VERSE 1: [A#m] Eddie [A#m7M] waited till he [A#m7] finished high [A#m6] school [A#m] He went to [A#m7M] Hollywood, [A#m7] got a tat-[A#m6]-too [D#m7] He met a [F#/C#] girl out there with [D#m7/C] a tattoo [F#/C#] too
The [C#] future was [B9] wide [F#] open [C#] ^[F#][C#]
VERSE 2: [A#m] They moved [A#m7M] into a place they [A#m7] both could [A#m6] afford [A#m] He found a [A#m7M] nightclub he could [A#m7] work at the [A#m6] door [D#m7] She had a [F#/C#] guitar and she [D#m7/C] taught him some [F#/C#] chords
The [C#] sky [B9] was the [F#] limit [C#] ^[F#][C#] ^[F#][C#] // [G#]
CHORUS: [C#] Into the [F#] great wide [G#] open [C#] Under them [A#m] skies of [G#] blue [D#m] [C#] Out in the [F#] great wide [G#] open
A [C#] rebel with-[B]-out a [A#m] clue [D#]
VERSE 3: [A#m] The papers said [A#m7M] Ed always [A#m7] played from the [A#m6] heart [A#m] He got an [A#m7M] agent and a [A#m7] roadie named [A#m6] Bart [D#m7] They made a [F#/C#] record and it [D#m/C] went in the [F#/C#] charts
The [C#] sky [B9] was the [F#] limit [C#] ^[F#][C#]
VERSE 4: [A#m] His leather [A#m7M] jacket had [A#m7] chains that would [A#m6] jingle [A#m] They both met [A#m7M] movie stars, [A#m7] partied and [A#m6] mingled [D#m7] Their A&-[F#/C#]-R man said "I [D#m/C] don't hear a [F#/C#] single."
The [C#] future was [B9] wide [F#] open [C#] ^[F#][C#] ^[F#][C#] // [G#]