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Run-Around by Blues Traveler - Guitar Chords

Artist Blues Traveler How to play the guitar chord G.jpg How to play the guitar chord C.jpg How to play the guitar chord Am.jpg How to play the guitar chord D.jpg

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            Run-Around by Blues Traveler (words and music by J. Popper)


(bass slide)  rhythm pattern - play ad infinitum
              G       C     Am      D
              q   e e e e e e e e e q   e e e
e||-------||--3---3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---2-2h3--||
B||-------||--3---3-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3---3-3----||
G||-------||.-0---0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2---2-2---.||
D||-------||.-0---0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---0-0---.||
A||-------||--2---2-0-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----||
E||-15\3--||--3---3-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x----||


[Intro]
G  C  Am  D  x6

[Verse 1]
    G     C     Am       D
Oh, once upon a midnight dearie
  G                   C     Am    D
I woke with something in my head
          G          C        Am   D
You see I couldn't escape the memory
       G                 C        Am    D
Of the phone call and of what you said
       G            C              Am      D
Like a game show contestant with a parting gift
        G     C        Am    D
I could not believe my eyes
       G               C          Am      D
When I saw through the voice of a trusted friend
             G            C       Am    D
Who needs to humor me and tell me lies,
     G            C       Am    D
yeah humor me and tell me lies

[Verse 2]
    G        C           Am      D
And I'll lie too and say I don't mind
    G     C       Am       D
And as we seek so shall we find
    G                   C         Am       D
And when you're feeling open I'll still be here
    G             C         Am      D
But not without a certain degree of fear
   G         C       Am      D
Of what will be with you and me
  G         C          Am     D
I still can see things hopefully

[Chorus]
    G    C    Am
But you
D             G         C    Am    D
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
        G         C      Am           D
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up?
     G           C  Am   D  G   C  Am  D
When all it does is slow me down

[Verse 3]
    G     C         Am   D
And shake me and my confidence
        G     C         Am    D
About a great many things
     G        C           Am     D
But I've been there I can see it cower
       G                C              Am    D
Like a nervous magician waiting in the wings
     G   C              Am         D
Of a bad play where the heroes are right
    G      C           Am        D
And nobody thinks or expects too much
    G           C               Am    D
And Hollywood's calling for the movie rights
         G               C       Am    D
Singing "Hey babe, let's keep in touch",
    G           C       Am    D
hey baby, let's keep in touch

[Verse 4]
           G           C            Am           D
But I want more than a touch I want you to reach me
    G               C             Am       D
And show me all the things no one else can see
   G        C            Am      D
So what you feel becomes mine as well
    G             C             Am        D
And soon if we're lucky we'd be unable to tell
       G         C         Am        D
What's yours and mine, the fishing's fine
       G               C                   Am        D
And it doesn't have to rhyme, so don't you feed me a line

[Chorus]
    G    C    Am
But you
D             G         C    Am    D
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
        G         C      Am           D
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up?
     G           C  Am   D  G   C  Am  D
When all it does is slow me down

[Instrumental]
G  C  Am  D  x6

[Verse 5]
          G      C                 Am        D
Tra la la bom da dear, this is the pilot speaking, and I've
G        C        Am    D
Got some news for you
            G          C                Am       D
It seems my ship still stands no matter what you drop
                  G              C       Am    D
And there ain't a whole lot that you can do
            G             C            Am            D
Oh sure the banner may be torn and the wind's gotten colder
G             C             Am    D
Perhaps I've grown a little cynical
      G       C               Am       D
But I know no matter what the waitress brings
         G             C       Am    D
I shall drink it and always be full, yeah
       G             C        Am    D
I will drink it and always be full

[Verse 6]
   G      C          Am     D
Oh I like coffee and I like tea
            G          C       Am    D
I'd like to be able to enter a final plea
  G              C              Am         D
I still got this dream that you just can't shake
  G               C                Am     D
I love you to the point you can no longer take
         G      C       Am      D
Well all right okay, so be that way
  G        C                 Am                D
I hope and pray that there's something left to say

[Chorus]
    G    C    Am
But you
D             G         C    Am    D
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
        G         C      Am           D
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up
     G              C       Am    D
When all it does is slow me down?

[Outro]
   G    C    Am
Oh you
D             G         C    Am    D
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
        G         C      Am           D
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up
     G           C  Am   D  G   C  Am  D
When all it does is slow me down?

G  C  Am  D 
        

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