Tuning: E A D G B E

Intro (play for a while): E - E7 - E Verse:

^EI'm going back to Arkan^E7sas^E ^EGot’ta kill my Maw and ^E7Paw^E ^EI'm gonna kill my Mom and ^E7Dad^E ^EBecause they made my life so sa^E7d ^E ^EI run so fast all night and day^E7 ^E ^EThey haunt my soul in evil ways^E7 ^E ^EI don’t care what law might ^E7do ^E ^EHope your folks are good to you^E7 ^E

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^EI stole my neighbor's pickup tr^E7uck^E ^EAnd took his daughter for good ^E7luc^Ek ^EI spent all my dough on a ^E7gun^E ^ELiquored up to have some ^E7fun^E ^EI drink all night and I feel real f^E7ine^E ^ECause I roll’in past that old state lin^E7e ^E ^EDriving off all night and ^E7day^E ^EJust to show hey on his way ^E7 ^E

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^EI pull on down the streets of^E7 to^Ewn ^EI'd love to burn the fucker dow^E7n ^E ^EAnd down the road all the ^E7way^E ^EDrove right past my brother He^E7y ^E ^EI’m running up the law at night^E7 ^E ^EThey can't see me, there's no l^E7igh^Et ^EKick down the door, and then I ^E7say^E ^EBrace yourself for judgment day^E7 ^E

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^EGoing back to Arkan^E7sas^E ^EBurying my Maw and^E7 Pa^Ew ^EThen I'm going far a^E7way^E ^EWhere I'm going, I won't ^E7say^E ^ECause I don't know just where I'll ^E7run^E ^EI guess I’ll follow hell’s so^E7n ^E ^EMaybe north of Mexi^E7co ^E ^EFor I ain’t say’in where I’^E7ll ^Ego

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^EI had to kill my Mow and ^E7Dad^E ^EBecause they beat me up real ^E7bad^E ^EMy Daddy beat me every d^E7ay ^E ^EFor what I done, he wouldn't ^E7say^E ^ELeather strap across my bac^E7k ^E ^EWatch my eyes all roll’in ^E7bac^Ek

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^ESo I killed my Maw and^E7 Pa^Ew ^EKilled them both in Arkan^E7sas^E ^E“You gone” get so damn m^E7ade^E ^EBecause I killed my Maw and^E7 Da^Ed ^EAnd now I'm running night and da^E7y ^E ^EWhere I’m going I won’t say ^E7 ^E ^EJust me and the girl in the stolen tr^E7uck^E ^EI hope they ^E7ohh^E.., ^EIt's tough lu^E7ck.^E..

Outro (many times): E - E7 - E

The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Arkansas revisited