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Tuning: Standard, Capo 3
CHORDS (relative to Capo)
 Am( Cmdue to Capo)
C    C( D#due to Capo)
  G( A#due to Capo)
  E( Gdue to Capo)
VERSE
AmWe're gonna burn your city
CWe're gonna Ebring your system down
AmI'm gonna drown my pity
CTurn this to a Eghost town
AmAnd when you know there's nothing Cleft
You're gonna Erun like all the Amrest
Pack your bags and turn your Cback on all the Efriends you had left
PRE CHORUS
GAnd it's time for us to Elive, yeah
CHORUS
AmIt's my time, Cthis is just a declaration Gof our vows
E(whoa) We won't back down
AmIt's my time, Cthis is just your resignation Gfrom our lives
E(whoa) We won't back down
VERSE (same as Verse 1)
AmWe're gonna drown your ego
CYou're the Elegend no one knows,
AmYou're an honest fake I Cknow (You're an Ehonest fake I know)
AmSo now I drown my pityC  
In a Epool of sorrow and sAmhame
Until the day I forget your Cname (day I forEget your name)
PRE CHORUS
GAnd you gotta let me Elive, yeah
CHORUS (repeated)
AmIt's my Ctime, this is just a declaration Gof our vows
E(whoa) We won't back down
AmIt's my Ctime, this is just your resignation Gfrom our lives
E(whoa) We won't back down
SOLO (repeat chorus; I add little hammers on e:0,3,5 and B:0,3,5 to make it sound 
AmIt's time to forget Cwhat makes me sick,
Gdeep inside of me (Edeep insode of me)
AmIt's time to forget Cwhat makes me sick, Gdeep inside of meE  
GAnd you've gotta let me Elive, yeah
CHORUS (repeated)
AmIt's my Ctime, this is just a declaration Gof our vows
E(whoa) We won't back down
AmIt's my Ctime, this is just your resignation Gfrom our lives
E(whoa) We won't back down
Finish on Am

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We Wont Back Down

by Escape The Fate

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

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Tuning: Standard, Capo 3

CHORDS (relative to Capo)

Am Cm

( due to Capo)

C C D#

( due to Capo)

G A#

( due to Capo)

E G

( due to Capo)

VERSE

We're gonna burn your city

C E

We're gonna bring your system down

I'm gonna drown my pity

C E

Turn this to a ghost town

Am C

And when you know there's nothing left

E Am

You're gonna run like all the rest

C E

Pack your bags and turn your back on all the friends you had left

PRE CHORUS

G E

And it's time for us to live, yeah

CHORUS

Am C G

It's my time, this is just a declaration of our vows

(whoa) We won't back down

Am C G

It's my time, this is just your resignation from our lives

(whoa) We won't back down

VERSE (same as Verse 1)

We're gonna drown your ego

C E

You're the legend no one knows,

Am C E

You're an honest fake I know (You're an honest fake I know)

Am C

So now I drown my pity

E Am

In a pool of sorrow and shame

C E

Until the day I forget your name (day I forget your name)

PRE CHORUS

G E

And you gotta let me live, yeah

CHORUS (repeated)

Am C G

It's my time, this is just a declaration of our vows

(whoa) We won't back down

Am C G

It's my time, this is just your resignation from our lives

(whoa) We won't back down

SOLO (repeat chorus; I add little hammers on e:0,3,5 and B:0,3,5 to make it sound

Am C

It's time to forget what makes me sick,

G E

deep inside of me (deep insode of me)

Am C G E

It's time to forget what makes me sick, deep inside of me

G E

And you've gotta let me live, yeah

CHORUS (repeated)

Am C G

It's my time, this is just a declaration of our vows

(whoa) We won't back down

Am C G

It's my time, this is just your resignation from our lives

(whoa) We won't back down

Finish on Am

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