Run Rufus Run chords by Dale Ann Bradley

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

Am   Am      F        G      Am



🎸 Verse:
Am
The mountains were a prison for their family of nine
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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
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So when daddy found another way to make a livin' it was easy to turn her back
Am
Now Rufus was the oldest and he knew Bell County well
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He could hunt and fish like any grown man and take care of his self
Am
So his daddy put him to runnin' shine when he was just 12 years old
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Said it might not be the right thing, but it sure beats minin' coal

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

🎸 Verse:
Am
So one fall night when the moon was bright enough to light his way
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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
        Dm                                      G          Am
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
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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
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He had a funny talk and a brand new car and been askin' around

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

🎸 Verse:
Am
Oh but Rufus knew those mountain roads like the back of his hand
         Dm                                   G           Am
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
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There was one bad road that they didn't know that revenuer never stood a chance

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