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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN by TOM PETTY from the album of same name ================================================================= The intro and first few bars of the verse seem to be the following: Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 e|---0---------------------------------------------------| b|---0---------------------------------------------------| The chord names are probably a bit g|---0---------------------------------------------------| dodgy but - hey. If you play this d|---2----1---0---2--------------------------------------| on an acoustic 12 string (like TP's a|---2----2---2---4--------------------------------------| nice Martin one ...) it sounds ok. e|---0----0---0---0--------------------------------------| [Verse] Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 Eddie waited till he finished high school Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo Am Am/G Am/F# Am/G He met a girl out there with a tattoo too G F C G C G The future was wide open. Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 They moved into a place they both could afford Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 He found a nightclub he could work at the door Am Am/G Am/F# Am/G She had a guitar and she taught him some chords G F C G C G G C G D The sky was the limit. [Chorus] G C D(sus4) G Em D Am Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue G C D(sus4) G F Em A Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue. G C G G C G [Solo] Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 [Verse] Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 The papers said Ed always played from the heart Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 He got an agent and a roadie named Bart Am Am/G Am/F# Am/G They made a record and it went in the charts G F C G C G The sky was the limit. Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 His leather jacket had chains that would jingle Em EmMaj7 Em7 Em6 They both met movie stars, partied and mingled. Am/F# Am/G Am Am/C Their A&R man said "I don't hear a single." G F C G C G G C G D The future was wide open. [Chorus] G C D(sus4) G Em D Am Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue G C D(sus4) G F Em A Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue. G C D(sus4) G Em D Am Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue G C D(sus4) G F Em A Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue. [Ending] G C G G C G