Run For Your Life
The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney; released on "Rubber Soul"

This is a song which John loved at least. But that doesn't mean it's a bad one.

Intro:
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                                                      Well,   I'd

Verse:
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  ra  -   ther    see     you dead,       little  girl,  than to


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  be     with an- o - ther    man                             You'd


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  bet  -  ter     keep   your head,       little  girl,   or  I


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  won't   know    where I     am                     You'd better

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  run     for your    if  you can,        little  girl,
                  life

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  hide   your head    in  the sand,       little  girl,


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  Catch   with an-o - ther    man,                that's  the end,
      you

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                          little  girl


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                                                      Well,   you

Verse:
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  know    that    I'm     a       wicked      guy,    and I   was


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  born    with a  jealous     mind,                           And


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  I       can't   spend   my  whole       life    trying  just to


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  make    you     toe     the line                   You'd better

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  run     for your    if  you can,        little  girl,
                  life

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  hide   your head    in  the sand,       little  girl,


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  Catch   with an-o - ther    man,                that's  the end,
      you

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                          little  girl

Break (solo):
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Verse:
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  Let     this    be      a   ser    -    mon, I      mean,


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  Eve  -  ry  -  thing I      said,


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  Ba  -   by,     I'm     de- ter-        mined,      and I'd ra-


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          ther    see you     dead                   You'd better

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  run     for your    if  you can,        little  girl,
                  life

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  hide   your head    in  the sand,       little  girl,


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  Catch   with an-o - ther    man,                that's  the end,
      you

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                          little  girl


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                                                              I'd

Verse:
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  ra  -   ther    see     you dead,       little  girl,  than to


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  be     with an- o - ther    man                             You'd


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  bet  -  ter     keep   your head,       little  girl,   or  you


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  won't   know    where I     am                     You'd better

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  run     for your    if  you can,        little  girl,
                  life

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  hide   your head    in  the sand,       little  girl,


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  Catch   with an-o - ther    man,                that's  the end,
      you

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                          little  girl


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                                                  Na  na      na,

Outro:
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                                                  Na  na      na,


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                                                  Na  na      na,
repeat and fade...

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