Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Verse:
Bm7Bm7
The sun is rising in the smoky sky
Bm7Bm7
The place is any city you can name
E minorEm
In a house a door opens and closes goodbye
F#F#
The atmosphere won't be the same because
Chorus:
B minorBm Gm6Gm6 B minorBm Gm6Gm6
Baby's running from mama
B minorBm Gm6Gm6 B minorBm Gm6Gm6
Baby is a runaway
B minorBm Gm6Gm6 B minorBm Gm6Gm6 E minorEm F#7F#7 B minorBm
Tomorrow will be a different world then the way it was today
Verse:
C minorCm
Out on the New Jersey turn pike road
C minorCm
A augmentedA hitchhiker lifts a cardboard sign
F minorFm G+G
In magic marker it says "anywhere" but where I left will be just fine because
Chorus:
C minorCm AbmAbm C minorCm AbmAbm
A augmentedA prisoner's got to run from trouble
C minorCm AbmAbm C minorCm AbmAbm
A augmentedA prisoner is a runaway
C minorCm AbmAbm C minorCm AbmAbm F minorFm G7G7 C minorCm
Tomorrow will be a different world then the way it was today
Verse:
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA man and a Lincoln continental
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA lawyer with a wife and kids
F# minorF#m
Takes a plane to Reno doesn't turn around
G#G#
And doesn't care what he did because
Chorus:
C# minorC#m A minorAm C# minorC#m A minorAm
A augmentedA Daddy's got to run from mama
C# minorC#m A minorAm C# minorC#m A minorAm
A augmentedA daddy is a runaway
C# minorC#m A minorAm C# minorC#m A minorAm F# minorF#m G#7G#7 C#7C#7
Tomorrow will be a different world then the way it was today
Verse:
DmDm
A augmentedA woman gets a job in new York city
DmDm
Forgets she was a mother and a wife
G minorGm A augmentedA
Finds herself a nice apartment and makes up for the last thirty-five years of her life because
Chorus:
DmDm BbmBbm DmDm BbmBbm
A augmentedA mama's got to run from daddy
DmDm BbmBbm DmDm BbmBbm
A augmentedA mama's got to run from child
DmDm BbmBbm DmDm BbmBbm
Tomorrow will be a different world
G minorGm A augmentedA DmDm F#F#
Lonelier and wild
Bridge:
B minorBm
Ah, ah, ee ee
B minorBm
Ah, ah, ee ee
B minorBm
Ah, ah, ee ee
B minorBm
Ah, ah, ee ee
Verse:
B minorBm
Thousands of cars go buzzing to and fro
B minorBm
Airplanes and trains go shooting by
E minorEm F#F#
Everybody goes from A augmentedA to BB and nobody does know why because
Chorus:
B minorBm G minorGm B minorBm G minorGm
The world is full of people running
B minorBm G minorGm B minorBm G minorGm
The world is made of runaways
B minorBm G minorGm B minorBm G minorGm E minorEm F#F# F#/BF#/B FF
Tomorrow you'll be a different child then the one you are today
Outro:
B minorBm
Ah, ah, ee ee
B minorBm
Ah, ah, ee ee
B minorBm
Ah, ah, ee ee
F#/BF#/B
Ah, ah, ee ee