Song: On The Run
Artists: The Temper Trap
Album: Thick As Thieves (2016)
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEJFU5UFPmw
Tuning: Standard
Capo 2
CHORDS:
EADGBe
G 320003
Em 022000
Bm X24432
D/A X00232
C/G 332010
Am X02210
Riff 1: (Bass Line: [No Capo] Repeats throughout)
G||———————————————————————————-——————-
D||——————————————————————————-————————
A||—7-7-7-7-————————————————————————-—
E||—————————5-5-5-5-—2-2-2-2–-3-3-3-3—
G||———————————————————————————-——————-
D||——————————————————————————-————————
A||—7-7-7-7-————————————————————————-—
E||—————————5-5-5-5-—2-2-2-2–-3-3-3-3—
INTRO:
(Deep bass line and ethereal keyboards over)
|D A |F#m G |
VERSE 1:
D A
Time is the only truth,
F#m
Is the only friend that we have.
G
To look forward to,
D A
Space, was an all night groove.
F#m
Honey, I sink deeper in,
G
Trying to get to you.
CHORUS 1:
D
And it feels like we are always,
A
We’re on the run.
F#m
Yeah, it feels like we are always,
G
We’re on the run.
VERSE 2:
D A
Home, was a place I knew.
F#m
But burin’ desire,
G
To get back to you,
D A
When, I’m full of years.
F#m
Wash, my sins away, my dear.
G
Can you tell the night is through?
CHORUS 2:
D
‘Cause it feels like, we are always,
A
We’re on the run.
F#m
And it feels like, we are always,
G
We’re on the run.
CHORUS 3:
D
Yeah, it feels like we are always,
A
We’re on the run.
F#m D
We’re on the run, we’re on the run,
G
Run, run, run, r-u-n.
:: INSTRUMENTAL 1 :: (building to crescendo)
|D A |F#m G |
|D A |F#m G |
VERSE 3: (Megaphone voice)
Bm G
Farther on, the soul is waiting to arrive,
D
The soul is waiting to arrive. (Drum rolls)
Bm G
Walk along, walk along a crooked line,
D A
The soul is waiting to arrive, Uh-oh-ooh.
VERSE 4:
D
Oh-oh-ooh, Oh-oh-ooh,
A
Where are we going’ to run,
F#m G
Ohoo-oooh,Ohoo-oooh,
D
Oh-oh-ooh, Oh-oh-ooh,
A
Where are we going’ to run,
F#m G
Ohoo-oooh,Ohoo-oooh,
CHORUS 4:
D
Yeah, it feels like we are always,
A
Yeah, it feels like we are always.
F#m
Yeah, it feels like we are always,
G
We’re on the run, run, r-u-n.
CHORUS 5 & CODA:
D
Yes, it feels like we are always,
A
Yeah, it feels like we are always.
F#m
Yeah, it feels like we are always,
G
We’re on the run, run, run, run,
R-u-n. (Cesura)
[End]