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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse: Bm7 The sun is rising in the smoky sky Bm7 The place is any city you can name Em In a house a door opens and closes goodbye F# The atmosphere won't be the same because Chorus: Bm Gm6 Bm Gm6 Baby's running from mama Bm Gm6 Bm Gm6 Baby is a runaway Bm Gm6 Bm Gm6 Em F#7 Bm Tomorrow will be a different world then the way it was today Verse: Cm Out on the New Jersey turn pike road Cm A hitchhiker lifts a cardboard sign Fm G In magic marker it says "anywhere" but where I left will be just fine because
Chorus: Cm Abm Cm Abm A prisoner's got to run from trouble Cm Abm Cm Abm A prisoner is a runaway Cm Abm Cm Abm Fm G7 Cm Tomorrow will be a different world then the way it was today Verse: C#m A man and a Lincoln continental C#m A lawyer with a wife and kids F#m Takes a plane to Reno doesn't turn around G# And doesn't care what he did because Chorus: C#m Am C#m Am A Daddy's got to run from mama C#m Am C#m Am A daddy is a runaway C#m Am C#m Am F#m G#7 C#7 Tomorrow will be a different world then the way it was today Verse: Dm A woman gets a job in new York city Dm Forgets she was a mother and a wife Gm A Finds herself a nice apartment and makes up for the last thirty-five years of her life because Chorus: Dm Bbm Dm Bbm A mama's got to run from daddy Dm Bbm Dm Bbm A mama's got to run from child Dm Bbm Dm Bbm Tomorrow will be a different world Gm A Dm F# Lonelier and wild Bridge: Bm Ah, ah, ee ee Bm Ah, ah, ee ee Bm Ah, ah, ee ee Bm Ah, ah, ee ee Verse: Bm Thousands of cars go buzzing to and fro Bm Airplanes and trains go shooting by Em F# Everybody goes from A to B and nobody does know why because Chorus: Bm Gm Bm Gm The world is full of people running Bm Gm Bm Gm The world is made of runaways Bm Gm Bm Gm Em F# F#/B F Tomorrow you'll be a different child then the one you are today Outro: Bm Ah, ah, ee ee Bm Ah, ah, ee ee Bm Ah, ah, ee ee F#/B Ah, ah, ee ee
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