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I'm a Runaway - Tab Hunter
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Written by: Fred Karger/Richard Quine
Released in 1958
Now on: "My Rifle, My Pony and Me - Movie and TV Soundtracks"
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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E-A-D-G-B-e
Dm/C x-3-x-2-3-1
C# x-4-3-1-2-1
D#m/C# x-4-x-3-4-2
D#7 x-x-1-3-2-3
D#m7 x-x-1-3-2-2
G# 4-3-1-1-1-x
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Capo 3rd fret
[Intro]
| C | C |
C F G C
[whistling] (He's a runaway)
C F G C
[whistling] (He's a runaway)
[Verse]
C Dm/C
Give my hat and let me go
C Dm/C
I'm not bred for travellin' slow
C Dm/C
Like a buck and broncin' rodeo
C Dm/C
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
C Dm/C
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
[Verse]
C Dm/C
Got no time to be delayed
C Dm/C
Always calls a spade a spade
C Dm/C
There's a lot of debts I haven't paid
C Dm/C
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
C C7
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
[Middle 8]
F C
I'll beg or steal or borrow
F C
My saddle and my tack
F C Am
I'm headin' for tomorrow
D(7) Dm(7) G
And I'm never comin' back, oh
[Verse]
C Dm/C
Follow my tracks and you will find
C Dm/C
Broken hearts I've left behind
C Dm/C
Cause I'm just not the marryin' kind
C C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
[Verse]
C# D#m/C#
So many sights I've never seen
C# D#m/C#
So many prairies in between
C# D#m/C#
Got a strong young horse and a full canteen
C# D#m/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
C# D#m/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
[Verse]
C# D#m/C#
So many gals I haven't met
C# D#m/C#
So many cards I haven't bet
C# D#m/C#
Gonna take a chance, every chance I get
C# D#m/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
C# C#7
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
[Middle 8]
F# C#
A-heading for the border
F# C#
As peaceful as can be
F# C# Bbm
I'm off for law and order
D#(7) D#m(7) G#
Long as they don't bother me
[Verse]
C# D#m/C#
So many nights for havin' fun
C# D#m/C#
So many fights I haven't won
C# D#m/C#
There's not enough notches on my gun
C# D#m/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
C#
I'm a runaway
[Outro]
C# F# C# D#m/C#
[whistling] I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
C# D#m/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
C# D#m/C#
I'm a runaway (runaway, runaway)
[fade]