Running chords by Billy Strings

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Intermediate

* = 2/4 bar

Intro:
Dsus2Dsus2 ,
(arrangement for one guitar)
e|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-1---0-----------|-3---3-----------|
G+G|---------2---0---|-2---2-----------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-3---2-----------|
A augmentedA|-0---------------|---------5-0-3-4-|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|

Solo:
| D MajorD  | C majorC  |
| C majorC  | D MajorD  |
| D MajorD  | C majorC  |
| C majorC  | D MajorD  | D MajorD

Verse 1:
  D MajorD           A minorAm
I'm running and running as fast as I can go
  D MajorD            A minorAm        D MajorD
I'm running and running from all the things I know
    D MajorD                A minorAm
Well, I had to leave it somewhere so I left it far behind
  D MajorD              A minorAm        D MajorD
I had to get away from all the trouble I might find

Chorus:
G+G         G+G
 Run to the river, run to the sea
D MajorD               A minorAm        D MajorD
Run from the evil that's been calling you and me
G+G          G+G
 If we keep rollin', right out of town
D MajorD                A minorAm        D MajorD
 We'll reach the Promised Land before they tear it down

Solo:
| D MajorD  | C majorC  |
| C majorC  | D MajorD  |
| D MajorD  | C majorC  |
| C majorC  | D MajorD  |

| D MajorD  | A minorAm  |
| D MajorD  | A minorAm D MajorD |
| D MajorD  | A minorAm  |
| D MajorD  | A minorAm D MajorD |

| G+G  | G+G  |
| D MajorD  | A minorAm D MajorD |
| G+G  | G+G  |
| D MajorD  | Am*| D MajorD  | D MajorD

Verse 2:
     D MajorD            A minorAm
Well, I'm running and running just like a fast mail train
D MajorD             A minorAm       D MajorD
Running and running and I won't be back again
 D MajorD            A minorAm
Nobody ever told me I'd be ridin' on the blind
     D MajorD               A minorAm       D MajorD
Well, the rumble and the rattle seems to ease my worried mind

Chorus:
G+G         G+G
 Run to the river, run to the sea
D MajorD               A minorAm        D MajorD
Run from the evil that's been calling you and me
G+G          G+G
 If we keep rollin', right out of town
D MajorD                A minorAm        D MajorD
We'll reach the Promised Land before they tear it down

Solo:
| D MajorD  | C majorC  |
| C majorC  | D MajorD  |
| D MajorD  | C majorC  |
| C majorC  | D MajorD  |

| D MajorD  | A minorAm  |
| D MajorD  | A minorAm D MajorD |
| D MajorD  | A minorAm  |
| D MajorD  | A minorAm D MajorD |

Chorus:
G+G         G+G
 Run to the river, run to the sea
D MajorD               A minorAm        D MajorD
Run from the evil that's been calling you and me
G+G          G+G
 If we keep rollin', right out of town
D MajorD                A minorAm        D MajorD
We'll reach the Promised Land before they tear it down

Solo:
| D MajorD  | C majorC  |
| C majorC  | D MajorD  |
| D MajorD  | C majorC  |
| C majorC  | D MajorD