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]