[Intro]
G D Am7 C/D
[Verse 1]
G D Am7 C/D
They opened up a cocktail bar
G D Am7 C/D
In the shadow of Engels Court
G D Am7 C/D
Now folks dress up and spend their cash
G D Am7 C/D
You can't deny their London pride
C D
They say "Who won the war?
Am Bm
Who ruled the world?
C D
Who showed them all?"
Am7 Bm7
Well who cares?
[Chorus]
Dm7 Gm Am7
Run from the past
Dm7 Gm Am7
Into the past
[Verse 2]
G D Am7 C/D
Your job will go, your house will go
G D Am7 C/D
But they will wave from their video
C D Am Bm
And the police will be there as well
C D
With a boot or gun
Am7 Bm7
To cry out
[Chorus]
Dm7 Gm Am7
Run from the past
Dm7 Gm Am7
Into the past
[Verse 3]
Dm7 C D
Into the past she ran
Fmaj7 G Fmaj7
Underschooled and underfed
Dm7 C
And she runs through the deaf city
Fmaj7 G Fmaj7 Em7
Looking for a well paid job
Fmaj7 G Fmaj7
And she finds it on the gin house floor
[Guitar Solo]
G D Am7 C/D x2
[Verse 4]
C D
And the papers always say "Go back to work
Am Bm C D Am7 Bm7
You're all alone, old fashioned, weak and childish"
[Chorus]
Dm7 Gm C
Run from the past
Dm7 Gm C
Into the past
Dm7 Gm Am7
You got to run from the past
Dm7 Gm Am7 Dm7 Gm Am7
Into the past, yeah
[Instrumental Outro]
Dm7 Fmaj7 Dm7 Am Gm Am7