Runaway Man chords by The Common Linnets

Chords with lyrics

Capo on 3. Second tab ever, be sure to read the notes at the bottom after you have played along with the song!
You can finger your way through this song, perhaps add in some strumming during the instrumental part. I pick
in a 5 - 2 - 4 - 3 pattern, but I'm no expert and it doesn't exactly sound like what they're doing. Use your
imagination and have fun.

[Intro]
C majorC FF G+G


[Verse]

C majorC
When I was younger
FF       C majorC G+G A minorAm (Or: C majorC E/C A minorAm)*
All I had to do
            G+G
Was hold your hand and drink you in
FF
make some time for you
    A minorAm            G+G
I went stumbling through the darkness
   FF
Of a thousand half-lit bars
    C majorC                  G+G
I don't know what I was running from but I must've run to far

[Chorus]
     FF
Now I'm reaching
     FF
Back for something
     A minorAm
But I'm coming
     A minorAm
Up with nothing
    G+G             FF
It's a long long way from where I was to where I am
FF
God have mercy on a runaway man
FF          G+G  C majorC    FF G+G
God have mercy on a runaway man


[Verse]

C majorC
Key under your doormat
FF             C majorC G+G A minorAm (Or: C majorC  E/C  A minorAm)
The porch like you left lit **
           G+G        FF
The years dragged on burned away just like a cigarette
A minorAm            G+G
The price of all those nights
    FF
Never worth the mornings cost
  C majorC               G+G
Oh no amount of wishing's gonna bring back what I lost

[Chorus]
     FF
Now I'm reaching
     FF
Back for something
     A minorAm
But I'm coming
     A minorAm
Up with nothing
    G+G             FF
It's a long long way from where I was to where I am
FF
God have mercy on a runaway man
FF          G+G  C majorC
God have mercy on a runaway man


[Instrumental]
FF  A minorAm  FF  A minorAm
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh

    G+G             FF
It's a long long way from where I was to where I am
FF
God have mercy on a runaway man
FF          G+G  C majorC
God have mercy on a runaway man
FF
God have mercy on a runaway man
FF          G+G  C majorC
God have mercy on a runaway man


*: I think the C majorC E/C A minorAm sounds good or perhaps even better but who am I. Certainly not a virtuoso.
**: Not sure what they sing there..
Let me know what you think of this tab. I did it all by ear and my ears aren't tuned in on guitar chords as much
as the really skilled guitar players out there. If you think this tab needs some change be sure to post it so we
can all enjoy Ilse de Lange and her Common Linnets the way any guitar player would want to!

JA MAN, GAAF MAN!