Run Rufus Run chords by Dale Ann Bradley

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:

A minorAm  A minorAm   FF    G+G   A minorAm


🎸 Verse:
A minorAm
The mountains were a prison for their family of nine
  DmDm                   G+G          A minorAm
No where to go no place to work unless you crawled down in the mines

And his momma knew the sound of a man's lungs turnin' black
    DmDm                       G+G        A minorAm
So when daddy found another way to make a livin' it was easy to turn her back
A minorAm
Now Rufus was the oldest and he knew Bell County well
     DmDm                  G+G        A minorAm
He could hunt and fish like any grown man and take care of his self
A minorAm
So his daddy put him to runnin' shine when he was just 12 years old
    FF                  G+G         A minorAm
Said it might not be the right thing, but it sure beats minin' coal

🎸 Chorus:
A minorAm       DmDm
Run Rufus run, run across the mountains darlin'
A minorAm                      DmDm
Daddy wants you to take a load of shine to a man up near Harlan
A minorAm                          DmDm
And he feared for his life every time his daddy would put him on the run again
     A minorAm           A minorAm           FF    G+G    A minorAm
He said a boy's no match for the shot gun blast from the gun of a revenue man

🎸 Verse:
A minorAm
So one fall night when the moon was bright enough to light his way
   DmDm                   G+G            A minorAm
Rufus loaded up that old sedan, said I'll be back 'fore the break of day

But as he turned onto highway 119 he heard three shot gun blasts
    DmDm                   G+G     A minorAm
And his blood ran cold and wondered, could this run be his last?

And his momma never closed her eyes that night when he left home
  DmDm                       G+G        A minorAm
She tossed and turned and walked the floor prayin' nothin' would go wrong

'Cause her thoughts were on a stranger she'd heard about from town
     DmDm                   G+G
He had a funny talk and a brand new car and been askin' around

🎸 Chorus:
A minorAm       DmDm
Run Rufus run, run across the mountains darlin'
A minorAm                      DmDm
Daddy wants you to take a load of shine to a man up near Harlan
A minorAm                          DmDm
And he feared for his life every time his daddy would put him on the run again
DmDm    A minorAm           A minorAm           FF    G+G    A minorAm
He said a boy's no match for the shot gun blast from the gun of a revenue man

🎸 Verse:
A minorAm
Oh but Rufus knew those mountain roads like the back of his hand
     DmDm                  G+G      A minorAm
He could take those curves on two wheels in a beat up old Sedan

So he ran 'em up the holler and lost 'em somewhere round William's Branch
     DmDm                     G+G         A minorAm
There was one bad road that they didn't know that revenuer never stood a chance

🎸 Chorus:
A minorAm       DmDm
Run Rufus run, run across the mountains darlin'
A minorAm                      DmDm
Daddy wants you to take a load of shine to a man up near Harlan
A minorAm                          DmDm
And he feared for his life every time his daddy would put him on the run again
DmDm    A minorAm           A minorAm           FF    G+G   A minorAm
He said a boy's no match for the shot gun blast from the gun of a revenue man