---(capo 2nd fret)---
| Em | D | G | Em | D | G | |
| Well | I won't | back | down, no | I won't | back | down, |
| Em | D | C | |
| You can s | tand me | up at the g | ates of hell, |
| Em | D | G | |
| But I | won't b | ack d | own, |
| (verse 2) |
| Em | D | G | Em | D | G | |
| Gonna s | tand | my g | round, won't be t | urned | arou | nd, |
| Em | D | C | |
| And I'll | keep this w | orld from dr | aggin' me down, |
| Em | D | G | Em | D | G | |
| Gonna | stand | my | ground and I | won't | back | down, |
| (chorus) |
| C | D | C | D | |
| H | ey b | aby, | there ain't no easy way o | ut, |
| C | D | Em | D | G | Em | D | G | |
| H | ey, | I will s | tand | my gr | ound and I | won't b | ack d | own, |
| (verse 3) |
| Well I know what's right I got just one life, |
| In a world that keeps on pushin' me around, |
| But I'll stand my ground and I won't back down, |
| (chorus) |
| C | D | C | D | |
| H | ey b | aby, | there ain't no easy way o | ut, |
| C | D | Em | D | G | Em | D | G | |
| H | ey, | I will s | tand | my gr | ound and I | won't b | ack d | own, |
| Em | D | G | |
| And I | won't b | ack d | own, |
| Em | D | G | |
| No I w | on't b | ack d | own, |