I'm A Runnin


    |A        |C/A       |D/A       |A        |
E----x---------x----------x-----------x-----------|
B----2---------5----------7----------14-----------|
G----2---------5----------7----------14-----------|
D----2---------5----------7----------14-----------|
A----0---------0----------0-----------0-----------|
E-------------------------------------------------|


   |A        |C/A       |D/A       |A        |
E----x---------x----------x-----------x-----------|
B----2---------5----------7----------14-----------|
G----2---------5----------7----------14-----------|
D----2---------5----------7----------14-----------|
A----0---------0----------0-----------0-----------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

(continue guitar simile)
AOn (x02220@1)the stroke of ten

  C/A
I slipped into the van

    D/AAnd (x00232@1)hid myself behind some boxes

                AWaitin' (x02220@1)for the driver yeah


The first time I was lucky

        C/A
For the van took me to Kentucky

    D/A (x00232@1)                       AThe (x02220@1)first time too I slept in a railway station

  C#m (x13321@4)                               EI (022100@1)woke up wondering you're running to nowhere

           C#m (x13321@4)                          EBut (022100@1)at the same time I was here, oh and I didn't care

   D (xx0232@1)      A/C# (042220@1)  C (x32010@1)       G/BOh (143121@7)where am I    ac companied by

     F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)        EGood (022100@1)hopes, and believe me I'll get by

            Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)        GYeah, (320003@1)I'm a runnin',    well I'm a runnin'

      D (xx0232@1)                     FI'm (133211@1)a runnin' till I can't go on

       C (x32010@1)             GTill (320003@1)I find where I belong

           Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)        GYeah (320003@1)I'm a runnin'     I'm a runnin

         D (xx0232@1)                     FOh (133211@1)I'm a runnin' till I can't go on

       C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)    ATill (x02220@1)I find where I belong


|A        |C/A       |D/A       |A        |


|A        |C/A       |D/A       |A        |


ASo (x02220@1)I ramble through the country

    C/A
And most of the time

D/A (x00232@1)                          ANature (x02220@1)doesn't care less about me


And sometimes when I'm alone

  C/A                         D/AI (x00232@1)hear my father say: Son you gotta do something

                      ATake (x02220@1)that advice from me now

     C#m (x13321@4)                  ESo (022100@1)I drop down to South Carolina

       C#m (x13321@4)                    EWith (022100@1)a little luck and a little sunshine yeah

         D (xx0232@1)  A/C# (042220@1) C (x32010@1)     G/BI (143121@7)say, here I stay,   here I pray

    F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)EFor (022100@1)happiness, oh every day


But until now

       Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)I'm a runnin',    well I'm a runnin'

      D (xx0232@1)                     FI'm (133211@1)a runnin' till I can't go on

       C (x32010@1)          GTill (320003@1)I find where I belong

           Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)        GYeah (320003@1)I'm a runnin'     I?m a runnin

         D (xx0232@1)                     FOh (133211@1)I'm a runnin' till I can't go on

       C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)    ATill (x02220@1)I find where I belong

                      / /             / /               / /
|N.C       |N.C.     E7+9|N.C.       E7+9|N.C.         E7+9|
 E bass.............---3---|E bass...........................
                    ---3---|
                    ---1---|
                    ---2---|
                    ---2---|
                    ---0---|


        Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)I'm a runnin',    well I'm a runnin'

      D (xx0232@1)                     FI'm (133211@1)a runnin' till I can't go on

       C (x32010@1)            GTill (320003@1)I find where I belong

           Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)        GYeah (320003@1)I'm a runnin'     I'm a runnin

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Peter Kruger casparus50@yahoo.ca