Running man
G - C - G - Em - C - G
(2x)
G C G Em D G
1. Can you hear it in your streets, talk so
cheap like tumble-down,
G C G
Em D G
empty
words and dirty deeds, words so deep we all could drown.
Am C Em D
Promise of a world so fine, a
picture-postcard pepper dine,
Am C Em D
and
all you have to do is sign upon that dotted line.
D G
C D G
+ Take the word of one
who knows, here it comes, there it goes.
D G C
D G
Get yourself out while you
can, save you from the running man !
+ G - C - G
- Em -
C - G
G C G
Em D G
2. I'll decide what I believe, no-one's gonna
change me now,
G C G
Em D G
I'll say how I live this life,
you're not gonna tell me how.
Am C Em D
Promise of a
world so fine, no more drugs, an end to crime.
Am C Em
D
Don't you see for folks like
mine your ways have had their time ?
D G C D G
+ Heaven help the chosen
few, you best start prayin' it's not you !
D G C D G
Get your kids out while you
can, save them from the running man !
+ G - C - G - Em - C - G (2x)
G C G Em D G
3. Take your vision someplace else, and give to them your tired tale.
G C G Em D G
Can't you hear those ringing bells ? Can't you see your bread is stale ?
Am C Em D
Promise of a world so fine, angels
drinking turpentine.
Am C Em D
Don't you know we know that
line, we've heard it all before.
D G C D G
+ Close your mouths and
close your doors, spare us all from any more.
D G C
D G
Get your guns out while you
can, save you from the running man !
D G C D
G
Close your mouths and close
your doors, spare us all from any more.
D G C
D G
Get your guns out while you
can, save you from the running man !
D G C D
Close your mouths and close
your doors, spare us all ....
(orig. = capo 1st) (Jimmy Nail)