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 Learning to Fly bp 🔁
2. 2 American Girl 🔺 bp 🔁
3. 3 A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) 📚 🔺 bp Am G F G / Am G C D
4. 4 I Won’t Back Down jw 🔁
5. 5 Refugee 🔺 bp 🔁
6. 6 The Waiting 🔺 bp 🔁
7. 7 Even the Losers 📚 🔺 bp C G F G / Bb
8. 8 Walls bp
9. 9 It’s Good to Be King la
10. 10 Love Is a Long Road 📚 🔺 bp
11. 11 End of the Line 📚 bp jw la
12. 12 Yer So Bad bp 🔁
13. * SHORT BREAK * invite Willa & Molly 13 Free Fallin’ 📚 🔺 bp 🔁 * straight into…
14. * Drums start 14 Here Comes My Girl 📚 🔺 bp * end on E / straight into…
15. 15 Listen to Her Heart bp 🔁
16. 16 Cabin Down Below 📚 bp
17. 17 Into the Great Wide Open bp 🔁
18. 18 Wildflowers 📚 la 🔁
19. 19 Makin’ Some Noise 📚 jw
20. 20 Don’t Do Me Like That la 🔁
21. 21 Change of Heart 🔺 bp
22. 22 Handle With Care 📚 bp jw la 🔁
23. 23 You Wreck Me jw 🔁
24. 24 You Got Lucky bp
25. * SHORT BREAK * BP starts/solo 25 Time to Move On bp * straight into…
26. 26 Runnin’ Down a Dream bp 🔁
27. 27 Don’t Come Around Here 📚 bp 🔁 * straight into…
28. 28 You Don’t Know How It Feels la 🔁
29. 29 Breakdown bp 🔁
30. 30 Something In the Air 📚 🔺 jw * 👆 optional
31. 31 Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around 📚 bp
32. 32 I Should Have Known It 📚 bp
33. 33 The Last DJ 📚 bp * 👆 optional
34. 34 Saving Grace bp
35. 35 Honey Bee jw
36. 36 Mary Jane’s Last Dance bp 🔁