Dont Back Down

Bruce Springsteen

RockAdvanced for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              B 
WHEN THE NIGHT WIND RUSTLES FAR AWAY 
        F#                                B 
ROLLING DOWN THE CONNA VALLEY THROUGH THE COTTONWOOD TREES 
 
AND THE RIVER IS RISEN WITH LAST YEAR'S RAIN 
  F#                          B 
I AWAKE IN THE DARKNESS AND I CALL YOUR NAME 
 
           E 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           F# 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN 
 
B 
I LIE AWAKE AND I KNOW SLEEP WON'T COME SOON 
               F#                                           B 
SO I WATCH THE HEADLIGHTS CRAWL UP AND DOWN THE WALL OF THE LONESOME ROOM 
 
I THINK OF THAT CLUB BY THE RIVER WE DANCED ON AND ON 
          F#                                      B 
SWORE OUR LOVE WOULD LAST FOREVER AND YOU LAUGHED ON AND ON 
 
           E 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           F# 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN    
 
     E                                          B 
YEAH I WANNA WEEP BUT I'M BROKEN INSIDE AND THE TEARS WON'T RUN 
                                                             F# 
I WANT TO SLEEP BUT THERE AIN'T NO DREAM AND THE SLEEP WON'T COME 
 
B         B   E   B   E    B    F#   B 
WHOA 
 
B 
LAST NIGHT I STOOD ON BLACK MOUNTAIN AND LOOKED OUT TO THE SEA 
          E                                  B 
WHERE THE WATERS OF MYSTERY RIVER GO RUSHING ENDLESSLY 
B     E                                  B 
DON'T THROW AWAY THE LOVE WE KEPT FOR SO LONG, LONG, LONG 
        F#                                 B 
WHEN WE COME BACK LOOKING DARLING IT'LL BE GONE, GONE, GONE 
 
           E 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           F# 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN   
 
                E 
BABY DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           F# 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN   
 
                E 
BABY DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           F# 
DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE 
           B 
DON'T BACK DOWN

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Chord set

B · F# · E

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.