Run For Cover chords by The Killers

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
FF             G minorGm
  What have you gotten to report to your progenitors?
A minorAm           G minorGm
  Are your excuses any better than your senator's?
FF                G minorGm
  He held a conference and his wife was standing by his side
C majorC
  He did her dirty but no one died


Pre-Chorus 1:
DmDm              E minorEm
  Saw someone listed on the street last night
   FF            G minorGm     A#A#
Black-fisted and strong singing Redemption Song
           C majorC
He motioned me to the sky
    FF
I heard heaven and thunder cry

Chorus 1:
A#A#        DmDm
  Run for cover
       FF          G minorGm
Run while you can baby, don't look back
         A#A#  DmDm
You gotta run for cover
     FF              C majorC
Don't be afraid of the fear, that's a plain-eyed trap man
A minorAm   A#A#         C majorC  DmDm
  You know you're not the only one
A#A#              C majorC
  And don't look back, just run for cover


Verse 2:
FF               G minorGm
  What are you waiting for, a kiss or an apology?
A minorAm                G minorGm
  You think by now you'd have an A augmentedA in toxicology
FF                  G minorGm
  It’s hard to crack the call when all you do is shame us
C majorC
  It’s even harder when the dirtbag’s famous


Pre-Chorus 2:
DmDm            E minorEm
  I saw my mother on the street last night
  FF              G minorGm      A#A#
All pretty and strong, she said, “the road is long”
               C majorC
I said, “Momma, I know you’ve tried”

But she fell on her knees and cried

Chorus 2:
A#A#        DmDm
  Run for cover
       FF          G minorGm
Run while you can baby, don't look back
         A#A#  DmDm
You gotta run for cover
     FF              C majorC
Don't be afraid of the fear, that's a plain-eyed trap man
A minorAm  A#A#         C majorC  DmDm
  I know you're not the only one
A#A#              C majorC
  And don't look back, just run for cover


Bridge:
A minorAm        A#A#          DmDm
  And there was nothing she wouldn't give
    A#A#         A minorAm          A#A#
Just to trust him with her nightmares, with her dreams
             C majorC
Now she's running, she's running
    A#A#
Just to trust him
DmDm
  You got big smile, those fake moves
FF
  Just run for cover you've got nothing left to lose


Chorus 3:
N.C.     DmDm
Run for cover
       FF          G minorGm
Run while you can baby, don't look back
         A#A#  DmDm
You gotta run for cover
     FF              C majorC
Don't be afraid of the fear, that's a plain-eyed trap man
A minorAm   A#A#         C majorC  DmDm
  You know you're not the only one
A#A#              C majorC
  And don't look back, just run for cover, run!


Outro:
A#A# DmDm FF G minorGm
A#A# DmDm FF C majorC

A#A# C majorC DmDm
A#A# C majorC

Other versions of Run For Cover

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Run for cover by The Killers