Into The Great Wide Open

Tom Petty/Jeff Lynne

Intro 2x

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Eddie waited till he finished high school
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He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
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He met a girl out there with     a tattoo too,
G F C G C G
The future was wide open.                            

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

Chorus

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

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

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His leather jacket had chains that would jingle
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They both met movie stars, partied and mingled
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/G
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 and fade

A Am C D Em6 Dsus4 Em7 Emaj7 F Am/G G Em Am/F#