Running On The Spot chords by The Jam

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Use barre chords for everything but C and during bridge pattern

Intro:
C Bb Am G# G7 (X2)

Verse 1:
C         Bb
I was hoping we'd make real progress -
Am          G#     G7
But it seems we have lost the power
C     Bb
C
Any tiny step of advancement
Am             G#     G7
Is like a raindrop falling into the ocean -
C                 Em
We're running on the spot - always have - always will?
        F           G#        G7
We're just the next generation of the emotionally crippled.

Verse 2:
C              Bb
Though we keep piling up the building blocks
   Am           G#    G7
The structure never seems to get any higher
C            Bb
Because we keep kicking out the foundations
   Am           G#     G7
And stand useless while our lives fall down.
 C            Em
I believe in life - and I believe in love
     F                G#         G7
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:
Em           Am
Out in the pastures we call society
 Em              Am         G slide to F
You can't see further than the bottom of your glass
F       Fm
Only young but easily shocked
G              G7         C Bb Am
You get all violent when the boat gets rocked -
G#       G7      C
Its Just like running on the spot

C Bm Am G# G7

C Bm Am G#              C
    Its Just like running on the
C Bm Am G# G7
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa...

Verse 3:
 Em           Am
Just like sheep - little lambs into the slaughter
Em           Am         G F
Don't fully grasp what exactly is wrong -
F      Fm
Truth is you never cared - still -
G              G7
You get all violent when the boat gets rocked -
C             Bb
Intelligence should be our first weapon
  Am       G#    G7
And stop reveling in rejection
   C              Bb
And follow yourselves, not some ageing drain brain
    Am           G#       G7
Whose quite content to go on feeding you garbage
C                 Em
We're running on the spot - always have - always will?
        F           G#        G7
We're just the next generation of the emotionally crippled.

C Bm Am G# G7     G#     G7        C
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa... We're just running on the spot(Repeat to fade)