Run Red Run chords by The Coasters

Chords with lyrics

Run Red Run:The Coasters.
30 BB Hot 100 on
ATCO records in 1959.

INTRO: FF F minorFm

#1.
F minorFm                    Bb majorBb
Oh, Red went and bought himself a monkey..got him from

a pawn shop broker.
C majorC             Bb majorBb         AbAb
Taught that monkey how to guzzle beer and he taught him
         F minorFm
how to play stud poker.
   FF                         Bb majorBb
Last night when they were gambling in the kitchen, the monkey,

he was taking a beating.
  C majorC               Bb majorBb
The monkey said Red, I'm going to shoot you dead, because I
C majorC     FF
know darn well you been cheating.

CHORUS:
F minorFm    FF           Eb MajorEb    FF
Well, run Red run, because he's got your gun and he's aiming

it at your head.
G+G    Bb majorBb        F#F#           F minorFm
Run Red run, because he's got your gun, and he's aiming it at

your head.
FF     C majorC              Bb majorBb
You better get up and wail, you better move your tail, before he
FF    F minorFm   FF
fills it full of lead.

#2.
  Eb MajorEb     FF               Bb majorBb
Oh, Red jumped up and started to move like a P80-Saber Jet.
  C majorC                Bb majorBb       G minorGm
He zoomed around the corner, and he disappeared and everybody started
  F minorFm
to fade.
F minorFm              Bb majorBb
The race was on, you know the chase was on, and Red he sure could run.
      C majorC                Bb majorBb
But, let me tell you sport, don't sell that monkey short, because he's a
FF
travelling son of a gun.
CHORUS:
F minorFm    FF           Eb MajorEb          FF
Well, run Red run, because he's got your gun and he's aiming

it at your head.
G+G    Bb majorBb        F#F#           F minorFm
Run Red run, because he's got your gun, and he's aiming it at

your head.
FF     C minorCm             BbmBbm
You better get up and wail, you better move your tail, before he
FF    F minorFm   FF
fills it full of lead.

INTERLUDE: F minorFm FF G minorGm F..G G minorGm FF G+G F..C DmDm

#3.
  FF            F minorFm      G minorGm  Bb majorBb      FF
The monkey trapped Red in a parking lot..down along the Avenue.
  G+G                Bb majorBb           F minorFm    F#F#
The monkey said, Red, you've made a man out of me, now I'm going to make a
AbAb      FF
monkey out of you.
FF                       Bb majorBb
Give me your car keys and give me your watch, give it to me or I'll

shoot.
C majorC               Bb majorBb          FF
Going to put on your brand new Stetson hat and go to town in your new

brown suit.

CHORUS:
F minorFm    FF           Eb MajorEb          FF
Well, run Red run, because he's got your gun and he's aiming

it at your head.
Bb majorBb            FF           F minorFm
Run Red run, because he's got your gun, and he's aiming it at

your head.
FF     G+G              Bb majorBb
You better get up and wail, you better move your tail, before he
A augmentedA    C majorC    FF
fills it full of lead.

OUTRO:

FF G minorGm FF Bb majorBb G minorGm F..(Fade.)


A augmentedA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.