Runaway
Tuning: Standard
Capo 4
First loop:
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
G|------------------------|---5----x----2--------|----------------------------------------|
D|-------2---x--2--x--x---|---2----x----1--------|----------------------------------|
A|-------2---x--2--x--x---|---3----x----2--------|-------------------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
Second Loop:
e|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
G|--2p0------x-----x--x---|---4/5--x---5/4-------|----------------------------------------|
D|-------2---x--2--x--x---|---4/5--x---5/4-------|-----------------------------------------|
A|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
Third Loop:
e|-----b----b----b----b---|---b----b----b----b---|-------------------------------------|
B|-----b----b----b----b---|---b----b----b----b---|-------------------------------------|
G|-----b----b----b----b---|---b----b----b----b---|-------------------------------------|
D|-----b----b----b----b---|---b----b----b----b---|-------------------------------------|
A|-----b----b----b----b---|---b----b----b----b---|-------------------------------------|
E|-----b----b----b----b---|---b----b----b----b---|-------------------------------------|
Play along:
Em
I've known it for a long time
C D
Daddy wakes up to a drink at night
Em
Disappearing all night
C D
I don't wanna know where he's been lying
Em
I know what I wanna do
C D Em
I wanna runaway, runaway with you
C D
Gonna grab clothes, six in the mornin', go
Am Em G D
"How long you leavin'?"
Am Em G D
"Well dad just don't expect me back this evening."
Am Em G D
Oh it could take a bit of time to heal this
B7
It's been a long day
Em C
Thumb on side of the roadway, but
Em D
I love him from the skin to my bones
Em D
But I don't wanna live in his home
Em D
There's nothing to say cause he knows
Em C G D
I'll just runaway and be on my own ohh, mmm
Em
I've never seen my dad cry
C D
Cold as stone in the kitchen light
Em
I'll tell you it's about time
C D
But I was raised to keep quiet
Em
And this is what I'm gonna do
C D Em
Gonna runaway, gonna make that move
C D
Gonna grab clothes, and when it's mornin', go
Am Em G D
"How long you leavin'?"
Am Em G D
"Well dad just don't expect me back this evening."
Am Em G D
Oh it could take a bit of time to heal this
B7
It's been a long day
Em C
Thumb on side of the roadway, but
Em D
I love him from the skin to my bones
Em D
But I don't wanna miss home
Em D
There's nothing to say cause he knows
Em C G D
I'll just runaway and be on my own ohh, mmm
Em C
Back pack, and a flat cap turned to the back
D Em
Cause I packed my clothes up
C D
My dad wasn't down with that plan to attack, intends to show love
Em
I don't wanna live this way
C D
Gonna take my things and go
Em
If things change in a matter of days
C D Am
Could be persuaded to hold up
Em
And mama was the same
G
None of us are saints
D Am
I guess that God knows that
Em
I don't wanna runaway
G D Am
And one of these days I might just show that
Em
Put my home in a suitcase
G D
Tie both shoe laces and hope that
B7
Things change but for now I'll leave town
Em D
With a backpack on my shoulder
Em D
I love him from the skin to my bones
Em D
But I don't wanna miss home
Em D
There's nothing to say cause he knows
Em C G Em
I'll just runaway and be on my own ohh, mmm