Run    (video)

 

    Am - C - G - F (2x)

 

                             Am                              C

1. When I was a young boy living in the city

                         G                       F

    all I did was run run run run run.

                           Am                            C

    Staring at the lights, they look so pretty,

                              G                        F

    Momma said, Son son son son son.

                                   Am                              C

    You’re gonna grow up, you’re gonna get old,

                  G                             F

    all that glitters don’t turn to gold.

                    Am                         C

    But until then just have your fun,

              G                      F

    boy, run run run run run !

                           Am   - C - G - F                Am   - C - G - F

    Yeah, run run run !                   Run run run !

 

                             Am                             C

2. When I was a young kid living in the city

                          G                         F

    all I did was pay pay pay pay pay,

                               Am                              C

    and every single dime that good Lord gave me

                             G                F

    I could make it last 3, 4, 5 days.

                 Am                           C

    Living it up, but living down low,

                          G                       F

    chasing that luck before I get old.

                                 Am                         C            G                       F

    And looking back, oh, we had some fun, boy, run run run run run.

 

Am         C                        G            F

    They tell you that the sky might fall,

Am           C                           G       F  - Am        C            G           F

    they’ll say that you might lose it all,        so I run until I hit that wall.

              Am                           C

Yeah, I learned my lesson, count my blessings,

  G                         F                     Am

look to the rising sun and run run run !

             C                          G            F

Yeah, one day, well, the sky might fall,

Am           C                     G         F  - Am         C            G          F

    Yeah, onе day I could lose it all,         so I run until I hit that wall.

      Am                            C

If I learned onе lesson, count your blessings,

  G                         F                      Am - C - G - F               Am   - C - G - F

look to the rising sun and run run run !                 Run run run !

 

               Am                             C

3. Didn’t get everything that I wanted,

         G                    F

    but I got what I need, yeah, yeah.

       Am                             C           G                      F

    I see that light in the morning shining down on me.

                              Am                          C

    So take me up high, take me down low,

                        G                     F

    where it all ends nobody knows.

                    Am                            C              G                      F

    But until then let’s have some fun, yeah, run run run run run.

 

                                                            Am   - C - G - F

+  CHORUS             + Yeah, run run run !

 

                  Am                           C

+  Yeah, I learned my lesson, count my blessings,

      G                          F                                           Am

    look to the rising sun ! (3x)      +  Yeah, run run run.

 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (OneRepublic)