Lockdown Licks no. 242. “I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty. Solo slide riffs, chord run C-G-D, slide up to G at 12th fret to end. In style of Petty original. played on a HB35+ guitar on mid humbucker setting into a NUX M8 amp set to ‘superlead’ with delay set to tempo.
“I Won’t Back Down” is a song by American rock musician Tom Petty. It was released in April 1989 as the lead single from his first solo album, Full Moon Fever. The song was co-written by Petty and Jeff Lynne, also his writing partner for the album. It reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Album Rock Tracks chart for five weeks.