Al Stewart - Running man
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Running Man â Al Stewart
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Al Stewart
Song on the Radio (1980)
(Stewart/White)
From: "24 Carrots"
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CHORDS
MIDDLE 8 SOLO
E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0 F x-x-3-2-1-1 Am x-0-x-2-1-0
Bbmaj7 x-1-3-2-3-1 Fmaj7 x-x-3-2-1-0 Dm/A x-0-x-2-3-1
Bb/D x-x-0-3-3-1 F/Eb x-x-1-2-1-1 C/A x-0-x-5-5-3
A/C# x-4-2-2-2(0) Bb/D x-x-0-3-3-1 Dm*/A x-0-x-7-6-5
Bdim x-2-3-1-2-x Bbm/D x-4-3-3-2-x
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INTRO
(freely)
| Eb | Dm | Eb | Dm |
(piano only)
| Dm C/D | C/D Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 C | Am Bb |
(band)
| Dm C/D | C/D Bbmaj7| Bbmaj7 C | Am Bbmaj7|
| Dm C/D | C/D Bbmaj7| Bbmaj7 C | Am Bbmaj7|
| Bb Bb C | Dm |
VERSE
Before the Dmphone hits the receiver
You're C/Dhalfway to the door
The voice said 'Bb/Dget out while you can,
There's just ten Gmminutes, nothing Cmore'
Time for Dmonly the essentials
Better C/Dgather them and run
The false Bb/Dname inside the passport,
The Gmgold bars and the Cgun
BRIDGE
And once aGm7gain they've come out of the Am7past
And though your Bbmind is cool your heart is beating Cfast
You've been A/C#through it all before
Each time you Dmwish a little Bdimmore that you could A/C#ask
CHORUS
DmWhat do you want from C/Dme?
C/DWhat do you need from Bbmaj7me?
There's Bbmaj7no rest for the Crunning man
Why Amcan't you let him Bbmaj7be?
INTERLUDE
| Dm C/D | C/D Bbmaj7| Bbmaj7C | Am Bbmaj7|
| Bb Bb C | Dm
VERSE
It's a Dmlong and twisting journey
From the C/Dsweeping northern plains
To the Bb/Doutcrops of the jungle
Bowed beGmneath the tropic Crains
In the Dmcustoms hall the officer
C/DTakes you to one side
And his Bb/Deyes reveal no feeling
As you Gmhand over the Cbribe
BRIDGE
And once aGm7gain you've bought a little Am7time
And once aBbgain you're fading out of Csight
Still the A/C#fox is growing older
As he Dmcalls over his Bdimshoulder to the A/C#night:
CHORUS
DmWhat do you want from C/Dme?
C/DWhat do you need from Bbmaj7me?
Bbmaj7No rest for the Crunning man
Why Amcan't you let him Bbmaj7be?
INTERLUDE
| Dm C/D | C/D Bbmaj7| Bbmaj7C | Am Bbmaj7|
| Bb Bb C | Dm |
MIDDLE 8
FHere, come over Fmaj7here
Beneath a F/Ebsympathetic moon
We'll sit and Bb/Dtalk over old Bbm/Dbtimes without a Ffear
Another Fmaj7beer, from the F/Ebcafes of the night
The tumbling Bb/Drhythms of guiBbm/Dbtars ring loud and clear
SOLO
| Am | Dm/A | C/A | Dm*/A |
| Am | Dm/A | C/A | Dm*/A |
| Am | Dm/A | C/A | Dm*/A |
| Am | Dm/A | C/A | Am |
VERSE
One by Dmone they've nailed the others
But you C/Dalways got away
What it Bb/Dis that keeps you just that step ahead
Gm No one can Csay
In Dmone last raid the agents
Of the C/Ddawn break down the door
Of a Bb/Dhouse where you were standing
Maybe Gmjust an hour beCfore
BRIDGE
And still the Gm7thread continues to unAm7wind
You take the Bbhidden roads that only you can Cfind
And should they A/C#come upon your tracks
There's just a Dmquestion hanging Bdimback you left beA/C#hind
CHORUS
DmWhat do you want from C/Dme?
C/DWhat do you need from Bbmaj7me?
Bbmaj7No rest for the Crunning man
Why Amcan't you let him Bbmaj7be?
INTERLUDE
| Dm C | C Bbmaj7| Bbmaj7 C | Am Bbmaj7|
What do you want from me?
| Dm C | C Bbmaj7| Bbmaj7 C | Am Bbmaj7|
What do you need from me?
| Dm C | C Bbmaj7| Bbmaj7 C | Am Bbmaj7|
| Dm C | C Bbmaj7| Bbmaj7 C | Am Bbmaj7|
(repeat and fade)