chord diagramE MajorE|--2-- --2(1)--1(0)--|  Chord diagramE MajorE|--6---7--|
Chord diagramBB|--4-- --4(3)--2(1)--|  Chord diagramBB|--9---7--|
Chord diagramG+G|--3-- --3(2)--1(0)--|  Chord diagramG+G|--6---8--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--4-- --1(0)--3(2)--|  Chord diagramD MajorD|--8---9--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2-- --X-----4(3)--|  Chord diagramA augmentedA|--9---9--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--X-- --X-----X-----|  Chord diagramE MajorE|--X---7--|

Other Chords:
  Chord diagramF#sus2F#sus2 Chord diagramF#5F#5  C#5/F  F#sus2/F F#5/D#
Chord diagramE MajorE|---9----X---X(X)----9(8)------X--|
Chord diagramBB|---9----X---X(X)----9(8)------X--|
Chord diagramG+G|--11----X---6(5)---11(10)----11--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--11----4---6(5)---11(10)----11--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---9----4---4(3)----9(8)------9--|
Chord diagramE 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 Chord diagramG# minorG#m and sounds |
|close enough, but if your determined to play it right,|
|here's the form:                                      |
|Chord diagramE MajorE|--4--   --7--                                       |
|Chord diagramBB|--7--   --7--                                       |
|Chord diagramG+G|--4-- or--8--                                       |
|Chord diagramD MajorD|--4--   --6--                                       |
|Chord diagramA augmentedA|--6--   --0--                                       |
|Chord diagramE MajorE|--4--___--X--_______________________________________|

[Verse]
Chord diagramF#F#                  C#2
   You woke the morning up
                 Chord diagramG#m7G#m7
running off the darkest night
                       Chord diagramD#sus4D#sus4
the longest fight i've seen

Chord diagramF#F#                   C#2
   Here goes a chance i know
              Chord diagramG#m7G#m7
cashing in on all my chips
                  Chord diagramD#sus4D#sus4
let all my ships come fly

[Pre-Chorus]
      Chord diagramBMaj7Bmaj7               Chord diagramD#mD#m             C#2
these days, a little bit longer that the last
                Chord diagramBMaj7Bmaj7               Chord diagramD#mD#m              C#2
and all of your ways, a little bit stronger than the past
         Chord diagramBMaj7Bmaj7            Chord diagramD#mD#m          C#2
and your light, found my bottle in the night
    Chord diagramD#mD#m             Chord diagramC#C#       Chord diagramD#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          Chord diagramBB
I won't turn around and around
      F#2        C#2
and I won't back down
          Chord diagramBB
doesn't matter what comes crashing down
    Chord diagramD#mD#m                   C#2
I'm still gonna stand my solid ground

[Pre-verse chords]
Chord diagramF#sus2F#sus2    Chord diagramF#F#    Chord diagramF#sus2F#sus2     Chord diagramF#5F#5

[Verse]
Chord diagramF#F#                        C#2
   you found me once and for all
                       Chord diagramG#m7G#m7
i laid it down in the sinking ground
               Chord diagramD#sus4D#sus4
the hopeless undertow

Chord diagramF#F#                      C#2
   singing out the gentle sound
                     Chord diagramG#m7G#m7
rattling through my smoking screens
                    Chord diagramD#sus4D#sus4
my broken dreams last night

[Repeat Pre-Chorus]
[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge/Outro]
         C#5/F      Chord diagramF#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      Chord diagramF#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]

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