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I Won't Back Down - Tutorial

Table of Contents

  1. Song Audio (YouTube)
  2. Song Lyrics and Chords
  3. Hand Claps/Snaps
  4. Keyboard
  5. Bass Tab
  6. Guitar Tab

YouTube Song Audio



Song Form

SONG FORM:

INTRO
| Em / D / | G / / / | Em / D / | G / / / |

VERSE 1 (short)
| Em / D / | G / / / | Em / D / | G / / / |
| Em / D / | C / / / | Em / D / | G / / / |

VERSE 2 (long)
| Em / D / | G / / / | Em / D / | G / / / |
| Em / D / | C / / / | 
| Em / D / | G / / / | Em / D / | G / / / |

CHORUS 1
| C  / / G | D / / G | C / / G | D / / G | 
| C  / / G | D / / / |
| Em / D / | G / / / | Em / D / | G / / / |

VERSE 3 (long)
CHORUS 2

SOLO (= verse long)

CHORUS 3
| C  / / G | D / / G | C / / G | D / / G | 
| C  / / G | D / / / |
| Em / D / | G / / / |

CHORUS 4
| C  / / G | D / / G | C / / G | D / / G | 
| C  / / G | D / / / |
| Em / D / | G / / / | Em / D / | G / / / |
| Em / D / | G ~ ~ ~ |

Song Lyrics and Chords

[Intro]

| Em / D / | G / / / | Em / D / | G / / / |


[Verse 1] (short)

       Em    D    G
Well I won't back down,
      Em    D    G
No, I won't back down,
        Em       D         C
You can stand me up at the gates of hell,
      Em    D    G
But I won't back down


[Verse 2] (long)

      Em    D  G
No, I stand my ground
         Em  D  G
Won't be turned around
      Em        D          C
And I keep this world from draggin' me down
      Em    D  G
Gonna stand my ground
      Em    D    G
And I won't back down


[Chorus 1]

C G  C   G D    G  C                 G      D
     Hey,  baby,    there ain't no easy way out
D G  C   G D       Em    D  G
     Hey,  I, will stand my ground,
      Em    D    G
And I won't back down


[Verse 3] (long)

       Em   D      G
Well I know what's right
          Em   D   G
And I got just one life
     Em         D        C
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
      Em    D  G
But I stand my ground
      Em    D    G
And I won't back down


[Chorus 2]

C G  C   G D    G  C                 G      D
     Hey,  baby,    there ain't no easy way out
D G  C   G D       Em    D  G
     Hey,  I, will stand my ground,
      Em    D    G
And I won't back down


[Solo] (long verse form)

| Em / D / | G / / / | Em / D / | G / / / |
| Em / D / | C / / / | 
| Em / D / | G / / / | Em / D / | G / / / |


[Chorus 3] (shorter than usual)

C G  C   G D    G  C                 G      D
     Hey,  baby,    there ain't no easy way out
D G  C   G D   Em    D    G
     Hey,  I,  won't back down


[Chorus 4] (longer than usual)

C G  C   G D    G  C                 G      D
     Hey,  baby,    there ain't no easy way out
D G  C   G D       Em    D  G
     Hey,  I, will stand my ground
      Em    D    G
and I won't back down
      Em    D    G
No, I won't back down



Keyboards

coming soon

Bass

Bass Tab

Guitar

GUITAR Tab
INTRO
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-/12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------|----------------10\8~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|


SOLO
e|--12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|-10-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----/12~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|------10--------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|--12------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------|
G|-7----9~~~~~~~~~~/12~~~~~~~~~~~---|----------------------------------|
D|----9-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|
B|----3-----------------------------|
G|-/4----0-2p0--4-------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------3----------------|






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