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RUNNIN' ON EMPTY
JACKSON BROWNE
(BROWNE MAY PLAY IN OPEN TUNING; STANDARD TUNING BELOW.)
INTRO: D D A 3x F#m [8 BEATS] D A E
VERSE 1:
D A D [D] A
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
D A D [D] A
Looking back at the years gone by, like so many summer fields
D A D [D] A
In sixty-five I was seventeen, and running up 101
DI don't know where I'm Arunning now, I'm just Erunning on
CHORUS:
Runnin' [D] on, runnin' on [A] empty
Runnin' [D] on, runnin' [A] blind
Runnin' on, [D] running into the [A] sun, but I'm running be[F#m]hind.
VERSE 2:
[D] Gotta do what you [A] can just to keep your [D] love alive [D A]
[D] Trying not to con[A]fuse it with what you [D] do to survive [D A]
[D] In sixty-nine I was [A] twenty-one, and [D] called the road my own [D A]
[D] I don't know when that [A] road turned onto the [E] road I'm on.
SOLO OVER INTRO: D D A 3x F#m[8 BEATS] D A E
BRIDGE [1ST AND 3RD LINES SNYCOPATED]
F#m Everyone I Dknow, E everywhere I Ago
F#m People need some Ereason to beDlieve; (I don't know about Aanyone but me)
F#m If it takes all Dnight, E that'll be all Aright
D E D A/C# Bm A F#m E [NOTE THIS SAME RUN 2X BELOW]
If I can get you to smile before I leave
VERSE 3:
[D] Looking out at the [A] road rushing under my wheels [D] [D A]
[D] I don't know how to [A] tell you all just how [D] crazy this life feels [D A]
[D] I look around for the [A] friends I
used to [D] turn to pull me through [D A]
[D] Looking into their [A] eyes I see them [E] running too
CHORUS
VERSE 4: NOTE VARIATIONS ON 2ND AND 4TH LINES
[D] Honey you really [A] tempt me; you know the [D] way you look so [D A] kind
[D] I'D love to stick A[E]round but I'm running behind [D A/C# Bm A F#m E]
[D] You know I don't even [E] know what I'm hoping to find [D A/C# Bm A F#m E]
[D] Running into the [E] sun but I'm running behind [D A E A HOLD A FOR 8 BEATS]
D D A OUTRO UNTIL SIGNAL (10x') THEN D FULL MEASURE E FULL MEASURE D A E A