I'm Born To Run chords by American Authors (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

Verse 1
Am 
C 
I'm born to run down rocky cliffs
Em 
F 
Give me grace, bury my sins
Am 
C 
Shattered glass and black holes
Em 
Can't hold me back
F 
from where I need to go

Interlude 1

Oh, oh, oh, oh

New- Play with audio & scroll

Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.

Get now

Verse 2

Yellow hills

and valleys deep

I watch them move

under my feet

Stranger things

have come and gone

To see the world

and take the throne

Pre-chorus 1

Don't hold back

Oh, I won't hold back

Chorus 1
Am 
I'm gonna live my life
C 
like I'm gonna die young
Em 
F 
Like it's never enough, like I'm born to run
Am 
I'm gonna spend my time
C 
like tomorrow won't come
Em 
F 
Do whatever I want like I'm born to run
Am 
C 
I wanna see Paris, I wanna see Tokyo
Em 
F 
I wanna be careless even if I break my bones
Am 
C 
I'm gonna live my life like I'm gonna die young
Em 
F 
Like it's never enough, like I'm born to run

Verse 3
Am 
A winding road
C 
where strangers meet
Em 
To feel the love
F 
of a warm drink
Am 
My body moves,
C 
it's speaking loud
Em 
Don't have to say
F 
what I'm thinking now

Pre-chorus 2

Don't hold back

Oh, I won't hold back

Chorus 2
Am 
I'm gonna live my life
C 
like I'm gonna die young
Em 
F 
Like it's never enough, like I'm born to run
Am 
I'm gonna spend my time
C 
like tomorrow won't come
Em 
F 
Do whatever I want like I'm born to run
Am 
C 
I wanna see Paris, I wanna see Tokyo
Em 
F 
I wanna be careless even if I break my bones
Am 
C 
I'm gonna live my life like I'm gonna die young
Em 
F 
Like it's never enough, like I'm born to run

Bridge 1
Am 
C 
All these things I've seen and done
Em 
F 
I live my life like I'm born to run
Am 
C 
All these things I've seen and done
Em 
F 
I live my life I'm born to run
Am 
C 
All these things I've seen and done
Em 
F 
I live my life like I'm born to run

Chorus 3
Am 
I'm gonna live my life
C 
like I'm gonna die young
Em 
F 
Like it's never enough, like I'm born to run
Am 
I'm gonna spend my time
C 
like tomorrow won't come
Em 
F 
Do whatever I want like I'm born to run
Am 
C 
I wanna see Paris, I wanna see Tokyo
Em 
F 
I wanna be careless even if I break my bones
Am 
C 
I'm gonna live my life like I'm gonna die young
Em 
F 
Like it's never enough, like I'm born to run

Outro 1

Oh, oh, oh, oh

2016Alternative

Unlock All Tools

100+ tunings, chord games & metronome

Get now

GuitarPianoUkulele

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: C minorBPM: 126

How did you like the song?

You need to to leave a rating.

366 views

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

F is one of the chords beginners ask about the most. A short walkthrough on how to fret it cleanly and switch in and out of it. Learn the F chord

Most chord-change problems come from the strumming hand, not the fretting hand. The basic strumming course covers the patterns and timing that make any chord progression easier to play. Practice basic strumming

Even perfectly fretted chords sound wrong on an out-of-tune guitar. Get in tune in seconds, right in your browser, with the free online guitar tuner

This is the original studio version of I'm Born To Run by American Authors, capturing how the song was actually played on the recording. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart keeps the exact chord voicings and capo position in the original key of C minor. It suits players who want to learn I'm Born To Run the way American Authors intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.