Into the Great Wide Open

Into the Great Wide Open

Em • Eddie waited / They moved / The papers / His leather

SONG INFO

Into the Great Wide Open

  • Thieves Lead Vocals: Brandon Pfeiffer
  • Release Date: Tuesday, July 2, 1991 (35 years ago)
  • Original Key: A major
  • Notes: Em • Eddie waited / They moved / The papers / His leather
  • Performers: Tom Petty
  • Writers:
    • Jeff Lynne
    • Tom Petty
  • Producers:
    • Jeff Lynne
    • Tom Petty
  • Record Label:
    • MCA Records
  • Recording Studio:
    • Rumbo Recorders

ALBUM INFO

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LYRICS


Eddie waited ’til he finished high school
He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
He met a girl out there with a tattoo too
The future was wide open

They moved into a place they both could afford
He found a nightclub, he could work at the door
She had a guitar and she taught him some chords
The sky was the limit

Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue

The papers said Ed always played from the heart
He got an agent and a roadie named Bart
They made a record, and it went in the charts
The sky was the limit

His leather jacket had chains that would jingle
They both met movie stars, partied and mingled
Their A&R man said, “I don’t hear a single”
The future was wide open

Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue

Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Into the great wide open
A rebel without a clue

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Tom Petty / Jeff Lynne
Into the Great Wide Open lyrics © Emi April Music Inc., Gone Gator Music

CHORDS


Em    Emaj7          Em7           Em6
Eddie waited till he finished high school
Em         Emaj7      Em7      Em6
He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
Am       Am/G               Am/F#       C/G
He met a girl out there with a tattoo too
    G          Fadd9 C       G C G
The future was wide open.

Em         Emaj7            Em7        Em6
They moved into a place they both could afford
Em         Emaj7              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 C G (D)
The sky was the limit.

G        C          Dsus4    G          Em       D     Am
Into the great wide open,    under them skies of blue
G          C          Dsus4     G         F     Em     A
Out in the great wide open,    a rebel without a clue.

Guitarsolo: (I´m working on it)
Em         Emaj7               Em7        Em6
Em         Emaj7               Em7        Em6

The papers said Ed always played from the heart
He got an agent and a roadie named Bart
They made a record and it went in the charts
The sky was the limit.

His leather jacket had chains that would jingle
They both met movie stars, partied and mingled.
Their A&R man said "I don't hear a single."
The future was wide open.

Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue.

Into the great wide open,  under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue.