VERSE 1: [Am] Eddie [Am7M] waited till he [Am7] finished high [Am6] school [Am] He went to [Am7M] Hollywood, [Am7] got a tat-[Am6]-too [Dm7] He met a [F/C] girl out there with [Dm7/B] a tattoo [F/C] too
The [C] future was [A#9] wide [F] open [C] ^[F][C]
VERSE 2: [Am] They moved [Am7M] into a place they [Am7] both could [Am6] afford [Am] He found a [Am7M] nightclub he could [Am7] work at the [Am6] door [Dm7] She had a [F/C] guitar and she [Dm7/B] taught him some [F/C] chords
The [C] sky [A#9] was the [F] limit [C] ^[F][C] ^[F][C] // [G]
CHORUS: [C] Into the [F] great wide [G] open [C] Under them [Am] skies of [G] blue [Dm] [C] Out in the [F] great wide [G] open
A [C] rebel with-[A#]-out a [Am] clue [D]
VERSE 3: [Am] The papers said [Am7M] Ed always [Am7] played from the [Am6] heart [Am] He got an [Am7M] agent and a [Am7] roadie named [Am6] Bart [Dm7] They made a [F/C] record and it [Dm/B] went in the [F/C] charts
The [C] sky [A#9] was the [F] limit [C] ^[F][C]
VERSE 4: [Am] His leather [Am7M] jacket had [Am7] chains that would [Am6] jingle [Am] They both met [Am7M] movie stars, [Am7] partied and [Am6] mingled [Dm7] Their A&-[F/C]-R man said "I [Dm/B] don't hear a [F/C] single."
The [C] future was [A#9] wide [F] open [C] ^[F][C] ^[F][C] // [G]