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                I'm a Runaway - Tab Hunter
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Tab Hunter
I'm a Runaway (1958)
(Fred Karger/Richard Quine)
Now on: "My Rifle, My Pony and Me - Movie and TV Soundtracks"

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Capo 3rd fret


Intro | C | C |

C      F     G      C
[whistling] (He's a runaway)
C      F     G      C
[whistling] (He's a runaway)

C               Dm/C
Give my hat and let me go
C                Dm/C
I'm not bred for travellin' slow
C                        Dm/C
Like a buck and broncin' rodeo
      C                 Dm/C
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C                 Dm/C
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)

C              Dm/C
Got no time to be delayed
C              Dm/C
Always calls a spade a spade
C                        Dm/C
There's a lot of debts I haven't paid 
      C                 Dm/C
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C                 C7
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)

     F               C
I'll beg or steal or borrow
   F             C
My saddle and my tack
    F           C         Am
I'm headin' for tomorrow 
        D (7 fr.)         Dm(7) G
And I'm never comin' back, oh

C                    Dm/C
Follow my tracks and you will find
C                  Dm/C
Broken hearts I've left behind
      C                Dm/C
Cause I'm just not the marryin' kind 
C                       C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)

C#                  Ebm/C#
So many sights I've never seen
C#               Ebm/C#
So many prairies in between
      C#                       Ebm/C#
Got a strong young horse and a full canteen
      C#                Ebm/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C#                Ebm/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)

C#             Ebm/C#
So many gals I haven't met
C#              Ebm/C#
So many cards I haven't bet
      C#                   Ebm/C#
Gonna take a chance, every chance I get
      C#                Ebm/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C#                C#7
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)

  F#              C#
A-heading for the border
   F#              C#
As peaceful as can be
    F#              C#    Bbm
I'm off for law and order
        Eb(7)              Ebm(7)   Ab
Long as they don't bother me

C#                 Ebm/C#
So many nights for havin' fun 
C#               Ebm/C#
So many fights I haven't won
        C#                 Ebm/C#
There's not enough notches on my gun
      C#                Ebm/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C#
I'm a runaway 

C#      F#          C#                Ebm/C#
[whistling]   I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C#                Ebm/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
      C#                Ebm/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)

[fade]

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        e-B-G-D-A-E
Dm/C    1-3-2-x-3-x
C#      1-2-1-3-4-x
Ebm/C#  2-4-3-x-4-x
Eb7     3-2-3-1-x-x
Ebm7    2-2-3-1-x-x
Ab      x-1-1-1-3-4