Before they make me run (1978)    (video)

 

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1. Worked the bars and sideshows along the twilight zone,

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    only a crowd can make you feel so alone, and it really hit home.

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    Booze and pills and powders, you can choose your medicine,

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    Well, here's another goodbye to another good friend.

 

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    After all is said and done,        gotta move while it's still fun !

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    Let me walk before they make me run.

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    After all is said and done,       I gotta move, it's still fun,

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    I'm gonna walk before they make me run !

 

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2. Watched my taillights fading, there ain't a dry eye in the house,

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    they're laughing and singing,

 

    started dancing and drinking as I left town.

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    Gonna find my way to heaven, 'cause I did my time in hell.

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    Oh, yeah, I wasn't looking too good but I was feeling real well.

 

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    Oh, after all is said and done,       I gotta move, I had my fun,

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    let us walk before they make us run !

 

+  G - D - F - C (3x)

 

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+     After all is said and done,        I did alright, I had my fun,

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    but I will walk before they'll make me,

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    I will walk before they'll make me,

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    I will walk before they'll make me,

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    I will walk before they'll make me run.

 

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    So, if it's all been said and done,       I gotta move, I had my fun,

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    let me walk before they make me run.

 

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+     So let me walk before they make me run !

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    I want to walk before they'll make me run !

 

+  G - C - D (4x) ....

 

    (The Rolling Stones)