CAPO 3 
 
INTRO: Em D G , Em D/F# G 
 

VERSE: 
Em          D              G 
Puerto Rico all day on the beach 
Em          D/F#              G 
Blue water, white sand at her feet 
Em           D          G 
Too bad it's just a magazine 
      Em             D/F#              G  
It'll always be that place she's never seen 
      D    A         
She's home running away  
         Bm                D 
From the same old same old everyday 
G           D/F#        Em       A   
In day out, predictable routine 
               D    A     
Ohhh she stays home running away 
       Bm          
To the place in her mind  
            D 
where he'll take her someday 
        G              D/F#             Em   A 
When he gets the time, until then she's home 
        D   A  Bm  Em  D/F#  G 
Running Away  
 
VERSE 2: 
Em                   D                G 
Fancy lunch with her best friend Ruby Mae 
Em                    D/F#             G  
Dinner plans with her husband start at eight 
        Em              D             G  
But the dream ends with supper on the stove 
    Em                 D/F#           G 
The kitchen's about as far as she can go 


      D    A         
She's home running away  
         Bm                D 
From the same old same old everyday 
G           D/F#        Em       A   
In day out, predictable routine 
               D    A     
Ohhh she stays home running away 
       Bm          
To the place in her mind  
            D 
where he'll take her someday 
        G              D/F#             Em   A 
When he gets the time, until then she's home 
        D   A  Bm A  G  D/F# Em A   
Running Away  
 
BRIDGE: 
   G            D             Em            D/F# 
He walks in the door with her dreams in his hands 
  G          D/F#          Em             A 
A two week vacation `cause he knows she's been 
      D    A         
She's home running away  
         Bm                D 
From the same old same old everyday 
G           D/F#        Em       A   
In day out, predictable routine 
               D    A     
Ohhh she stays home running away 
       Bm          
To the place in her mind  
            D 
where he'll take her someday 
        G              D/F#             Em   A 
When he gets the time, until then she's home 
        D   A  Bm  G   
Running Away 
        D   A  Bm  G  A D   
Running Away