Running On The Spot chords by The Jam

Chords with lyrics

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

Use barre chords for everything but C majorC and during bridge pattern

Intro:
C majorC Bb majorBb A minorAm G#G# G7G7 (X2)

Verse 1:
C majorC         Bb majorBb
I was hoping we'd make real progress -
A minorAm          G#G#     G7G7
But it seems we have lost the power
C majorC     Bb majorBb
C majorC
Any tiny step of advancement
A minorAm             G#G#     G7G7
Is like a raindrop falling into the ocean -
C majorC                 E minorEm
We're running on the spot - always have - always will?
        FF           G#G#        G7G7
We're just the next generation of the emotionally crippled.

Verse 2:
C majorC              Bb majorBb
Though we keep piling up the building blocks
   A minorAm           G#G#    G7G7
The structure never seems to get any higher
C majorC            Bb majorBb
Because we keep kicking out the foundations
   A minorAm           G#G#     G7G7
And stand useless while our lives fall down.
 C majorC            E minorEm
I believe in life - and I believe in love
     FF                G#G#         G7G7
But the world in which I live in - keeps trying to prove me wrong.

(Played with Intro Chords)
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa...

Bridge:
E minorEm           A minorAm
Out in the pastures we call society
 E minorEm              A minorAm         G+G slide to FF
You can't see further than the bottom of your glass
FF       F minorFm
Only young but easily shocked
G+G              G7G7         C majorC Bb majorBb A minorAm
You get all violent when the boat gets rocked -
G#G#       G7G7      C majorC
Its Just like running on the spot

C majorC B minorBm A minorAm G#G# G7G7

C majorC B minorBm A minorAm G#G#              C majorC
    Its Just like running on the
C majorC B minorBm A minorAm G#G# G7G7
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa...

Verse 3:
 E minorEm           A minorAm
Just like sheep - little lambs into the slaughter
E minorEm           A minorAm         G+G FF
Don't fully grasp what exactly is wrong -
FF      F minorFm
Truth is you never cared - still -
G+G              G7G7
You get all violent when the boat gets rocked -
C majorC             Bb majorBb
Intelligence should be our first weapon
  A minorAm       G#G#    G7G7
And stop reveling in rejection
   C majorC              Bb majorBb
And follow yourselves, not some ageing drain brain
    A minorAm           G#G#       G7G7
Whose quite content to go on feeding you garbage
C majorC                 E minorEm
We're running on the spot - always have - always will?
        FF           G#G#        G7G7
We're just the next generation of the emotionally crippled.

C majorC B minorBm A minorAm G#G# G7G7     G#G#     G7G7        C majorC
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa... We're just running on the spot(Repeat to fade)