Running On Fumes chords by King Creosote

Chords with lyrics

Standard tuning
Capo on 4th fret

You will only be picking the A, G, and BB strings throughout the entire song.
Fingerpicking will make this much easier.

In any case, we will be playing the following:

Cadd9Cadd9  Dsus2/A  E minor 7Em7    A minorAm    E MajorE    C majorC    E minorEm
e|-x-|  e|-x-|  e|-x-|  e|-x-|  e|-x-|  e|-x-|  e|-x-|
BB|-3-|  BB|-3-|  BB|-3-|  BB|-1-|  BB|-0-|  BB|-1-|  BB|-0-|
G+G|-0-|  G+G|-2-|  G+G|-0-|  G+G|-2-|  G+G|-1-|  G+G|-0-|  G+G|-0-|
D MajorD|-x-|  D MajorD|-x-|  D MajorD|-x-|  D MajorD|-x-|  D MajorD|-x-|  D MajorD|-x-|  D MajorD|-x-|
A augmentedA|-3-|  A augmentedA|-0-|  A augmentedA|-2-|  A augmentedA|-0-|  A augmentedA|-2-|  A augmentedA|-3-|  A augmentedA|-2-|
E MajorE|-x-|  E MajorE|-x-|  E MajorE|-x-|  E MajorE|-x-|  E MajorE|-x-|  E MajorE|-x-|  E MajorE|-x-|

I tried to keep the chords line up with the corresponding lyrics - let me know if anything is off!

Intro: Cadd9Cadd9  Dsus2/A  Cadd9Cadd9  E minor 7Em7


Cadd9Cadd9   Dsus2/A
And what do you mean?

  Cadd9Cadd9        E minor 7Em7
Our hill's not all that steep

     Cadd9Cadd9       E minor 7Em7
When the gauge reads half a tank

      A minorAm          E MajorE
And yet you run on fumes for a week


Dsus2/A      C majorC      E minorEm
And you and I, we once looked fine

Dsus2/A       A minorAm        E MajorE
Until you split your lip against the side of my face

Dsus2/A     C majorC           A minorAm
So why do we bother with all this fighting?

            E MajorE        Dsus2/A
And especially at our age


(You'll have to listen to hear how he transitions from Dsus2/A to Cadd9Cadd9 here)
Cadd9Cadd9   Dsus2/A
And you never did

Cadd9Cadd9      E minor 7Em7
Write down their names

Cadd9Cadd9          E minor 7Em7
So why break bones for them?

  A minorAm          E MajorE
And blackened nights you rage

Dsus2/A      C majorC      E minorEm
And you and I, we once looked great

Dsus2/A      A minorAm    E MajorE
And you and I, we sounded fine

Dsus2/A      C majorC          A minorAm
And you had hit notes, but also high carbs

        C majorC            Dsus2/A
I gave long stares, but I now take shorter steps


Cadd9Cadd9      Dsus2/A
For after our accident

Cadd9Cadd9     E minor 7Em7
we lost our no claims

Cadd9Cadd9             E minor 7Em7
And now I hate those pastel shades

   A minorAm             E MajorE
That are just within my vision range


Dsus2/A      C majorC      E minorEm
And you and I, we once looked fine

Dsus2/A       A minorAm        E MajorE
Until you split your lip against the side of my face

Dsus2/A     C majorC         A minorAm
So why do we bother with all this fighting?

            E MajorE
And especially at our age


Outro: Dsus2/A Cadd9(x2) Em7(x2)