On The Run chords by Yonder Mountain String Band

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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A man stood
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in the shadows his face was dripping sweat
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He took a break from running but
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he wasn't done yet
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Looked over his shoulder when
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he heard the barking hounds
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Dug his feet into the earth
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and headed out of town
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The town line's far away and
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He won't sleep for days
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Be  cause he just slept with Annie
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and she's the sheriff's wife
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Now the sheriff's men have got
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him running for his life
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Verse 2
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He should
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have
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known that
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girl was trouble but he wasn't thinking clear
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When she put her hand onto his
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leg and filled his glass with beer
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But a deputy did see them and
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tracked the sheriff down
Just had time to grab his clothes
and high ball out of town
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The town line's

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far away and
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He won't sleep for days
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And even if he makes it, there's
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nothing he can do
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But hope and pray the sheriff there hasn't heard the news

Interlude 1
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A man stood in the shadows

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thinking about the past
About all the women he had
known and living life too fast
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But he heard a noise behind him,
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felt a gun against his head
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Should have known the sheriff wouldn't
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The town line's

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far away and
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He's six feet in the grave
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He's lying there with Annie,
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who was the sheriff's wife
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Till the sheriff and his men robbed
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them of their lives