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

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.

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