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Sender: mes3sl@mech.surrey.ac.uk (Shaun Lawson)
Here's a slightly more tricky TP song - any suggestions or corrections
are most welcome. Anyway here comes my version of ...
INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN by TOM PETTY from the album of same name
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The intro and first few bars of the verse seem to be the following:
Em Em? Em7 Em6
e---0---------------------------------------------------|
b---0---------------------------------------------------| The chord names are probably a bit
g---0---------------------------------------------------| dodgy but - hey. If you play this
d---2----1---0-------- on an acoustic 12-| string (like TP's
a---2----2---2---4--------------------------------------| nice Martin one ...) it sounds ok.
e---0----0---0---0--------------------------------------|
Em Em? Em7 Em6
Eddie waited till he finished high school
Em Em? Em7 Em6
He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/G
He met a girl out there with a tattoo too
G F C G C G
The future was wide open.
Em Em? Em7 Em6
They moved into a place they both could afford
Em Em? 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 G C GD
The sky was the limit.
G C D(sus4) G Em D Am
Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue
G C D(sus4) G F Em A
Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue.
(instrum: play the intro riff and end with G then A - I think)
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.
final flourish: G C G G C G.
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ian Average |
#1 by ian mckinly at Oct 1, 2007 at 11:35 AM EST |
| Whee! Johnny Depp played Eddie in the music video because he has a story similar to Eddie's, he went out to Hollywood looking to become a musician (he once was in a band called The Kids, he currently is in the band P) | |
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«Rob» Average |
#2 by «Rob» at Oct 1, 2007 at 11:12 PM EST |
| "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" I just love that. They both have tatoos, obviously they're made for each other. | |
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bec Average |
#3 by bec madden at Oct 5, 2007 at 10:35 AM EST |
| Wow. Yeah, not only is this song great... but Johnny Depp is SO HOTT!! | |
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Nick Average |
#4 by Nick Vanderstelt at Oct 7, 2007 at 3:37 PM EST |
| "A Rebel Without a Cause" is a James Dean movie, and he was somewhat of a rebel in it. The actual meaning is to make you question if you actually are a rebel without a clue. As in, do you just go with the flow, and don't do something for your own individuality. | |
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Matt Average |
#5 by Matt Waas at Oct 8, 2007 at 4:42 AM EST |
| Great guitar solo in the video but that version isn't the one on CD's........any idea where 1 can get the video versioin of the song on CD? | |
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Mauricio Wanna Be |
#6 by Mauricio Tonon at Oct 8, 2007 at 9:58 PM EST |
| Woooo! A very sexy Johnny Depp was in the clip for this song!! | |
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Len Badass |
#7 by Len cullum at Oct 11, 2007 at 6:40 PM EST |
| YEAH Johnny Depp during the time of 21 Jump street! Does anybody else LOVE that show??? | |
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tom Average |
#8 by tom jenkins at Oct 15, 2007 at 8:16 PM EST |
| dreams are disillusionments | |
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patrick Wanna Be |
#9 by patrick at Oct 17, 2007 at 5:36 AM EST |
| the music industry is a fickle monster. musicians shouldn't put all their eggs in one basket. | |
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tom Average |
#10 by tom jenkins at Oct 19, 2007 at 10:27 PM EST |
| TP said in an interview once that this song was actually about Eddie Van Halen, who couldn't cut it in the music industry and ended up just being a standin for the studio musician who actually played all his parts. In concerts, they would project film footage of the studio musician's hands onto Eddie's to maintain the illusion. | |