Into the great wide open
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1. Eddie waited til' he finished high school,
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he went to
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he met a girl out there with a
tattoo, too,
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the future was wide open.
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2. They moved into a place they both could afford,
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he found a night club 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.
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Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue.
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Out in the great wide open, a rebel without a clue.
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3. 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,
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the sky was the limit.
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4. His leather jacket had
chains that would jingle,
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they both
met movie stars, partied and mingled.
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Their A&R man said
"I don't hear a single",
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the future was wide open.
+ CHORUS
(2x) + C – G (2x) (Tom Petty)