SONG INFO

I Won’t Back Down

• Thieves Lead Vocals: Jay Wilson
• Release Date: Wednesday, April 5, 1989 (37 years ago)
• Original Key: G major
• Performers: Tom Petty
• Writers:
  • Tom Petty
• Producers:
  • Jeff Lynne
  • Tom Petty
• Record Label:
  • MCA Records

ALBUM INFO

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LYRICS

Well, I won't back down
No I won't back down
You could stand me up at the gates of Hell
But I won't back down

No I'll stand my ground
Won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
Gonna stand my ground
And I won't back down

Hey baby
There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down)
Hey I will stand my ground
And I won't back down

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

Hey baby
There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down)
Hey I will stand my ground (I won't back down)
And I won't back down

Hey baby
There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down)
Hey I won't back down

Hey baby
There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down)
Hey I will stand my ground (I won't back down)
And I won't back down (I won't back down)
No I won't back down


Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Petty Thomas Earl / Lynne Jeffrey
I Won't Back Down lyrics © Emi April Music Inc., Gone Gator Music

CHORDS

Em    D    G          Em    D    G 
Well I won't back down, 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  

      Em    D  G                Em     D   G 
Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around 
         Em        D          C             
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down 
      Em    D  G            Em    D    G  
Gonna stand my ground and I won't back down   

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

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

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

LINKS

SETLIST

1. 1 Breakdown bp 🔁
2. 2 Honey Bee jw
3. 3 American Girl 🔺 bp 🔁
4. 4 Don’t Do Me Like That la 🔁
5. 5 Listen to Her Heart bp 🔁
6. 6 You Wreck Me jw 🔁
7. 7 Here Comes My Girl 📚 🔺 bp
8. 8 Have Love Will Travel 📚 bp jw
9. 9 Cabin Down Below 📚 bp
10. 10 Yer So Bad bp 🔁
11. 11 Into the Great Wide Open bp 🔁
12. 12 You Don’t Know How It Feels la 🔁
13. 13 Saving Grace bp
14. 14 Learning to Fly bp 🔁
15. 15 Runnin’ Down a Dream bp 🔁
16. 16 Room at the Top la
17. 17 The Waiting 🔺 bp 🔁
18. 18 Makin’ Some Noise 📚 jw
19. 19 I Should Have Known It 📚 bp
20. 20 Handle With Care 📚 bp jw la 🔁
21. — Lisa joins 21 Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around 📚 bp
22. 22 Insider bp ❌ * Mostly acoustic / with Lisa
23. ** ACOUSTIC SET ** 23 A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) 📚 🔺 bp (acoustic – light band)
24. 24 Crawling Back to You bp
25. 25 Wildflowers 📚 la 🔁
26. band returns in pieces during: 26 Free Fallin’ 📚 🔺 bp 🔁
27. 27 I Won’t Back Down jw 🔁
28. 28 Walls bp
29. 29 Don’t Come Around Here 📚 bp 🔁
30. 30 Change of Heart 🔺 bp
31. 31 It’s Good to Be King la
32. 32 Mary Jane’s Last Dance bp 🔁
33. 33 End of the Line 📚 bp jw la
34. 34 Love Is a Long Road 📚 🔺 bp
35. 35 Built to Last 🔺 bp
36. 36 Trailer 📚 jw
37. 37 Rebels bp
38. 38 Refugee 🔺 bp 🔁
39. 39 Something In the Air 📚 🔺 jw
40. 40 I Need to Know 📚 🔺 bp
41. 41 Time to Move On bp
42. 42 A Higher Place 📚 jw
43. 43 King’s Highway la ❌
44. 44 You Got Lucky bp