| Em | EmM7 | Em7 | EmM6 |
| Eddie | waited till he | finished high | school |
| Em | EmM7 | Em7 | EmM6 |
| He went to | Hollywood, | got a | tattoo |
| Am | Am/G | Am/F# | Am/G |
| He met a | girl out there with | a tattoo | too |
| G | F | C |
| The | future was | wide | open |
| Em | EmM7 | Em7 | EmM6 |
| They moved in | to a place they | both could af | ford |
| Em | EmM7 | Em7 | EmM6 |
| He found a | nightclub he could | work at the | door |
| Am | Am/G | Am/F# | Am/G |
| She had a | guitar and she | taught him some | chords |
| G | F | C |
| The | sky | was the | limit |
| G | C | D |
| Into the | great wide | open |
| G | Em | D |
| Under them | skies of | blue |
| G | C | D |
| Out in the | great wide | open |
| G | F | Em7 | A |
| A | rebel with | out a | clue | |
| Em | EmM7 | Em7 | EmM6 |
| The papers | said Ed always | played from the | heart |
| Em | EmM7 | Em7 | EmM6 |
| He got an | agent and a | roadie named | Bart |
| Am | Am/G | Am/F# | Am/G |
| They made a | record and it | went in the | charts |
| G | F | C |
| The | sky | was the | limit |
| Em | EmM7 | Em7 | EmM6 |
| His leather | jacket had | chains that would | jingle |
| Em | EmM7 | Em7 | EmM6 |
| They both met | movie stars, | partied and | mingled |
| Am/F# | Am/G | Am | C |
| Their A& | R man said “I | don’t hear a si | ngle” |
| G | F | C |
| The | future was | wide | open |
| G | C | D |
| Into the | great wide | open |
| G | Em | D |
| Under them | skies of | blue |
| G | C | D |
| Out in the | great wide | open |
| G | F | Em7 | A |
| A | rebel with | out a | clue | |
| G | C | D |
| Into the | great wide | open |
| G | Em | D |
| Under them | skies of | blue |
| G | C | D |
| Out in the | great wide | open |
| G | F | Em7 | A |
| A | rebel with | out a | clue | |