Runaway Boys chords by Stray Cats

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Updated for the older rockers

Intro:
 E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE

Verse 1:
E MajorE
Get kicked out for coming home at dawn, if your wife cursed the day you were born,

Throw your clothes into a duffle bag, shoutin' as ya slam the door home is a drag
A augmentedA
Who can I turn to and where can I stay I heard a place is open all night and all day
     C majorC
There's a place you can go where the wife don't know
                            E MajorE
You can act real wild they don't treat you like a child    Runaway boys

Vverse 2:
   E MajorE
Your hair's all greasy and you feel like a slob, You're in your fifties now and you don’t want a job,

Go into the pub and shoot a few games, Losing all your money, man it's always the same
A augmentedA                                                     E MajorE
Spend a couple of bucks to buy a new toy, Slip into the alley with the Runaway boys       Runaway Boys

G+G                          A augmentedA
Runnin' faster, faster all the time You're over age and God knows, that's a crime


Solo:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE G+G A augmentedA E MajorE


Verse 3:
E MajorE
Get kicked out for coming home at dawn, if your wife cursed the day you were born,

Throw your clothes into a duffle bag, shoutin' as ya slam the door home is a drag
A augmentedA
Who can I turn to and where can I stay I heard a place is open all night and all day
     C majorC
There's a place you can go where the wife don't know
                            E MajorE
You can act real wild they don't treat you like a child    Runaway boys

Outro:
E MajorE
Runaway boys
E MajorE
Runaway boys
E MajorE
Runaway boys
E MajorE
Runaway boys

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