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#  C#2   Abm7* Ebsus4    
E|--2---1(0)---4-----4(3)-|
B|--2---4(3)---4-----4(3)-|
G|--3---1(0)---4-----3(2)-|
D|--4---3(2)---5-----1(0)-| 
A|--4---4(3)---5-----X----|
E|--2---X------4-----X----| 

PreChorus:               Chorus:
   Bmaj7  Ebm   C#          F#2  B 
E|--2-- --2(1)--1(0)--|  E|--6---7--|
B|--4-- --4(3)--2(1)--|  B|--9---7--|
G|--3-- --3(2)--1(0)--|  G|--6---8--|
D|--4-- --1(0)--3(2)--|  D|--8---9--|
A|--2-- --X-----4(3)--|  A|--9---9--|
E|--X-- --X-----X-----|  E|--X---7--|

Other Chords:
  F#sus2 F#5  C#5/F  F#sus2/F F#5/Eb
E|---9----X---X(X)----9(8)------X--|
B|---9----X---X(X)----9(8)------X--|
G|--11----X---6(5)---11(10)----11--|
D|--11----4---6(5)---11(10)----11--|
A|---9----4---4(3)----9(8)------9--|
E|---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#m and sounds |
|close enough, but if your determined to play it right,|
|here's the form:                                      |
|E|--4--   --7--                                       |
|B|--7--   --7--                                       |
|G|--4-- or--8--                                       |
|D|--4--   --6--                                       |
|A|--6--   --0--                                       |
|E|--4--___--X--_______________________________________|


[Verse]
F#                  C#2
   You woke the morning up
                 Abm7
running off the darkest night
                       Ebsus4
the longest fight i’ve seen

F#                   C#2
   Here goes a chance i know
              Abm7
cashing in on all my chips
                  Ebsus4
let all my ships come fly


[Pre-Chorus]
      Bmaj7               Ebm             C#2
these days, a little bit longer that the last
                Bmaj7               Ebm              C#2
and all of your ways, a little bit stronger than the past
         Bmaj7            Ebm          C#2
and your light, found my bottle in the night
    Ebm             C#       Ebm             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          B
I won’t turn around and around
      F#2        C#2
and I won’t back down
          B
doesn’t matter what comes crashing down
    Ebm                   C#2
I’m still gonna stand my solid ground


[Pre-verse chords]
F#sus2    F#    F#sus2     F#5

[Verse]
F#                        C#2
   you found me once and for all
                       Abm7 
i laid it down in the sinking ground
               Ebsus4
the hopeless undertow

F#                      C#2
   singing out the gentle sound
                     Abm7
rattling through my smoking screens
                    Ebsus4
my broken dreams last night


[Repeat Pre-Chorus]
[Repeat Chorus]


[Bridge/Outro]
         C#5/F      F#       
I sing Hallelujah, rip through my veins
  F#sus2/F
I heard the hammer drop
  F#5/Eb
my blood in the rain
  C#5/F      F#       
Hallelujah, came like a train
  F#sus2/F
when all is lost
  F#5/Eb  
all is left to gain


[Repeat Chorus till end]
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