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Version 1Steve Miller Band Take the Money and Run [Verse] G F C This here's a story about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue G F C Two young lovers with nothin' better to do G F C Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube G F C Bb F G And here is what happened when they decided to cut loose G F C They headed down to, ooh, old El Paso G F C I swear they ran into a great big hassle G F C Billy Joe shot a man while robbing his castle G F C Bb F G Bobbie Sue took the money and run hoo hoo hoo [Chorus] (G) F C Csus4 C Csus4 C Go on take the money and run G F C Go on take the money and run. hoo, hoo, hoo! G F C Csus4 C Csus4 C Go on take the money and run G F C Bb F G Go on take the money and run Hoo, hoo, hoo! [Verse] G F C Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas G F C You know he knows just exactly what the facts is G F C He ain't gonna let those two escape justice G F C Bb5 Bb5 F5 He makes his living off of the peoples taxes G F C Bobbie Sue, whoa, whoa, she slipped away G F C Billy Joe caught up to her the very next day G F C They got the money, hey, you know they got away G F C Bb5 F5 G They headed down south and they're still running today (Singin') [Chorus] G F C G F C Go on take the money and run, Go on take the money and run... (Hoo hoo hoo) G F C G F C Bb F G Go on take the money and run (Aaooh, Lord!) Go on take the money and run (Ooh, ooh, ooh!) [Solo] (G F C strummed fast in triplets for 1 phrase, then normal strum pattern for 3 more phrases) Bb F G Yeah, yeah... (Repeat Chorus) G F C G F C Csus4 C Csus4 C Go on take the money and run, yeah, yeah, (hoo, hoo, hoo), Go on take the money and run, (ahooo, Lord!) G F C G F C Bb F G ... Go on take the money and run, yeah, yeah, hoo, hoo, hoo, Go on take the money and run (fade out)