Runnin' Blue Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G]
[Bb][C][C#dim][G]
[C][Em][Am][C][D][C][G][Em]
[A][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]Listen to me lady,
[C]so it's understo[Bb]od
This [G]runnin' 'round [F]life [C]ain't
[G]doin' me [Am]no go[B]od
[Baug]I get tired, y[C]eah,[C#dim]
[Dm]so tired o[G]f payin' d[Em]ues[G]
[Am]But it seems there's no way [C]around [D]it
No en[F#dim]d to runnin'
blues
[G][Em][C#dim]

[Verse 2]
[A][D]
Well, I [G]like to have my [Bb]fun,
[G]I lik[C]e to run around
An[G]d I ain't no [Em]stranger in
[Dm]nobody's [Am]town[Baug]
[C]I get tir[C#dim]ed, yeah,[D]
so [G]tired of changin' [Em]views[Gm]
And the [Am]road don't get no [C]shorter[D]
Runnin' 'round,
[F#dim]runnin' blues
[G][Edim]

[Verse 3]
[A][D]
Well, this [G]runnin' 'round life
might [C]seem nice and easy
But when [G]you're blowin' [Dm]with the wind
[G]Sometimes it gets real bre[Em]ezy[D]
[C]It gets tir[C#dim]ed, I fee[Dm]l like
I was born [D]to [Edim]lose[Gm]
[G]And there ain[Am]'t no way aro[C]und it
[D]No [F#dim]end to ru[B]nnin' blue[Ebdim]s

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][A][D][G][Am][Bb][G][C]
[F][C][Baug][C][C#dim][C]
[Dm][G][Em][Gm][G][Am][C]
[D][F#dim][G][Em][A][D][G][Em]
[G][C][Edim][C][G][C]
[C#dim][G][Em][C][G][Em][Am]
[C][D][F#dim][G][Em][A][D]

[Verse 4]
Got no [G]holes in my pockets,
no [C]holes in my [Am]shoes
I [G]don't know if I'm leav[F]in' Detroit
or [G]headin' into Baton Rouge
[C]I get tir[C#dim]ed, yeah,[Dm]
[G]so tired of changin' views
[Gm]And there ain'[Am]t no way a[C]round it
[D]No way around runnin'
blues
[G][Gm][Edim]

[Verse 5]
[Adim][D]
Left my [G]billfold at the airport,
my [C]suitcase on [Bb]a train[G]
I can't find my [Em]umbrella
and it [F]sure look[G]s like [Baug]rain
[C]I get[Gm] tire[C]d, so [C#dim]tired[G][Baug]
of play[D]in' [Eb]the blues[D][Gm]
And the [Am]road don't [C]get no shorter
[D]When you got the run[F#dim]nin'
[G]blues[Edim][Em][A][D]

[Verse 6]
Well, the [G]night [Em]life ain't no good [Baug]life,
[C]but it's my life [D]too
[G]And once you're bound to [Em]the highway[Eb],
ain't [D]nothin' you can [B]do[Baug]
[C]I get tired,
[C#dim]so tired [Dm]of payin' dues[G][Em]
There [Am]ain't no way [C]around it
[D]No way around runnin' blues

[Outro 1]
[G][G][G]