• Song:

    Take It On The Run

  • Artist:

    REO Speedwagon

  • Album:

    Four Hits: REO Speedwag...

Take It On The Run
REO Speedwagon
Hi Infidelity


Intro
G
Heard it from a friend who
Cadd9
Heard it from a friend who
D                                            G      Dsus4  D
Heard it from another you've been messin a - round

Verse 1
G
They say you?ve got a boyfriend
Cadd9
You?re out late every weekend
D                                              G
They?re talkin? about you and it?s bringin? me down

Verse 2
G
But I know the neighborhood
Cadd9
And talk is cheap when the story is good
D                                     G     
And the tales grow taller on down the line

Verse 3
G
But I?m telling you, babe
Cadd9
That I don?t think it?s true, babe
D                              G     G*  F#*
And even if it is keep this in mind

Chorus 1
Em
You take it on the run, baby
C
If that?s the way you want it, baby
D                         G      G*  F#*
Then I don?t want you a - round
Em
I don?t believe it
C
Not for a minute
Am                                         D    Dsus D
You?re under the gun so you take it on the run

Verse 4 
G
You?re thinking up your white lies
Cadd9
You?re putting on your bedroom eyes
D                                            G     
You say you?re coming home but you won?t say when
G
But I can feel it comin'
Cadd9
If you leave tonight keep runnin'
D                                G     G*  F#*
And you need never look back a - gain

Chorus 1

Solo

Em  C  Am  C  Bm  D (repeat 4X)

Chorus 2
Em
You take it on the run, baby
C
If that?s the way you want it, baby
D                         G      G*  F#*
Then I don?t want you a - round
Em
I don?t believe it
C
Not for a minute
Am                                         D
You?re under the gun so you take it on the run

Chorus 1

Outro
G
Heard it from a friend who
Cadd9
Heard it from a friend who
D                                 Cadd9       G
Heard it from another you've been messin? a - round
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