• Song:

    It Keeps You Runnin

  • Artist:

    Doobie Brothers

IT KEEPS YOU RUNNIN'
(Michael McDonald)
From the 1976 album "Takin' It To The Streets",  also recorded by Carly Simon on "Another Passenger" the same year.



Intro:  G7

Bm7    Bb7          Am7    
  Say, where you gonna go
Ab7                     G7     (riff)
  Girl, where you gonna hide
Bm7         Bb7              Am7
  You go on leavin' out your heart
Ab7                             G7  
  And all it's sayin' down deep inside
                                                   C11 riff      
                          C11 (riff)              |----3--3--3--3--5-----|---3----3--3--3--3h5----|
From here I can feel your heartbeat               |----3--3--3--3--5-----|---3----3--3--3--3h5----|
                   G7                             |----3--3--3--3--5-----|---3----3--3--3--3h5----|
Oh, you got me all wrong                          |----3--3--3--3--5-----|---3----3--3--3--3h5----|
                 C11 (riff)                       |----------------------|------------------------|
You ain't got no worry                            |----------------------|------------------------|
                         G7
You just been lonely too long


Em7                        Am7               C/D      D (individual note run: D C# C)
   I know what it means to hide your heart
  B7                Em   
   From a long time ago
   D
   Oh, darlin'

D/C              Cmaj7    D/C                  Cmaj7
It keeps you runnin',   yeah, it keeps you runnin'
It keeps you runnin',   yeah, it keeps you runnin'
It keeps you runnin',   yeah, it keeps you runnin'
It keeps you runnin',   yeah, it keeps you runnin'

Oh, I know how you feel
Hey, you know I been there
But what you're keepin' to yourself
Oh, you know it just ain't fair

Are you gonna worry
For the rest of your life?
Why you in such a hurry
To be lonely one more night?

Well, I know what it means to hide your heart
From a long time ago
Oh, darlin'

It keeps you runnin', yeah, it keeps you runnin'
It keeps you runnin', yeah, it keeps you runnin'
It keeps you runnin', yeah, it keeps you runnin'
It keeps you runnin', yeah, it keeps you runnin'
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