Runnin' Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Dm]Summ[Am]ertim[Dm]e in Virginia
was a [Am]oven [Dm](oven)
All the kids eating ice cream with their
[C]cousins [Am](cou[Dm]sins)
I was studyin' while you was playing
the [Am]dozens [Dm](dozens)
Don't act like you was there
when you [C]wasn't[Dm]

[Verse 2]
Runnin' from [Dm]the man (man)
runnin' from the badge (badge)
Don't act like you was there
when you [C]wasn't[Am]
[Dm]Runnin' toward our plans (plans) and
the judges hands (hands)
Don't act like you was there
when you [C]wasn't[Am]
[Dm]I know they

[Verse 3]
say you
crawl 'fore your walk
But in my mind I already [C]jog[Am]
[Dm]If I stand still I cannot get far
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars

[Verse 4]
Some[C]time my [Dm]mind [E]dives [Eb]deep
When I'm [Dm]runnin'
I don't [C]want no [Dm]free [E]ride
[Eb]I'm just sick and tired of runni[Dm]n'
[C]Some night[Am]s I [E]cry
[Eb]Cause I can see the day comi[Dm]n'
To[C]gether [Am]we'll [E]fly
[Eb]Oh, but no more runn[Dm]in'
[A][Dm][C][Am][Dm]

[Verse 5]
[Dm]You and I are not different from
each other (other)
Shut our eyes, when we slumber I see
[C]numbers [Am](num[Dm]bers)
Black and white, we're computers,
I am colored (colored)
Don't act like you was
there when you [C]wasn't
[Dm]From runnin' to exams

[Verse 6]
(exams) to
jobs for a man (man)
Don't act like you was there
when you [C]wasn't
[Am]In the law o[Dm]f the land (land) the women
were often banned (banned)
Don't act like you was there
when you [C]wasn't[Dm]

[Verse 7]
I know they [Dm]say you crawl 'fore your walk
But in my mind I already jog
If I stand still I cannot get far
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars

[Verse 8]
[Dm]Sometime my [A]mind [E]dives [Eb]deep
When I'm [Dm]runnin'
I don't want no [Am]free [E]ride
[Eb]I'm just sick and tired of runni[Dm]n'
Some night[A]s I[E] cry
[Eb]Cause I can see the day comi[Dm]n'
To[C]gether [Am]we fl[E]y
[Eb]Oh, but no more [Dm]runnin'

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Am][Dm]

[Verse 9]
I know they [Dm]say you crawl
'fore your [Am]walk
[Dm]But in my mind I already jog
If I stand still I cannot get far
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars

[Verse 10]
[Dm]Sometime my mind [E]dives deep
[Eb]When I'm runni[Dm]n'
I don't want no [Am]free [E]ride
[Eb]I'm just sick and tired of runni[Dm]n'
[C]Some night[Am]s I [E]cry
[Eb]Cause I can see the day comi[Dm]n'
Together [Am]we fl[E]y
[Eb]Oh, but no more [Dm]runnin'

[Outro 1]
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